When 'tarda....en' = 'it takes...'I keep tripping up on this! Asked to choose correct answers in a multiple choice, I chose as follows:
It takes 10 minutes to paint it = Se tarda..., Se tardaron... and Tarda...
Tarda was marked as incorrect. However, it seems to me that it has some legitimacy. Thing is, there's no indication what 'it' actually is, so it could in fact be the subject of the sentence! That might seem odd, but perhaps if you were to think of 'it' being a train in the sentence '(el tren) Tarda dos horas en llegar a Madrid' it might make a bit more sense - especially if this was said as a reply and the subject was already established.
If the question gave a hint like 'form a passive' or 'we don't know who or what the subject is', that would leave little doubt. But as is, it not entirely clear.
I know that the rule is to use sino que when there is a different conjugated verb in the second clause after sino. If it is the same verb, we don't need to use it at all: Juan no bebía vino sino ron. But what if we decide to include the verb? Then do we use sino que (even though it is not a different verb?). Juan no bebía vino sino que ron.
I would appreciate your help on this one.
Hola Inma,
Can you help me with the following. The alternative answers given are:
Ten en cuenta que esta ...... / Ten presente que esta / Recuerda que esta / No olvides que esta
I can't understand why a subjunctive spelling of recordar (recuerde) isn't used. It is probably for an obvious reason but I'm missing it.
Saludos. John
I keep tripping up on this! Asked to choose correct answers in a multiple choice, I chose as follows:
It takes 10 minutes to paint it = Se tarda..., Se tardaron... and Tarda...
Tarda was marked as incorrect. However, it seems to me that it has some legitimacy. Thing is, there's no indication what 'it' actually is, so it could in fact be the subject of the sentence! That might seem odd, but perhaps if you were to think of 'it' being a train in the sentence '(el tren) Tarda dos horas en llegar a Madrid' it might make a bit more sense - especially if this was said as a reply and the subject was already established.
If the question gave a hint like 'form a passive' or 'we don't know who or what the subject is', that would leave little doubt. But as is, it not entirely clear.
Hola,
what about words that start with "hie-"? The o changes into u or not?
Está hecha de madera o/u hierro?
Muchas gracias
Ελισάβετ
This is a great lesson. Thank you.
It seems to me that there are examples of both Indicative and subjunctive for the main clause in the lesson, yet when I use indicative in the tests it is always marked wrong. Please explain.
The table formatting is bad so the third column can't be easily read. This problem exists in both chrome and safari.
En este caso para yo, el contexto no es importante.
En la programa, se dice,
"No podemos escuchar bien = We can't hear well." .
Siempre pensaba que escuchar quiere decir "to listen" y oír quiere decir "to hear".
Por favor lo explícame la diferencia.
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