Spanish language Q&A Forum

Hi there, I tried this sentence: "El detengase de la autobus está cerca mi casa." But it was marked as incorrect, is detengase not a synonym?

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I had much trouble with the accent of the man who was dictating...  He says "s" with "th" and spoke very quickly....Very difficult to understand. 

We don't use "th" here or "vosotros"...so it's very different... But the man spoke very quickly with the words intertwined.

Hi! Is there any difference between the prepositions en and sobre with the verb pensar? E.g. can I say Ellos siempre piensan sobre el trabajo ?

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Re: This lesson;|
Would it be safe to say that this comes under the umbrella of the "passive" and if not, why?

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Nicole

In the test, the sentence 'No es verdad que  ________ siempre los papeles al suelo.' gave the answer as 'tiremos', and marked 'tiramos' as incorrect. So does this mean that if you present something as true, you use the indicative, but if you say something is not true, or that the truth is a negative, you use the subjunctive? I thought, in saying it is not true, the sentence was presenting something as a fact, and therefore the indicative would apply. 

The test asked me for the correct verb to use with the sentence "Tu ***** la primero de la lista" -  this seemed to be a temporary thing, so I chose "estas". The right answer was "eres"  - i.e. a permanent state. 

I am confused - can anyone explain why use ser rather than estar in this case?

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When using phrases like, "The boy is still little." or "The girl is not little any more.", would one use a form of estar, or would a form or ser be used? Thank you for your help.

Susan

How do we know if a noun is masculine or feminine in Spanish if it a new word to us?  Is there a clue I am missing or is it just a guess?

The sentence is We are going to have dinner etc....  But the infinitive verb used is salir which means to leave.  Why is the verb tener not used as this doesn't make sense to me