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Puedes escribir lo corto que sea
What does this sentence mean? I’m trying to say you can write however short it is.
And why is there subjunctive following lo corto?
Can anyone direct me to the correct grammar for this ?
How to say to have something done with a sentence using the verb in the 3rd person plural
this is the other lesson that uses 3rd person plural verb conjugation.
I find this lesson very similar to the other and I cannot see any differences at all.
for example,
me han robado . this could be for this lesson of being impersonal but this can only be under the other lesson that something negative happened or something was done on me.
Are they actually the same thing?
i am confused. there is another lesson that uses deber in perfect tense and deber in present + haber to indicate assumption that something must have happened that is expressed by the main verb as infinitive or past participle. This lesson seems to be speaking of the same thing until the last part that says
Eso debe de haber caducado hace tiempo
That must have expired some time agoI am confused by this 2 very similar lessons. may you point out the differences to me?
how do I use such structure to say something must had been done as in an assumption in the past?
for the last part of the notes, it says deber conjugated in indefinitivo does not mean the same thing. Am I right to say that this structure is only for present tense of saying something should have been done? how do we say such meaning in past tense? something should had been done?
To say I’m hiding
It is estoy escondido and not estoy escondiendo
Why not gerund ?
In the sentence below, wouldn't be correct to use 'tenemos' instead of 'tengamos'? Muchas gracias!
. Por otro lado, es genial que a los dos nos encanten la música y el deporte y que tengamos muchos amigos en común.
Por dónde vas is the question to ask someone but what if I want to be more specific ? Por dónde vas en tu libro? How do I say where are you at for the book? Where are you at now at your book?
when do we use aumentar vs ir en aumento?
when do we use 'en' + noun pattern? or rather when do we use 'ir`? is it a grammar pattern where 'ir' + ' en' + noun?
there is this sentence = the deceased were only remembered on November 1st.
the answer is = solo se recordaba a los difuntos el primero de noviembre.
But is using acordarse acceptable as well?
= solo se acuerdaba ?
second question is that, for a few years = unos pocos años or pocos años.
can we use unos cuentos años or un par de años?
i do not understand why one is preferred over the other.
by the way, the audio seems to have some problems as i cant play it.
thanks
when we want to say a scary movie, or a funny movie etc, do we always use 'de' + whatever noun of the category?
for example, scary movie = pelicular de terror, pelicular de miedo. rather than pelicular asustado = scary in adjective forms rather than nouns.
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