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Hi Inma,
Just a little question off topic.
In the example;
"Espero que hayáis reservado en el restaurante con antelación."
The preposition used is 'en' before el restaurante. In this sense do they mean 'at the restaurant' or 'in the restuarante'. Are there other prepositions you could use with reservar (like 'con') or is 'en' the standard preposition here.
Many Thanks
Please clarify what is meant by each it.
I assume the first it refers to the reflexive pronoun and the second it refers to the verb. BUT ONE CANT BE SURE
I'm worried that my son hangs around with those people. He actually does. .....salga. Why not sale?
I'm worried that my son might hang around with those people. I don't know whether he does or not.'.......salga
I'm worried that my son might hang around with those people. He does not, yet. ..........salga
Is there a way reset my records to start over from the beginning of the course?
When I am finished with level CI I am going to want to repeat the entire course again because I am moving too quickly through the lessons and the idiomatic expressions are not making it to my long-term memory. I'm doing much better with verbs, pronouns, adverbs and adjectives. Also, I need to expand my vocabulary which might be difficult considering the fact that I have no real life need or occasion to communicate in Spanish. I am doing this for intellectual satisfaction not for any specific reason.
This is very important.
The lesson says, "Sometimes, when we talk about putting or attaching things on people, animals or things we still use the indirect object pronouns without the preposition." In the examples of this that are given, what preposition is not being used? Thanks!
I don't understand why the imperfect "Teníamos que llevar" is used and not the preterite. After studying again when to use imperfect, it would seem that this sentence is " We used to have to wear" or "We were having to wear", whereas "We had to wear" would be "Tuvimos que llevar". I can't see how the phrase "We had to wear protective hats" suggests it is ongoing and not completed. Obviously I'm wrong but I don't get it.
Hola Inma,
For the last sentence of this passage, for my translation, I wrote, ¡Qué baile tan bonito! It was however marked as incorrect. Please could you explain why that is?
Gracias.
Hola,
I clicked on the link at the top of this lesson to see more info on the topic :
However, later on I tried to do a search with both these entries in the search box and on the Library page with these entries - below- and nothing came up (except the translations - which has happened several times before):
Entries: Spanish grammar lessons for Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures and
IDIOMS, IDIOMATIC USAGE, AND STRUCTURES (your link in the lesson)
I don't understand how come this does not come out in the search. What am I doing wrong?
Also would it work better to search in Spanish?
Thank you. Nicole
The exceptions are both words that describe places of origin. Is this a pattern or are these two examples that just happened to be place names. I can see three possibilities:
1) When you have a place of origin adjective (from Spain, from Analusia) you always use gendered plural endings.
2) When you use gendered plural endings for adjectives ending in z or l you always use gendered plural endings
3) It's just a coincidence in the examples and neither 1 or 2 is a pattern.
Which one of these cases is closest to being correct?
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