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How do learners remember when to use the "de" described above? Do native speakers learn it only from growing up with the language? I don't see any particular rule for knowing when to use the "de" and when not to--how "wrong" is it to omit the "de?"
Would it be more correct to change this sample sentence:
"Puede que yo haya sido un poco brusca, pero tenía que decir la verdad."
Vs.
"Puede que yo haya ESTADO un poco brusca....."? \
Thanks for your input.
(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.
I have noticed that the word “video” is pronounced differently in Spain and Latin America. In Latin America, the word is pronounced as 3 syllables and the accent is on the “e” (2nd or middle syllable). In contrast, in Spain the word seems to be pronounced with the accent on the “i” (1st syllable) and it seems like the word may only have 2 syllables in the peninsular pronunciation (with the “eo” pronounced as a one syllable diphthong). Is this correct, and if not, what is going on here?
Juan trajo unas flores a Ana.
Juan brought Ana some flowers.
Juan le trajo unas flores.
Juan brought her some flowers. (To whom? To Ana).
Why is le used instead of se. Se means her
Le duele la pierna.
His/her/your leg hurts. here you use le for her too. is other place wrong?
I went and got link. Pronombre de complemento indirecto: Pronoun Type. How to use Pronombre de complemento indirecto in Spanish (kwiziq.com)
there is this sentence = the deceased were only remembered on November 1st.
the answer is = solo se recordaba a los difuntos el primero de noviembre.
But is using acordarse acceptable as well?
= solo se acuerdaba ?
second question is that, for a few years = unos pocos años or pocos años.
can we use unos cuentos años or un par de años?
i do not understand why one is preferred over the other.
by the way, the audio seems to have some problems as i cant play it.
thanks
I did not catch the first spoken sentence. I did not at all hear "tenemos mucha hambre y sed". Was something else said instead?
Another explanation I have seen tells that when the pronoun is part of a phrase within brackets we should be using el que etc rather than just que. I have fed the sentence into the respected SpanishChecker with both alternatives and neither was identified as wrong.
Use "recordar" for "to remind of..." ( = idea brought to your mind)
Use "recordar que" for "to remind that..."Eso ________ tengo que recoger a mi hijo del colegio en 5 minutos. That reminds me that I have to pick up my son from school in 5 minutes.(HINT: it conveys something is brought to her mind)
Hola, I’m confused, if I use the clue (brought to mind) I get the answer wrong (the correct answer requires que). Please clarify, muchas gracias, Shirley.
+ es improbable
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