Fue vs. Fue ie. Was vs. WentWhen I quizzed my Studyplan, one of the questions was:
"What does "Olivia fue a la piscina esta mañana." mean?
The correct answer was: "Olivia went to the swimming pool this morning.", which I got right, because 'ir' is followed by 'a' in this sentence.
I noticed that in the lesson all the examples using "ser" in the Preterito Indefinido were followed by either a noun or an adjective:
"Él fue alpinista en su juventud." (He was a climber in his youth.) In this case a "noun";
"Ellos fueron muy famosos el año pasado." (They were very famous last year.) In this case an "adjective".
My question is how would you say, "Olivia WAS at the swimming pool this morning."?
Would you say, "Olivia fue en la piscina esta manana."?, using "en" rather than "a"?
("Olivia fue la piscina esta manana." doesn't sound right at all.)
If this is the case, a few examples added to the lesson would be a great help.
Gracias y Saludos
In sentence 1 why is the verb "dar" which I thought means to give used instead of "ir"?
In sentence 2 I see Cuenco means basin. Is it being used to somehow mean since a young age?
In sentence 2, "19" is spoken with an "f" sound in it when I was expecting a "c" sound. . Is it a dialect, am I hearing it wrong, or am I wrong that 19 is "dieinueve"?
Thanks.
When I quizzed my Studyplan, one of the questions was:
"What does "Olivia fue a la piscina esta mañana." mean?
The correct answer was: "Olivia went to the swimming pool this morning.", which I got right, because 'ir' is followed by 'a' in this sentence.
I noticed that in the lesson all the examples using "ser" in the Preterito Indefinido were followed by either a noun or an adjective:
"Él fue alpinista en su juventud." (He was a climber in his youth.) In this case a "noun";
"Ellos fueron muy famosos el año pasado." (They were very famous last year.) In this case an "adjective".
My question is how would you say, "Olivia WAS at the swimming pool this morning."?
Would you say, "Olivia fue en la piscina esta manana."?, using "en" rather than "a"?
("Olivia fue la piscina esta manana." doesn't sound right at all.)
If this is the case, a few examples added to the lesson would be a great help.
Gracias y Saludos
Is there a way to save these lists to a notebook? This website is perfect otherwise. Thanks!
I disagree strongly with the solution given on this question, and it seems to go directly against your own "quick lesson" if the answer is "era" -- the time frame is known and relevant because the palace was the home of a king with a specific reign, which would be known. Explícalo, por favor!
It appears that a space is missing in the bullet point: "in the subordinate sentence after quererque we use El Imperfecto Subjuntivo."
It looks like a space may be needed in "quererque" to divide this into two words: "querer" and "que." Or is there a circumstance in which it would be correct to combine these?
All the examples use an infinitive after "soler," but in the first test question, the verb following "soler" is conjugated. How do we know when to conjugate the verb after a conjugated "soler?"
As Michael says, pronouns are not easy.
But why add to our misery by adding the ‘insignificant’ note regarding the position of pronouns with infinitives, imperatives and gerunds. That’s surely worth a lesson all of its own.
Es verano is completely correct. When you guys have ambigious test questions like this -- and there are MANY on this web site -- it gets frustrating.
Re: Mamá, ________ -Bien ¿y tú? Mum, how are you? -Good, and you?
In a test I just did, for the above question, I added: "¿cómo está?" but it was marked wrong.
I chose this, because in certain areas, children address their mother formally, so that is why I used the "formal" in this case. i know it is not common, but the test did say, some or all may be correct.
Thank you for your attention to this,
Nicole
I don't understand how to determine when to use "de" versus "sobre" for the word "about". Las chicas están hablando de mí >> about --> de
Yo soy honesto. No puedo decir lo mismo sobre ti. >> about -->sobre
Thank you.
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