Mascotas y comida: comerse, beberse y acabarse (valor completivo)

Mini-lección: valor completivo con verbos pronominales en contexto de comida de mascotas.

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comerse beberse me comí se bebió acabarse

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Hints for this Quiz

Look for the form with "se": it often expresses “to eat/drink up completely” (comerse, beberse).

Option 2 emphasizes “to the end/finished completely”: the reflexive form with "se" (comerse) adds a nuance of completion / “to gobble it all up”. In everyday conversations about pets in Spain, this nuance comes up quite often.

Hint: pronominal "beberse" = “to drain” (drink it all). Choose the form in Pretérito Indefinido.

The best choice is "se bebió": se + beber = “drank it all up”. The form "bebióse" sounds archaic; "bebió" is grammatically possible but lacks the specific emphasis on completion.

Think: “something finished/ran out by itself” → pronominal "acabarse" + agreement with the thing (plural → acabaron).

Correct: "Se acabaron…". The pronominal form acabarse expresses “ran out/finished”. The subject is "las chuches" (plural), so we say "se acabaron". In everyday talk about pets you’ll often hear expressions like "darle de comer", "chuche" (treat), etc.

In affirmative commands, pronouns go after the verb and attach to it. "comerse" adds the idea of “finishing it completely”.

"Cómetela" = affirmative imperative with pronouns attached after the verb (cóme + te + la) and a completive nuance (“finish it up”). Reminder about pronoun placement in the affirmative imperative: Siéntate, Dime, Hazlo.

For the meaning “something ran out/finished by itself” use the pronominal verb "acabarse": se acabó / se acabaron.

"Se acabó el pienso del gato" = “the cat’s food ran out”. Without "se" ("Acabó…") it is more easily understood as “someone finished it (some agent)”, and sounds unnatural with the meaning “it ran out”.

Look for the combination me + comí: it’s a completed action in the past (Indefinido) with the nuance “I ate it all up.”

"Me comí toda la hamburguesa" emphasizes that you finished it completely (valor completivo). The other forms do not give the right meaning or are incorrect for the time reference.