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Why is "Ellos propusieron cambiar la ruta del viaje." wrong?
Why is "Propusieron cambiar la ruta del viaje." the only right answer?
Do the brackets around “a” mean that it can be used at the speaker’s discretion, or its use sometimes or always required?
Could I have said, “Os animo que vengáis” or “Me han animado comprar un perro” ?
Why is creer not the right verb for "she thought that" . Difference between pensar and creer please?
Inma - Many thanks for this useful lesson.
I am wondering if it might be worth emphasising, at the beginning, that "-ar" verbs all form their gerund quite regularly. Is that true?
That could be reinforced with examples like pensar [> pienso] > pensando;
and (in your category 3): contar [>cuento] > contando.
and maybe even mention in your category 1 that crear > creando is quite regular - (i.e., with no 'y' inserted).
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This is in the lesson plan. But according to a chart in a textbook I have, if the verb in the main clause is in the present (parece), then the dependent clause would be imperfect subjunctive or present perfect subjunctive. So the correct Spanish for what is written in English above would be "Parece como si hayas tenido una pelea con alguien." And the correct English translation for the Spanish sentence in the lesson would be, "It looks as if you had had a fight with someone," which is not a normal expression. The Spanish should be "Parecia como si hubieras tenido ..." Please advise if I am incorrect and why. Thanks so much.
To really make my day, illustrations would have been great. Do they exist?
Why use estaba when saying “I was very calm and happy”? It didn’t seem like an ongoing action in the past but one defined by “after my swim”. Why not estuve?
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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