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¿Por qué se usa 'habré de necesitar' en vez de 'necesitaré'?
I have an issue with translating ¡Marchando! as "Coming up!" To me, this English phrase would not be spoken by wait staff to get the kitchen staff or bartender to start working on an order. "Coming up!" is something that a preparer would say to the wait staff, or to a guest, to let them know that they are starting to fulfill a request.
Maybe a better translation would be "Get a move on!"
Hola.
I don't quite understand why el condicional (como en "debería") no tiene forma de subjuntivo en español.
Isn't it right to say “No pienso que el alcalde debiera/debiese tener un salario más bajo.”?
Hello,
In the test for this lesson, when it asked for a formal answer to ask Gerardo how he's doing, I selected "Comó está" and it said the response was nearly correct, and that "qué tal" is the correct response.
Why is "qué tal" considered more correct in this scenario than "comó está"?
In view of the "TIP" in this lesson, would the translation of the last of the examples (¿Ustedes acaban de hablar con el jefe?) be better as: HAD you just spoken to the boss? rather than; HAVE you just spoken to the boss?
is it correct to say "no veo la hora de que se vayan" instead of "no veo la hora en que se vayan"? is there a difference?
I was following along fairly well on the examples in this lesson until I came to: " Mi examen de ciencias saldría muy mal," (I would fail my science exam.) Is this a common usage for salir? What about "fallar" or perhaps "reprobar"? Would they be a more common verb to use for failing at a task? As always, thanks for your help! :)
A quiz example of each:
--Ojalá yo ________ un hijo a los 33 años.I hope I have a son by the time I'm 33.(HINT: Conjugate "tener" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)
--Ojalá ________ mejor nuestra propuesta de trabajo.I wish you considered our work proposal more closely.(HINT: Use the "tú" form to conjugate "considerar" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)
It seems like these both use ojalá + imperfect subjunctive, but that one is a hope for the future and one is a wish/regret about the past. I might be missing something.
How could we distinguish between, for example:
"I hope I have a son by age 33 [and I still might]" vs.
"I wish I had a son by age 33 [but I didn't]"
or
"I hope you consider our proposal more closely" vs.
"I wish you considered our proposal more closely [but you didn't]"
Thank you!
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