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Please help me follow this explanation.
"We use the preposition "de" after the adjective..." by adjective do you mean facil/dificil?
when the subject is "the thing" (el armario) - Can you expand please as to what "the subject being the thing" means? What thing? What does thing refer to here?
"...not when the subject is "doing something" (montar el armario)." Isn't the subject always doing something? I don't understand this distinction.
All the examples are great and I can sense the pattern but I'd like something more concrete to be able to lock-in to the rule please :-)
(1) Most of the adverbs on the list are used with adjectives: demasiado verdes, muy estricta, un poco cansadas, bastante ruidoso, tan rápidamente.
(2) But mucho is different as it is used with verbs: te quiere mucho, no dormí mucho. And it wouldn’t seem to work with adjectives, for example, los platanos están mucho verdes needs to be stated as muy verdes.
(3) Tanto is different again, as it functions as a direct object. No puedes comer tanto.
Are these differences important, and should we learn more about these different categories of adverbs? Thanks.
>In sentences where the indirect object is represented by "a + pronoun", and it is at the beginning of the sentence, for example "a mí, a tí, a ella", it is necessary to repeat the indirect object by using the "short" pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les) in the same sentence.
I think this should be reworded. That "and it is at the beginning of the sentence" makes it seem like you don't need the shrot pronoun if you put the "a + pronoun" elsewhere in the sentence. I know one of the examples and the little tip box later clarify this, but I still think rewording that paragraph would help.
Hi, why is it 'esto es' and not 'eso es', as it is translated as 'that is'?
Thank you,
Jan
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.
1. cuantos años tiene mafalda? How old is Mafalda?
How old is Mafalda?
Why is "lo mío" singular? Why not "los míos son" or "lo mío es"?
Hi,
The translation given for the above is 'You apologised to me'.
I thought it meant 'You asked me for forgiveness', because You were doing the asking. Would 'apologised' not be a different word?
I know that I may translating more literally, but I am I completely wrong?
Saludos,
Colin
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