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Hola
Why is the imperfect subjunctive used, as it is not a repeated or continued action?
Many thanks
Carmen montaría su propio negocio ________. Carmen would set up her own business provided the bank gave her the loan.mientras que el banco le diera el préstamomientras el banco le dio el préstamopuesto que el banco le dio el préstamo
Va a estudiar medicina por seguir la tradición familiar.
Le dieron el trabajo por ser el primo del director.
I think these sentences would be better translated as:
She is going to study medicine because it's the family tradition.
He was given the job for being the manager's cousin.
hi, in this story, there is a part that uses también as also.
can i use además instead? but it was mark as wrong.
Hola Inma,
Why do you use the infinitive endurecer insted of the sunjuctive? I thought both se empezara a and endurecer are attached to the Sería bueno que.
Muchas gracias!
Ελισάβετ
"... contemplaría llover intensamente" is an interesting semantic construction - not immediately intuitive to a native English speaker. However, it is consistent with the fact that Spanish often tends to use an infinitive to translate a gerund or a noun in English: [you do have at least one exercise illustrating this point, I believe].
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In Spanish, the structure "Tan...como" is referred to as a "comparative structure".
What is the name of the structure that utilizes "Tan...que"?
please could you tell me the trigger for using subjunctive here.Será mejor que aparques lejos del centro.It'd be better if you park far from the town centre. [you=tú]
is the above translation correct?
Será - it will beor Sería - it would be
many thanks in advance
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Hola Inma,
"se originó en la región de Río de la Plata"
My answer was:
fue originado en la región de Río de la Plata.
No entiendo la diferencia. ¿Me podrías explicar?
Saludos
Ελισάβετ
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