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I thought I was feeling pretty comfortable with the differences between the preterite and imperfect but this one has stumbled me.
"He had an English girlfriend" you have translated as Él tuvo una novia inglesa.
But I would see this sentence as: "He used to have an English girlfriend" (Él tenía una novia inglesa) which would require the imperfect, as it is implied that he no longer has this same girlfriend.
Have I missed something or are both acceptable?
I thought that creo que phrases is the affirmative were followed by the indicative, not the subjunctive?
Yo creo que es bueno que ________ tanta gente diferente.I think it's good that there are so many different people.HINT: Conjugate "haber" in El presente subjuntivo
Gracias,
Should this be "Las Policias" ??
Los policías persiguen al ladrón por toda la ciudadhola,
how do you know if a verb should be reflexive or not? Why is there both sentar and sentarse?
Previously, I have only come across en casa without the defnite article.
I believe this is the use of buscar in the imperative not the subjunctive. I think this is the informal (negative) command form. Many forms are the same, but are not from the same parts of grammar. Subjunctive mood and the imperative mood (commands) are not the same.
No select ... buscasbuscáisbuscesbusques dinero en mi bolso porque no hay. (Don't look for money in my handbag because there isn't any.)Conjugate the tú form of "buscar" in El Presente de SubjuntivoFind your Spanish level for FREE
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