Spanish language Q&A Forum

Shout-out to María Virginia for her superbly enunciated reading!

Hello,

I have these sentences from the exercise:

1. In addition, they improve colds.   Además, mejoran los resfriados 

2. They have vitamins and minerals.  y tienen vitaminas y minerales

In sentence 1, though the English is 'colds' (without the article), the Spanish sentence has los resfriados

In sentence 2, both the English and Spanish do NOT have the articles.

Is there a rule for when to use the articles? Can you point me to some info?

Thank you

Amrutha

This was an excellent lesson - topical of course, but so easy to follow because of the perfect diction. Gracias. John

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Hola!

Solo un FYI, la grabación salta en la tercera frase.

Gracias

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Would either or both these statements be correct?

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Greetings everyone
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while the answer

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is marked as nearly correct when both options are acceptable, according to the lesson above.

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Why is “habían” used and not “había”? 

Is it because “problemas” is plural?