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Hi Can you please explain why - "I don't know if I will see him again" is not subjunctive, because it is all so uncertain.

Thanks

brenda

The answer given is “han tomado”. I don’t think tomado has been covered. I thought it should be tímido. Can you please explain?

Are por qué no/ mejor no only used with vamos? Or are these phrases more commonly used for all commands (not just ir)? 

For the road signs, are they third person singular for affirmative commands, and third person plural for negative commands? Or are both singular and plural third person used equally for either negative or affirmative commands?

What is the difference between tan and tanto?

Can they be used interchangeably.

I see that, at the bottom of this lesson, there's a note that says what "pluscamperfecto" refers to. It's a very simple explanation -- to talk about something that had happened. 

It would be SO helpful to have these short explanations of what a given grammar term means at the TOP of the lesson, just below the term for the lesson. I look at all these grammar terms and my eyes cross. I have no idea what they mean and I start to feel like there is no way I can learn Spanish because I'm so lost in all these terms. Taking the time to learn grammar terms seems like a tedious distraction from just learning to speak Spanish: a roadblock.

It's not uncommon for people in the US to have never learned grammar, so on behalf of myself, and all the mediocre public school graduates, I implore you: move the explanation for what a grammar term is to the top of the lesson. It's such a simple change and will make learning so much more accessible and these lessons so much more meaningful. 

Hola

¿Cuál es la forma correcta de escribir la siguiente frase?

Desde que tengo seis años de edad, empecé a hacer varios tipos de ejercicios.

Desde que tenia seis años de edad, empecé a hacer varios tipos de ejercicios.

Gracias de antemano

Level B2: Using desde que / hasta que (since/until) with Spanish indicative and subjunctive (subordinate time clauses)

Hola, querría preguntar si podemos decir "Ella se porta mal siempre cuando viene de visita" en vez de "Ella se porta mal siempre que viene de visita."

I thought the past participle of leer is leído. But the above example uses leídas. I have no knowledge of conjugating past participles. Please explain the usage. Thanks 

1) Why do you say “No tienen casa” and not “No tienen un casa”?   2) Is it “algunas” and not algunos because it agrees with personas?  3) Could you also say, La gente buscó ayuda de iglesias… as well as en iglesias?   This is the first time I did one of these exercises and I found it really helpful!

The lesson states the following: 

Cierto can also mean "verdadero/seguro" (true/truthful/sure/reliable). In this case, used with a noun, the adjective cierto is placed after the noun. For example: