What is the infinitive of "cae" in "Me cae bien"

Esther L – Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:13:22 -0600

Can anyone help? It's in 6.5.
Also, e.g. "Jorge me cae mal."

Pascal P – Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:00:05 -0600

It's from caer, which generally means to fall. Caer can also be used with an indirect object pronoun and bien/mal to suggest like/dislike.

Eg. (El) me cae bien. I like him.

Me cayó mal la comida. I didn't like the food.

Me caigo bien. I like myslelf.

(Caer conjugates irregularly)

Esther L – Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:32:53 -0600

Thanks for the explanation. But then why is it "Me cayo mal la comida" and nor "Me cae mal la comida?" if the subject is the food and not the person?

Pascal P – Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:56:44 -0600

You probably just misread it.

In the sentence "Me cayó mal la comida.", cayó is the third person singular (he/her/it) of caer. So iguess a more accurate transation would be "To me, the food suited badly." The subject-verb agreement is correct.

Just to clear things up:
Me cae mal la comida: I don't like the food.
Me cayó mal la comida: I didn't like the food.

I think you were thinking cayó to be the first person singular (me) of the present tense, in which case its caigo. Caer is an irregular verb. I'm sure that if you search "caer conjugation" online you'll find a detailed explanation.

Esther L – Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:27:59 -0600

Yes, I really should search on line for the conjugations. Muchas Gracias!

Martin ? – Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:09:36 -0500

What PP said. (Pascal P )

What is the infinitive of "cae" in "Me cae bien"

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