Nos acordamos muy bien de él.
We remember him very well.
No me acuerdo de eso.
I don’t remember that.
No me acuerdo de nadie.
I don’t remember anyone.
45.1.2 Recordar is found in the following constructions:
45.1.2.1 (No) recordar +noun or noun phrase
Recuerdo aquel día.
I remember that day.
Recuerdo muy claramente a Carmen.
I remember Carmen very clearly.
No recuerdo su voz.
I don’t remember his/her voice.
Notice the use of personal a before the name Carmen.
25.1.1.1 (p. 116)
45.1.2.2 With object pronouns (see 8.2)
Lo recuerdo como si hubiera ocurrido hoy.
I remember it as if it had happened today.
La recordamos con mucho cariño.
We remember her very dearly.
Me entristece recordarla.
It saddens me to remember her.
No quiero recordarlo. Lo pasado, pasado.
I don’t want to remember it. What’s past is past.
45.1.2.3 (No)+recordar+pronoun
The accompanying pronoun can be an indefinite one (e.g. nada, ‘nothing’) or a
demonstrative (e.g. aquello, ‘that’).
No recuerdo nada.
I don’t remember anything.
Recuerdo sólo algo.
I only remember something.
No recordamos a nadie.
We don’t remember anybody.
Recuerdo muy bien aquello.
I remember that very well.
Note the use of personal a before nadie, an indefinite pronoun referring to people.
2.7 (p. 14); 9.3.1 (p. 41);^13 (p. 52); 25.1.1.1 (p. 116)
Saying whether one remembers something or someone 45.1