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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".
My question is really a b1/b2 question, but I can't find where to put it.
if one doesn't know if something exists, isn't "haya" (subjunctive) more correct?
eg ¿Haya un piscina cerca de aquí?
Hi,
Little confused.. I read in the examples:
Mi hijo mayor (my eldest son)
Su hermana menor (her younger sister)
How would 'my older son' (not 'eldest') (context: moving from the youngest to the middle of three sons in age) be said?
How older be different from eldest in these expressions? I know about 'el mejor' or 'el mayor', but I don't see that back here.
What is the rule regarding seasons of the year. When do we use the definite article el and when not. En el invierno/en invierno.
Thank you
First of all, how to decide when to use despertar and when despertarse?
Second question, why can't we use levantarse in place of despertarse?
The first person plural of present tense "to work" is nosotros trabajamos. The simple past is also nosotros trabajamos. Is the difference in translation based on context? I may be overthinking this, but say it's noon and my mom asks me "how are you guys doing?" "Como estan?" and I reply "nosotros trabajamos." Am I saying "we work (later) today" or "we worked (this morning)"? I guess I'm supposed to follow this up with "esta manana" or "despues" to avoid confusion?
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.
It might be worth mentioning that "Es lógico que" tends to require a subjunctive [or always does?] - because intuitively one might regard it as a certainty; i.e., we do need to learn and remember this.
Instead of está tumbada, I wrote está acostada. I've seen tumbarse used more in literature, but are there any others differences between these two that determined your choice in this instance?
Likewise with al mismo tiempo que, I wrote mientras instead.
These 2 were not given as alternative answers
Saludos a todos
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