I have to disagree with Javier. I'm a native speaker too and it sounds right to me. As he says "la" means "esta clase"and is the object of the sentence and in Spanish you can duplicate it. If the original sentence was "Esta clase comenzaré la semana proxima" the correction can be "Esta clase la comenzaré la semana proxima", "Comenzaré esta clase la semana proxima" or "La comenzaré la semana proxima" (the last one just in case it was clear in the text that you was talking about the class). http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complemento_directo I know the wikipedia it's not always true but that's the best that I've found and I truly think that the object can be duplicated. I hope it helps :)

Hi Adam, First of all, you must know that the sentence sounds a little bit weird for a native ear. Moreover, I think is gramatically redundant. "La", in that context", means "Esta clase" --> "La comenzaré la semana que viene". I think the proper sentence would be: "Comenzaré esta clase la semana que viene" I hope this can help you. Regards

Si no quieres complicarte utiliza la forma: sujeto + verbo + complementos. En este caso: (Yo) comenzaré esta clase la semana próxima. En tu ejemplo "la" identifica nuevamente a la clase y es necesario ponerla por que no pones el complemento después del verbo, aunque lo pongas al principio. Por ejemplo: Este ejercio lo terminare mas tarde. Terminaré este ejercicio mas tarde. Tu habitación la pintaré de blanco. Pintaré tu habitación de blanco.

A more elegant way will be: Comenzaré esta clase la semana próxima. Anyway you can write: Esta clase la comenzaré la semana próxima (I will start) Aquél auto lo pintaré muy pronto. (I will paint) Natalia le habló a su hermana de algo (She told to her sister) pronoun + verb: la + comenzaré/lo + pintaré/ le + avisó

It means "the." This is one of those articles ("the") that we usually drop in English, but isn't dropped as often in the Romance languages like Spanish and French.