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1. ¡no puedo tomar ese riesgo! Un this case would be acceptable to use "el riesgo" or even "este riesgo" instead of "ese riesgo"?
2. Is "mirar la tele" acceptable or does mirar mean something else in this context?
Thanks!
After explaining the whole story (which happened "hoy") with preterito perfecto , why did we use Preterio Indefinido in the end?
: el profesor me felicitó.
I thought it would have been "me ha felicitado"
It's a little unclear, but I think you're saying in this lesson that in English we couldn't use an imperfect tense, but although it might be less common, I've certainly heard people say things like "I wasn't finding my keys" to mean that they had been looking unsuccessfully but now had found them.
Aunque with subjunctive when information is shared / background - why? I can't find this elsewhere, only that the subjunctive is used if the information is unimportant or irrelevant. Is this what this statement on 'shared' really means?
Hi,
I was wondering why the "present" tense is used in Spanish for "llamar" which is then translated in the future tense. Why not llamaremos?
Después de la fiesta llamamos a un taxi.
After the party we will call a taxi.
Thank you.
El turista espera que los autóctonos le traten bien durante su estancia.
Doesn’t “le” mean “to/for” him?
Thank you,
Shirley.
why ”queria” (imperfekto)? It’s not a habit. Shouldn’t it be ”quise” (preterito)?
It’s man speaking. He says ”mi novio”. Shouldn't he say "mi novia" (unless he is gay of course)?
Le encantó su sorpresa! ?? I would expect "Me encantó su sorpresa" ??
Entender means understand, but in this example: Ella entiende de arte. - means: She knows about art. Why?
Thank you so much!
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