How can this be a future idea?Bear in mind that sometimes it is difficult to know whether the speaker is using the subjunctive to convey a future idea or a shared information. Have a look again at this example:
Aunque esté nevando, voy a sacar al perro a pasear.
There are two possibilities here:
the speaker is thinking that it might snow later (but even so, nonetheless, he is taking the dog for a walk)
the speaker and the listener both know that it is snowing at that moment of speaking (but even so / nonethelesss, he is going to take the dog for a walk), so it is a background/shared information.
In this sentence, how can one say "aunque este nevando" and be speaking about the future? This seems like it would have to be an instance of shared information, right?
¡Que me dejes en paz!¡Dejarme en paz!
Hi, is “Dejarme en paz” also correct? Gracias, Shirley.?
Cuando sea mayor, seré médico.When I am older, I will be a doctor.Cuando vayas al mercado compra fruta y verdura.When you go to the market, buy fruit and vegetables.
Also, when the subjunctive is used is it always part of the cuando clause?
What if you want to say I have to finish the speech for Thursday (instead of by Thursday) in the sense that it is Thursday's speech? Would it be, Tengo que terminar el discurso que es para el jueves? o el discurso de jueves..?
Gracias,
Hi, my understanding was that "un poco" was always used when poco was used as a pronoun, instead of as an adjective or adverb along with the explicit noun?
Ex: Quieres arroz? Si, un poco (de arroz).
Ex: Solo quiero poco arroz.
Ex: Necisito estudiar poco.
Is this not correct?
Thanks!!
*(BTW, this website is so incredibly helpful.
1. why is the answer sentence being phrased as 'the idea attracted me' when the sentence given is I was attracted to the idea?
2. it a esquiar a Europa. why does it uses 'a' instead of 'en'?
3. en Argentina se pueden practica... why is this se pueden in plural and not se puede in singular?
3. drop by is given as dejarse caer por.. can we still use pasar por?
Bear in mind that sometimes it is difficult to know whether the speaker is using the subjunctive to convey a future idea or a shared information. Have a look again at this example:
Aunque esté nevando, voy a sacar al perro a pasear.
There are two possibilities here:
the speaker is thinking that it might snow later (but even so, nonetheless, he is taking the dog for a walk)
the speaker and the listener both know that it is snowing at that moment of speaking (but even so / nonethelesss, he is going to take the dog for a walk), so it is a background/shared information.
In this sentence, how can one say "aunque este nevando" and be speaking about the future? This seems like it would have to be an instance of shared information, right?
Here is another example of the nonuse of an article in Spanish that I do not understand. "The city was an environmental model" is "la ciudad fue modelo ambiental" not "un modelo ambiental". I do not understand why there is no indefinite article like there is in English.
I think you have put the wrong text in the above,
We are going to go to Carla's
In this exercise the preterit 3rd person singular of "creer" is shown as "crió" whereas in my other Spanish dictionaries it is shown as "creció". Is the former conjugation specific to Latin America whilst the latter (creció) is specific to Spain?
In a grammar textbook, I ran across the structure "la + de + nombre + que + verbo (+ sujeto) (+ tiempo o lugar)" as an intensifier. Does this have the same function as "qué de"?
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