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While I understand the explanation via timeframes and don't want to complicate things unnecessarily, this made me think:
Can't I use the imperfect (progressive) with such timeframes, too?
Ayer estaba limpiando la casa. (Should be ok.)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa. (?)
Ayer entre la 1 y las 2 estaba limpiando la casa cuando algo me asustó. (Should be ok.)
That is, can't the imperfect (progressive) be used with an explicit timeframe, too, as long as its function is descriptive or establishing a background, i.e. as long as the aspectual semantics are imperfective within the timeframe?
The answer appears to treat estar as a verb like gustar. It doesn´t appear as such in your list. What am I missing?
I am in the Latin American course. Anaranjado is more common for orange in Latin America. Anaranjado does change -o or -a endings.
For example, "buscar" is used as an example, but it is not "stem-changing". Maybe change the title of the lesson by dropping the word "stem-changing".
In the chart in the lesson, the meaning of "bueno" before the noun is listed as "simple/good" which implies that "buen hombre" could mean "simple man", which seems unlikely. Is this a typo ? Maybe the chart is meant to say that "bueno" before the noun means "simply good" ?
Thanks!
So can i use que and cual interchangeably eg
Mis vecinos, quienes tienen tres hijos, son muy ruidosos.
Mis vecinos, que tienen tres hijos, son muy ruidosos.
What setting do I use for the oven?
How do we get lessons to clear from our listing. I seem to do the lesson, get both test questions correct, but the lesson stays in my list.'
Thanks.
¡Buenas noches!
I'm trying to find out why "we don't have a fixed-price menu" is translated as "no tenemos menú" without the article ("un"?) and I can't find this out anywhere online! Would you be able to explain if there is a rule? Also, why is the title given as "reservar mesa" rather than "reservar una mesa"?
Many thanks!
The "chilenos realistas" - is it really correct to call them "royalists"?
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