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would you be able to sayles costía mucho adaptarse a esse pueblo tan pequenoLes costó mucho adaptarse a un pueblo tan pequeño.
saludjulie
Por algunos dias voy de vacaciones
Por unos dias voy de vacaciones
¡gracias!
Do all ordinal numbers ending in 1/3 undergo the change? I understand the first word will not (decimoprimero or vigésimo tercero will NOT be decimprimero or vigésim tercero),, BUT the second (primero/tercero) does??
Ex/ decimoprimer.
vigésimo tercer
The Kwiziq Spanish Tense Names master sheet I downloaded 8/6/2024 defines El Condicional Simple as "expresses a hypothetical action that would or might happen in the future". El Condicional Perfecto is defined as "Expresses an action that would have or might have happened in the past". Are these definitions correct?
The item "Abuelos ...... muchas patatas en aquel entonces" is given the hint that the speaker is expressing probability about what happened in the past. The correct action is given as comerían, el condicional simple.
If the master sheet has been updated, where might I find it?
Thank you,
Sheila Dickson
One time when both I and my Spanish level were younger, I was visiting Guatemala and would often go to a particular restaurant for breakfast where I was always served by the same waitress. We go to know each other and one day she told me all about her sister who worked nearby.
The next day I wanted to be polite and ask how her sister was, so I asked, in error, "¿Cómo es tu hermana?" Immediately she frowned and walked away and never served me again, with the manager serving me instead. The only explanation that I can think of was that, in using the verb "ser" instead of "estar", I had really asked, "Is your sister hot?" That is, how is your sister physically? So my question is, does saying "Como es..." ever refer to physical attributes?
I thought you don't need to use the personal a with animals although it's commonly used with pets. Is that so? So couldn't it be "vio los elefantes"?
Hello
I would like to ask that this structure always followed by noun like la página, la mitad etc. Or conjugated verb or infinitive verb can also be used or anything ?
Hola, I'd like to know if these two tenses are interchangeable eg ella mueve las cajas a otro lugar. Is it equally correct to translate this as either 'she moves the boxes somewhere else' or 'she's moving the boxes somewhere else'?
I realise that other people have asked a similar question but I didn't find the responses very clear so I'm still uncertain. Thank you
I'd just like to point out for your newer students that the following example is in indirect form and not reflexive form:
Me duele mucho la cabeza.My head hurts a lot
We can tell the difference because it does not say "Me duelo", which would be reflexive form, in which the "yo" form of the verb would agree with "me".
Instead it says "me duele", which agrees with "la cabeza". We can see this if we change the order of the words:"La cabeza me duele mucho."
For students who do not know where the "me" comes from you can search for the lesson on Direct Objects.
Hello, i am confused by this paragraph below: it states that this rule is relevant when there are direct or indirect pronouns in a sentence with a conjugated verb that is followed by an infinitive or a present participle but then provides an example that has a gerund after the conjugated verb and no example with a present participle. Is this an error?
¿Estás cantando tu canción favorita? Sí, la estoy cantando.Are you singing your favourite song? Yes, I am singing it.When there are direct and indirect object pronouns in a sentence with a conjugated verb that is followed by an infinitive or a present participle,
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