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Joseph A.A1Kwiziq community member

Tú te peinas todos los días. You comb your hair every day. How come we do not use the word pelo in spanish for this instance?

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Joseph A.A1Kwiziq community member

Tú te peinas todos los días. You comb your hair every day. How come we do not use the word pelo in spanish for this instance?

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nick b.B2Kwiziq community member

Hi - why is Ser used for "We may be the only ones in the restaurant?". I would have thought Estar - estamos en el restaurante?

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Se va a poner / va a ponerseLaura ________ enseguida.Laura is about to start cleaning shortly.The answer given is " Laura se va a poner a limpiar enseguida." Is "Laura va a ponerse a limpiar enseguida" also an answer?

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S. P.A0 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Doesn't "lo" mean "the thing"?

I always thought "lo" meant "the thing", is this correct in some other context?

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Julia M.C1Kwiziq community member

"Lo que yo hubiera dicho". -- in English, don't we use "might" in this type of phrase?

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Donald S.C1Kwiziq community member

la voz pasiva versus la voz activa

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

translation - meaning of example

A su vecino le robaron la moto el otro día.

(Le) robaron la moto el otro día a su vecino.

They stole his neighbour's bike the other day.

My brain wants to translate this as:

The other day they stole the bike for his neighbor. (su=his, her, your, its, their)

My point being that I think of the indirect object pronoun (le) as to/for him/her your/it

The word "for" being the key point that confuses me in this case, I would guess.

I would think the sentence would use "de" and be "Robaron el moto el otro día de su vecino." and not have the indirect object pronoun.

Help please!

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S. E.B2Kwiziq community member

You should also mention the use of "acá" in this article

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Elaine M.C1Kwiziq community member

Una pregunta sobre el Imperfecto de subjuntivo

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En esta frase, "Me recomendó que practicase meditación y que tuviera una actitud positiva." Es muy común que una persona mezcle ambas formas del imperfecto de subjuntivo dentro de la misma oración?

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