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"El anuncio decía que" shouldn't we use "Indefinido" here, as the action we're talking about was done yesterday. We are not describing here?

I came across this question in the exercises.

Al profesor le gustaría que los niños ________ en voz alta

I selected the correct answer which was hablara.

However my first intuition was that the answer would be hable.

Hable wasn't one of the options however.

Would hable also be a potential correct answer for this question?

Thank you.

Hi, i’m confused about jugaron here. Why not jugaban? We don’t know when the playing stopped. Thanks a lot. Shirley. 

Just want to remind people that we use the infinitive when we have the same subject in both clauses.

Hi,

The link to the above takes you to a page with the sub-heading 'Spanish Present Perfect'.

I thought 'preterite' was always related to the past as it says in the text on that page. So, why is it present perfect in Spanish?

Thanks.

Colin

El texto menciona una bebida tradicional de Paraguay, el terere. Hay una comida tradicional de Paraguay

Hi, just want to let you know that this is the third mini-quiz that I've come across on my recommended list that has no questions.  It just says "1 of 0".

Hi Inma, I had a thought about V's question below and wanted to check it with you.  This applies to statements which don't give any time indicators.

If the speaker is thinking of themselves in the present time, then they will see the past event as complete.  "Mi prima fue Miss Universe."  In other words, "We're here in the present, and that is a past event which is complete."

However if the speaker is mentally placing themselves in the past, they would say "Mi prima era Miss Universe,"  as a way of placing you inside the narrative in the past time frame.  Kind of like saying, "Let's mentally travel to the past, when my cousin was Miss Univetse."

Hope this is makes senss.  If it's correct, it will be a useful concept for me.  Thanks.

I think it should be noted that there are some additional adverbs which can be combined with de:

cerca (de)

adelante (de)

arriba (de)

Please confirm/update?

Saludos

My translator offers two possible translations one of which includes las before " alegrías," los before "paseos" and las before " noches" and  another which excludes them. Do the objects have to be used here, or are there regional variations ?

Kevin