Great Example / Gran Ejemplo

[dcseain]

I (he) asked him (me) to do it, but he (I) would not.

The above sentence, from this article, cannot be rendered into Spanish in that structure, nor most any language with fully conjugated verbs, very easily, if at all.

Comments

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Which part, the contrapositive subjunctive mood?

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

I (he) asked him (me) to do it, but he (I) would not. (the English for the following are literal)

Lo pedí hacerlo, pero no lo hacería. - Him [i asked] [to do it], but no it [would do, first/third person singular].

Me pidió hacerlo, pero no lo hacería yo. - Me [he/she/you-formal asked] [to do it], but no it [would do, first/third person singular] I. (The I is not necessary, but would be common usage for clarity and/or emphasis.)

The intertwining of the pronoun options in a single sentence would be very, very messy, if intelligible at all.