keep me company

[zifnab]

Hi!

I´ve just read this line:

"They did it to keep me company"

and I would have said: they did it to keep my company

Is it grammatically incorrect or does the meaning change?

Thanks in advance!

 

[PSIONMAN]

Hi!

I´ve just read this line:

"They did it to keep me company"

and I would have said: they did it to keep my company

Is it grammatically incorrect or does the meaning change?

Thanks in advance!

The pronoun here is not possessive. E.g they could say
"They did it to keep John company"

To keep company means to stay with someone to avoid loneliness

 

[zifnab]

Thanks a lot!

It´s not so different in Spanish, but we use the verb "hacer"

Hacerme compañía

Just in case anybody wondered how to say this in Spanish

 

[juortgon]

The pronoun here is not possessive. E.g they could say
"They did it to keep John company"

To keep company means to stay with someone to avoid loneliness

puedes traducir al español lo que dijiste