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This article talks about using El Presente to express general facts, simple enough...
... however my qualm is with the use of Ser vs Estar. My understanding was that ser would be used to generally describe things which don’t change over a prolonged period of time, eg. Relationships, jobs, generally accepted facts etc.
Therefore I was terribly confused when the correct response to one of your questions was:
“Francia está en Europa”.
Whereas the example on this page states:
“Roma es la capital de Italia.”
Both of these seem like general facts with a geographical theme... where do I draw the line?
Apologies for the essay! Haha
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Under the C1 topic of "How to say to remind someone of something with the verb recordar", the question is:
El olor de esta comida _________________ mi ninez.
The smell of that food reminds me of my childhood.
HINT: It conveys something that is brought to her mind.
(Sorry, I can't type the tilde above the n).
The accepted answer is "me recurerda a". I think it should be "me recuerda".
This is the lesson:
https://spanish.kwiziq.com/my-languages/spanish/tests/results/783193/system?quick-lesson-popup=5
This is what it says:
The cases mentioned above using the preposition "a" are all to do with "finding some kind of similarity between two things or two people". This is when we use the preposition a.
However, there are cases when it still means "to remind of ..." but here the idea is that "something is brought to mind".
Hola,
I think " te voy a enseñar" is also valid. Isn't it?
Saludos
One of my answers is “No me apetece un bocadillo ni un burrito”.
According to the corrector, this answer is wrong.
I do not understand because in the explanations, there is a note which reads as follows:
“We sometimes omit the first “ni” and only use the “ni” in the second element of the sentence with a verb in negative”
Hi, I have a couple of questions on this exercise:
1) The average temperature was 16 degrees
Kwizbot La temperatura media fue de 16 grados
You La temperatura media fue de 16 grados.
You could also say: La temperatura media era de 16 grados
Hi, I don’t understand how either “fue” and “era” can be used here.
Can you please explain. Thank you. Nicole
Also would my sentence be acceptable? If not, why not?
2) and it was very nice to stroll down the street.
Kwizbot y fue muy agradable pasear por la calle.
You y fue muy agradable ir de paseo a través la calle.
Is my answer acceptable? and if not, why not?
Thank you.
Nicole
Este es el título del uno de mis lecciones bajo de sujeto, ¨Conjugate ver in El Pretérito Perfecto (present perfect)".
He lo tratado pero, me parece que es muy difícil a preguntar una pregunta en el forum en una moda que consigue para mi una respuesta.
Gracias, Jaime
Me gusta esta historia porque soy un granjero!
Hola todos,
in the examples like Nuria has lived in California for 3 months, shouldn't it be: Nuria has been living in California for 3 months to express that it is still ongoing?
In the test I was similarly irritated with the sentence I have lived on a boat for 4 weeks, which I would translate as He vivido en un barco por 4 semanas, but the only option making sense was the one having the form explained in this lesson.
Of course I may be wrong, English isn't my first language.
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