It's a bit hard for me to get my head around Gabriel being an indirect object because they help him, rather than help him with help (money in this case)!

Gracias,

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Adentrarse en o Adentrarse por

You implied that we should use "Adentrarse en" but "Adentrarse por" was given in the answer without a reference to "Adentrarse en". Which is correct?

In another sentence you advised lit' "we dined on some sandwiches" but "en" was not included in "cenábamos unos bocadillos". A bit confusing, no?

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G. M.C1KwizIQ community member

Preposition 'en' in example "hayáis reservado en el restaurante"

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

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Jean F.B2KwizIQ community member

Conjugate verbs in El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de SubjuntivoParece como si hubieses tenido una pelea con alguien.It looks as if you have had a fight with someone.
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.

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Heather W.C1KwizIQ community member

¿Este uso coloquial del gerundio es de España solamente o lo usan igual en otros países también?

Hi all,

This is an interesting usage that I haven't come across before. Is it only used in Spain, or elsewhere as well? Especially the last example of giving a command in a threatening tone or in no uncertain terms,- "Ya estás largándote'..

I know that in Chile for example, when someone is telling someone to leave, (say, at the end of an argument or unpleasant discussion, especially when they want a person to leave the room/house), it's very common to say "Ya, ¡partiste!" in the preterite. "You left already'', hahaha, I love it!

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Pinky Bhupinder J.A1KwizIQ community member

Pronouns alternate means of assessing

Please note, when I eliminate the pronoun to the verb ie yo tiene - tiene, it is marked incorrectly;

also when the object is relating to a profession ,ie,: Yo soy una cantera it's marked incorrectly and sometime it is the opposite.

Is there any reasons as to why this is the case.

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