"¡Tienes que acordarte de eso!"

Translation: You have to remember that!

[EvgeniyChe3]

What's the difference between "acordarse" and "recordar"?

[Juicy_Maffews]

Recordar is transitive and always needs a direct object - "Yo recuerdo algo." Acordarse is intransitive and doesn't need a direct object - "Me acuerdo." If you want to add a direct object to Acordarse, you must use "de" - "te acuerdas de algo?"

[mjelb]

Thank you! That was a very clear explanation!

[Hermanes1]

Thanks! Have a lingot! I love lasagne!

[mgbryant]

Feels like the only purpose of "de" is to prevent me from learning this stuff

[mitchel91]

I find it helps to do litreral translations and say them to your self often in place of the grammatical english phrases. For example, start saying "from where are you" instead of "where are you from" or "I have hunger" instead of "I am hungry". That keeps the sentence structures and phrases fresh in my mind.

[Leah968021]

I use "to remind oneself" as my literal translation for acordarse so that I remember the "de."

Tengo que acordarme de su nombre= I have to remind myself of his name. (I know it means to remember, but this is close enough and helps me remember!)

[ChrisLMast]

I thought acordar was to agree. So this is literally 'you have to agree yourself of that'. Yes??

[JonasEvant2.0]

I believe acordar is to remember when it's reflexive (acordarse), but to agree when it's not.

Estoy de acuerdo = I agree

Lo me acuerdo = I remember it

[katiebdenver]

Some verbs like acordar must be followed by "de" when there is a direct object as Juicy_Maffews explained above. Other verbs that also follow that rule are listed here: https://www.thoughtco.com/verbs-followed-by-de-and-an-infinitive-3079236

[Donald919821]

My feeling is that acordarte, being reflexive, is like reminding yourself of something (de eso). In this sense, you "agree with yourself" or 'remember".

[MacKinzieRob]

I was SO tempted to put "You must remember this" (A kiss is still a kiss....."

[Swanee11]

That was my first thought. We must be older than the Owl to know that.

[AmyRoseLan]

Here's looking at you kid!

[jasonalcant]

A sigh is still a sigh!

[Copppper]

acodarte - is this a form of acoradarse with the pronoun te at the end?

[mitchel91]

The subject "you" is implied by "tienes" and acordarte is a form of the infinitive reflexive acordarse with the te at the end indicating the verb is being done to "you" (informal/familiar). It is left at the end of the verb because you want to keep the inifinitive form since it follows the conjugated form of the verb "tener."

[luckyblaze]

challenging to REMEMBER all the verbs for REMEMBER!

[GeneMisure]

Tienes que recordar eso,

[jimmy2499719]

tienes que recordar que - is spanishdicts translation they say acordar is to agree ! so who is right ??

[Joy152507]

acordar is to agree.
acordarse de is to remember.

[AlexJArthu]

From tienes que, How do I deduce ''We'' rather than I

[JonasEvant2.0]

There's no we or I here. 'Tienes' is the singular you form.
Tengo = I have
Tienes = You (singular) have
Tiene = He/she/it/usted has
Tenemos = We have
Teneís = You (plural) have
Tienen = They/ustedes have

[nvJzFTaQ]

Why is translating this as " You must remember it" wrong (per Duolingo)

[Joy152507]

"eso" means this, not it.

[diana421056]

"that"

[joy585668]

Why on earth don't they explain this stuff to us?