How can you tell the difference between an "interruption" and an "end"?In the fill-in-the-blanks exercise I was doing, the sentence I didn't understand was as follows:
Nosotros continuamos con nuestra fiesta particular y estuvimos charlando y bebiendo hasta el amanecercuando me confesó que estaba enamorado de mí."
So it seems that "hasta el amanecer" was the "ending" of the chatting and drinking and that's why "estuvimos" was used.
If the sentence removed the until sunrise part, would this be correct because of the interrupting action ("me confeso")?
Nosotros continuamos con nuestra fiesta particular y estabamos charlando y bebiendo cuando me confesó que estaba enamorado de mí.
But what are some tips for how to tell the difference between an interruption and an end? Is the interruption always some kind of action? And the end is always a reference to time? It doesn't seem like it from the example in this lesson:
"Estuvimos almorzando hasta que acabamos con toda la comida y luego nos fuimos al cine.
We were having lunch until we finished all the food and then we went to the cinema."
Re: It is very close to the beach!
Kwizbot ¡Está muy cerca de la playa!
You !Está muy cerca a la playa!
You could also say: ¡Está muy próximo a la playa!
Would it be correct to say: “cerca a” or does cerca always require a “de”
Thank you, Nicole
Hi,
What if I wanted to say "the other lamp" instead of "another lamp"?
Would that be "la otra lámpara"?
Fred
Hello, why is suficiente after comida ? thanks !
In the fill-in-the-blanks exercise I was doing, the sentence I didn't understand was as follows:
Nosotros continuamos con nuestra fiesta particular y estuvimos charlando y bebiendo hasta el amanecercuando me confesó que estaba enamorado de mí."
So it seems that "hasta el amanecer" was the "ending" of the chatting and drinking and that's why "estuvimos" was used.
If the sentence removed the until sunrise part, would this be correct because of the interrupting action ("me confeso")?
Nosotros continuamos con nuestra fiesta particular y estabamos charlando y bebiendo cuando me confesó que estaba enamorado de mí.
But what are some tips for how to tell the difference between an interruption and an end? Is the interruption always some kind of action? And the end is always a reference to time? It doesn't seem like it from the example in this lesson:
"Estuvimos almorzando hasta que acabamos con toda la comida y luego nos fuimos al cine.
We were having lunch until we finished all the food and then we went to the cinema."I was just wondering if there are any new languages planned for release in the near future. I have read (I think it was on Twitter) that German, Italian and Portuguese were potentially in the works.
If so, that would be excellent news, as KwizIQ is definitely one of the best language resources out there!!
I put argentina nacional instead of nacional argentina. Can't the adjective go after the noun here or does it have to be before it? Thanks.
The lesson says that gustaría is only used in the third person singular. However, what if the things that would be liked are nouns, not verbs. Wouldn’t the plural be used to reflect this, as an example “nos gustarían unas cervezas” - we would like some beers?
I think I read in one of the lessons that decir was used to describe briefer statements, while contar was used when statements were more extensive or detailed. Would it also be correct to say "Me contó que solo era cuestión de tiempo..."?
Thank youShirley
Interesting lesson!
I noticed a simple memory trick: use dónde with verbs, donde with nouns.
That is:
[verb] + dónde
[noun] + donde
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