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¿La voy a ver o voy a verla? Your "How-When-and-Why Guide"

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[Bajar para español] In Spanish, clitic climbing , known as   " desplazamiento de clíticos ," involves the movement of clitics in sentences   and   is more prevalent in constructions with auxiliary and auxiliary-like verbs . For example, "quiero verte" (I want to see you) becomes "TE quiero ver," where "te" is a direct object pronoun. Similarly, "debo dormirme" (I must go to sleep) becomes "ME debo dormir," with "me" as a reflexive pronoun. Clitic climbing also applies to indirect objects, as seen in "queremos ofrecerle una disculpa" (we want to offer him/her an apology) or "LE queremos ofrecer una disculpa," and an example with "be going to" is "ellas van a ayudarlo" (they are going to help him) or "ellas LO van a ayudar."  Clitics such as "lo(s)," "la(s)," "le(s)," "se," (le+lo=)"se(lo)," "os," and "