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I am very confused with the use of subjunctive mode in hypothetical clauses intorduce by si and the second followed by conditional verbs. I found out there their are different modes, present ,past, imperfect 1&2 , pluperfect 1&2. How do I know which is to use,?
Since its being implied that this is a permanent trait of Colombian coffee?
In English, we also say that a book is "heavy reading" when the subject matter is academic or complicated and detailed. A subtle difference between heavy reading and difficult to read. A book might be difficult to read if it is badly written. Not quite the same as "heavy reading"
Does the same subtle difference exist in Spanish?
In the recording the speaker says the word "fuera." But that answer was counted wrong and the correct answer was given as "fuese."
Why is it "pero esta muy fría" instead of "pero está muy fría"? Also, why is it "está protegida" instead of "es protegida"?
On my latest quiz, I was asked to write “Alicia has as much joy as Carmen.” I chose “Alicia tiene tanta alegría como Carmen”, because I understood “tanta” means “as much/as many…as”. My answer was wrong. The correct answer is “Alicia tiene tan alegría como Carmen”. I thought “tan” here meant ”as…as”. Did I misunderstand something from the tan/tanta mini-lessons?
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”
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