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If something is currently better now, but may change, why don't I use estar?  For example, el tiempo está mejor ahora.

In a writing exercise (a day outside), it told me to use es.

Sorry, re my previous question i meant Pongamonos, not pongonos. 

Shirley.

 Me temo que Cristina no podrá ir hoy al trabajo ...

Hi, in this exercise, Lola 'odia a los gatos' but I think that Danny "odia los perros",  in Lola's translation. 
Is there a difference in whether the personal 'a' is needed in each case?  I weighed it up as - it is a definable person/pet? and I opted for 'not' using personal a because they hate dogs/cats in general. Hmm, but then again, they are sort of talking about their own pets?
Then there's the question of 'odiar' being clearly a strong feeling... but not exactly a strong affection.
Please help!

cheers, 

Hola Inma,

I can’t work out why whether the information is already known to the parties concerned, that the subjunctive is used [in the pretérito imperfecto].

Also why using the pretérito indefinido would indicate that the information is new information.

In other words what is the logic behind this when forming the subjunctive? I completely get the idea of a hypothetical idea requiring the subjunctive, but the aspect of whether the information is already familiar to the people concerned, is confusing me. Saludos. John

Hi Inma,

Thanks a million this is really interesting and insightful to the use of Spanish. Saludos. John

Hola Inma,

my answer was: no te olvides de que la mejor mezcla es ...

but the "de" was marked wrong and deleted.

According to the lesson, when using the reflexive form olvidarse, we need to use the preposition "de".  Does this not apply when it comes to imperative?

Muchas gracias

Ελισάβετ

Somehow I haven’t seen the verbs “derrapar” and “pisar” before.  It’s great that you’re choosing verbs that expand our vocabulary.  Keep up the good work.