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Why "olviden sus problemas" instead of "se olviden de sus problemas" or "olviden de sus problemas"?
I personally find it helpful to bear in mind that all verbs ending in "-etir" follow the above-mentioned e>i pattern [like competir] - e.g. repetir and derretir.
And - because 'd' is just the voiced form of 't' - some people may like to extend this guide to include all the "-edir" verbs as well; e.g. pedir, impedir, medir.
Yo compito en los 100 metros libres de natación.
I compete in the 100 metres freestyle swimming.
Would you please explain natación vs nadar?
I recommend linking to Difference between cuándo and cuando in Spanish (with and without an accent) as a related topic.
Note that primero (first) and tercero (third) have a shorter form when they are placed in front of a masculine singular noun. " Then when are primero and tercero used, if ever?
Can we drop en? Would it be correct?
Can we also drop para from: nada dura para toda la vida?
At the start of the explanation, there is a reference to the future simple which I think should be the conditional.
Conjugate poner in El Condicional SimplePosted by Silvia PirizIn: Level B1, Verbs Tenses & Conjugation, El Condicional SimpleQuestions on this lesson: 0ADD TO NOTEBOOK« Previous 10 OF 10 TEST »Poner (to put) is irregular in El Futuro Simple. It is formed by adding these endings to the stem dir-:
yoBoth hubo and habia mean there was or there were. What is the difference?
My sentence:
Las chicas se sintieron mucho frio en esa casa grande
was corrected to:
Las chicas sintieron mucho frio en esa casa grande.
But isn’t sentir a reflexive verb in Spanish? Reflexive verbs are not very common in English.,
Google translate has:
I feel cold (English) – Me siento frio (Español) – Jeg føler mig kold (Danish, my language, which uses reflexion very much like Spanish)
Please explain!
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