2 questions about this testRe Exercise: The weather forecast Spanish writing exercise EL PRONÓSTICO DEL TIEMPO
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In Milan it is raining
Kwizbot En Milán está lloviendo
You Está lloviendo en Milán
Why is my reply not OK?
and this one:
In the east, in Bari there's a storm
Kwizbot En el este, en Bari hay tormenta
You En el este, en Bari hay una tormenta
Questioin: Would it not be acceptable to use "una" here, since it's a manifestation and not a condition like cloudy?
i.e. there's a cloud: hay un nube; it's cloudy: está nublado (I know it strays a bit from the "hay" format, but it's the only example I can think of. )
Thank you.
Nicole
When a noun is used to describe the weather, hacer is used but when an adjective or participle is used then the verb is estar: En otoño, hace viento -v- en otoño está ventoso.
Pero why is ser used for: en otoño es incomodo? Or should it be está?
Maybe just worth pointing out that in the sentences with "a" the preposition is used in two different ways:
- as a "normal" preposition, for example, indicating motion: "El partido al que fui"
- as a "personal a", where there is a direct object (Los cantantes a los que los fans adulaban) but where "a" is needed because the object is personal.
I think that's so, isn't it?
Got an answer wrong on a test, they said it was ordenador, I was only familiar with it as computadora
Re Exercise: The weather forecast Spanish writing exercise EL PRONÓSTICO DEL TIEMPO
Page: On the page: https://spanish.kwiziq.com/my-languages/spanish/exercises/judge/197/456443?response=61108&page=3
In Milan it is raining
Kwizbot En Milán está lloviendo
You Está lloviendo en Milán
Why is my reply not OK?
and this one:
In the east, in Bari there's a storm
Kwizbot En el este, en Bari hay tormenta
You En el este, en Bari hay una tormenta
Questioin: Would it not be acceptable to use "una" here, since it's a manifestation and not a condition like cloudy?
i.e. there's a cloud: hay un nube; it's cloudy: está nublado (I know it strays a bit from the "hay" format, but it's the only example I can think of. )
Thank you.
Nicole
I am trying to sort out the tenses in the following example from above:
Dejó el trabajo porque quería mejor sueldo.He left his job because he wanted a better salary.
The first verb (dejó) is preterito indefinido indicating a complete action in the past.
The second (quería) is preterito imperfecto.
I think this is because "he" probably had been wanting a better salary for a while before he left his job and it was an ongoing action. Is this the right way to think about this sentence?
I forgot to say that I really like the new Q&A forum. Great layout and easy to find things. Thanks for all that you do to make our learning a pleasant experience.
Saludos :)
Could you share the link where you list all the possible/different names of the verb tenses?
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