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On another course, an example conversation between novio and novia goes: “usted sabe que lo amo. Vayamos al cine, hay una película nueva que quiero que veamos. Me muero por que usted la vea”. It was partly my frustration that there was no explanation of the use of usted here that led me to look for another course. Can anyone here explain this to me? Is this a regional peculiarity? Maybe Colombia? Thanks.
I noticed a pattern in the examples. Articles are always used with the subject of a sentence, but articles are only used some of the time with direct objects.
ARTICLES NOT USED WITH DIRECT OBJECTS
hoy no hay clase de español, tienes peces de colores, he comprado vasos de plástico, no tengo disfraz de Halloween
ARTICLES USED WITH DIRECT OBJECTS
ver la ropa de niño, voy a contarte un cuento de hadas, tengo que guardar mi ropa de verano, prefiero el vestido de flores, quieres un helado de fresa
QUESTION: Is there a rule for when to use articles with the direct object?
Cheers,
Marcos
Hola Inma,
could we use " De haberlo sabido antes" insted?
Hola Inma,
1) El hecho de que no haya.
Why do you use subjunctive here? I thought el hecho is refering to something real (la falta de la oferta).
2) .... hasta que pueden dejar la casa de sus padres.
In this case (future action) i would use the subjunctive. Would it be wrong?
¡Feliz año nuevo!
Ελισάβετ
and he suffered many storms during his journey.
HINT: journey = travesía.
Kwizbot y sufrió muchas tormentas durante su travesía.
You y sufraba muchas tormentas a través de su travesía .
Hello,
I was wondering why the preterit is used here and not the imperfect? I would have thought that these storms occurred throughout his journey, therefore the imperfect would be used?
Thank you for your help in clarifying this and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Wishing you the best New Year ever!
Nicole
There are four examples given of fractions in the end of the lesson :
tres cuartos,
dos decimos,
tres octavos,
un septimo
These examples are supposed to show the need for plurals when the numerator (top number) is more than one. Unfortunately all the numbers choosen ( dos and tres) end in "s". I found myself somewhat confused, and wondering if this meant that the top number should also have an "s", por ejemplo sietes ochos instead of siete ochos.
It would be clearer if you used included a fraction that did not end in "s"; por ejemplo cuarto octavos instead of tres octavos.
Hola,
The third person plural form of the Present tense, (El Presente), and the Preterite tense, (El Preterito Indefinido), are identical for -ar verbs.
Since that is the case, may I suggest that there is a note about this in the lesson with a few examples to show how context can clarify which tense is being used? This would be very helpful.
A simple chart comparing the present and past conjugations alongside each other of some common verbs such as 'trabajar' or 'hablar' would also be useful, especially for those learners who are very visual.
Gracias y Saludos!
We would be delighted if you dined with us on Christmas Eve.
(HINT: you=vosotros)
cenéis
cenaríais
cenarais
cenasteis
The correct answer is evidently #3, but I don't understand how it's being conjugated.
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