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In the phrase, ". . . y lo peor fue el viento, ya que tenía miedo . . . ," why does it use preterite (fue) and then imperfect (tenía)? Aren't they both describing the same time frame?
I've been wondering about this topic because I've heard people using "todos l@s" around town. Thanks for the thorough explanation.
Sometimes I hear, for instance, “I am dancing”, as estoy bailando. Other times I hear, bailo. I’ve had both marked incorrect in different instances. So what is normally spoken? It is confusing.
wow, thanks for the good C1 dictation with interesting content and decent narration speed to practice dictation.
Why is the imperfect, "tenía que" used instead of maybe the subjunctive "tenga que" or the conditional "tendría que"? In the story it's an action she hasn't yet done, no?
I need to have my eyes tested. The correct answer is "Me necesitan hacer una revisión de ojos." But for some reason that just sounds odd to me. I could understand "Me revisáron los ojos" as meaning "I got my eyes checked" -- something that got done to me by some un-named third party. But it just sounds weird to say "me necesitan" something. I guess because the other examples deal with having something done to me, and this example relates to the third party have a state of mind or need. Is this format with necesitar common?
Hola Silvia y/o Inma,
Please could you tell me why the preposition a is used with sobrevivir and yet not used with superar (which was given as an alternative in the hint)? I hope it's not something obvious that my old brain isn't getting, ja ja ja!
Gracias :)
here it says ¨Nosotros no deberíamos haberlo escuchado.¨ Should it be Nosotros no deberíamos haberle escuchado? Le instead of Lo?
For example "They are talking about the least successful novel ever written", can I say "Hablan de la novela menos exitosa jamás escrita"?
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