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What is the difference between empezar and comenzar? Are they synonyms or does one or the other apply in different situations?
I’ve been getting the quantifiers mixed up with how to remember they do agree with the gender and plural when it’s applied.
Especially for demasiado and poco. When is it that it does match the thing it’s describing; and when does it not?
Kind regards,
Fran
From your examples we have
Hace viento
It is windy
Está soleado.
It is sunny
Hay niebla.
It is foggy
How do we know when to use which one please?
Hi, there. I am a native speaker. If anybody asks me where do I live, I will never repeat "I live in...". The natural answer is "In Barcelona".
Why te fuiste and not just fuiste? Thanks!
First, my dictionary has ser/estar(Spain) viudo, but I think it's even more complicated than a dialect issue. Here's a relevant discussion: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-be-a-widow.596749/
Note that the discussion extends to several other relationship-like words such as soltero (but like viudo, these words are to my mind not relationship words, but rather civil/personal status words, which is why I think ser is often correct with them).
This is a great lesson; thank you. I was told that I could use "mucho" after "Me gusta ...", for example, Me gusta mucho la música clásica. Is that correct? But, that I cannot use "Me encanta mucho..." Is that correct Could I express the idea of "really" loving something/doing something by repeating the verb, for example, "Me encanta encanta la música clásica?" Thank you.
Hola,
I took the full-in-the-blanks quiz "Asando Castañas" today and one of the blanks, where I should choose between El Subjunctivo Presente and El Indicativo Presente, was the following:
muchas personas se suman a ella con tal de pasar un buen rato,hasta que ______ (llega/llegue) el amanecer.
Apparently the correct answer was El Indicativo (llega not llegue), but I don't understand why. Isn't sunrise a future event that is yet to happen and therefore the sentence requires El Subjunctivo?
Thanks as always!
Deborah
how do we know how to choose between ser and estar? i thought ser was used for permanent things but estar is for not permanent things?is that thought true?if not how do we know which to choose?
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