Subject/Verb orderAdded by Kent to his previous question [posted about six days ago] entitled Word Order > He went on to ask: "What about noun verb order? An example would be Aquí la gente sale mucho por la noche - or Aquí sale la gente mucho por la noche".
From David M - [an attempt to throw some light on the matter]:
My grammar book [by Butt & Benjamin] devotes the whole of its chapter 37 to discussing word order, in addition to mentioning it several times elsewhere.
It says: "Adverbial phrases of place especially favour the 'Verb before Subject' order" - which would suppport the option: "Aquí sale la gente mucho ...".
It also says: "When the verb is intransitive, inversion is usual"; [i.e., verb first].
It adds that these 'rules' are not rigid.
Reply from Kent:
More good info David. Gracias otra vez. Claramente hay algunas áreas grises
It would seem that "foggy" is an adjective and therefore está would be used instead of hay. This one is really confusing for me.
I think playa is a feminine noun. No?
Hi,
Could 'el pelo' be removed from the above sentence and still retain the same meaning. I assume that peinarse means to comb one's own hair.
Thanks.
Colin
Added by Kent to his previous question [posted about six days ago] entitled Word Order > He went on to ask: "What about noun verb order? An example would be Aquí la gente sale mucho por la noche - or Aquí sale la gente mucho por la noche".
From David M - [an attempt to throw some light on the matter]:
My grammar book [by Butt & Benjamin] devotes the whole of its chapter 37 to discussing word order, in addition to mentioning it several times elsewhere.
It says: "Adverbial phrases of place especially favour the 'Verb before Subject' order" - which would suppport the option: "Aquí sale la gente mucho ...".
It also says: "When the verb is intransitive, inversion is usual"; [i.e., verb first].
It adds that these 'rules' are not rigid.
Reply from Kent:
More good info David. Gracias otra vez. Claramente hay algunas áreas grises
Buenas tardes,
I hope you don’t mind me asking this here since my question is not regarding Decir in the Condicional Simple but rather the usage of ‘eso mismo’ attached to the quiz question here.
I am puzzled by the following:
“Yo diría eso mismo”.
Could you explain the ‘eso’ here please? Could I still use ‘lo mismo’ or ‘el mismo’ here instead of ‘eso’?
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-:
yoI did not see any discussion as to whether you can split the pronouns and put just one on the end of the infinitive/gerund:
Tengo un libro nuevo y me quierolo leer pronto.
Tengo un libro nuevo y lo quierome leer pronto. (pronoun ordering???)
Would either of these forms be acceptable?
Hi,
I was wondering if there is a reason the "c" turns in a "j", It seems to me that
conduce would sound fine in front of "e" and "i" (perhaps just a change in front of the "a" and "o".
Do you know of any reason for the change?
Thank you.
I wrote 'el fin de la semana pasada' and it was corrected to 'el fin de semana pasado'. I can see why the definite article was dispensed with, but 'semana pasado'? Surely the adjectival form of 'pasado/a' is used, rather than the past participle?
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