"Ele precisa dela."

Translation: He needs her.

[AnnaC82]

Aww so sweet.

[melesana]

But not "He needs it"?

[ScorpioDraco]

Technically, should be accepted...
Though out of context, the first thought is really "her".

[melesana]

Ah. this is why we need native speakers. Encountering the sentence again, my first though now is "He needs that."

[Devon324089]

But if there were something like apples being talked about, dela could refer to that?

[NitishAgar1]

why could we not use ele precisa ela ?

[Danmoller]

Some verbs require indirect objects (with preposition).

Precisar demands "de" before the object. (Unless the object is another sentence, with another verb).

English has some of those kind of verbs too, like "to listen". You don't "listen music", you "listen TO music".

[AntonioTav2]

It would be like "he needs she" ; "dela" can be divided in two words "de ela" - of her (presence).

[Sarah-Cheung]

Precisar + verb : no need of "de"

Precisar de + noun/pronoun : "de" is needed.

[jadedlilth]

Wut? It's the opposite in English...I really hate it when that happens! Now I just know I'm going to start getting confused about "precisar" in lessons... Q_Q

[Avalokiteshvara4]

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