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Please could you explain the use of disfrutar and disfrutar de, in sentences eg. is it correct to say: las personas que me disfrutan son mis mejores amigos.
Why 'comí' una lubina, then 'tomé' un trozo, but with the same english translation?
Why is it not "¡Qué sorpresa me ha llevado hoy!"?
In the case of aunque preceding a hypothetical, can you give some guidance on when the present subjunctive is used as opposed to the imperfect subjunctive?
I've read the answers below, but there are still instances where I'm confused. For example, the test answers say that "Lo están llamando" is the correct translation of "They're calling him." However, I think I saw "They're writing him" translated as "Le están escribiendo." Both take the preposition "a" when the person being called or written is named, and both can use the preposition "to" in English. How is it possible to know that llamar takes a direct object, while escribir takes an indirect object?
I was taught podrías means could when talking about the future and podía means could when talking about the past. Is this wrong?
Why is cambiar used with the preposition de and sometimes without? Is there any difference between the two ways of using cambiar?
There Will be and There is going to be are identical in meaning. Is that the same for habrá and va a haber. Google translate doesn’t seem to make a distinction.
Text reads: "A pesar de que solo tres mujeres resultaron elegidas"........shouldn't this be "a pesar de que sólo tres mujeres resultaron eligidas"?
Could seguir + infinitive be used in a similar way to llevar here? Perhaps...
Sigo trabajando en este colegio tres años
= I've continued working in this college for three years
Or would that have to be 'He seguido trabajando...'
I also note the absence of a preposition (por, durante etc) before the time/period phrase in the examples. Is it not necessary with llevar?
Saludos
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