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Buenos días,
"By the end of the afternoon" in English means "at the point at which the afternoon ended", and would normally be followed by "we *had* eaten..." i.e. looking back at what *had* already happened before that point, not "we ate...". It looks as though this has been translated as "Hacía el final de la tarde" or "Al final de la tarde" which would backtranslate as "Towards the end of the afternoon" or "At the end of the afternoon, we ate ..." i.e. looking back at what actually happened during the later part of the afternoon -- which makes more sense. I suggest tweaking the English to "Towards the end" or "At the end" to avoid this confusion.
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Así como en los deportes, donde necesitamos practicar hasta obtenermos mejores resultados, también es así con los idiomas. Devemos practicar hasta alcanzarnos nuestro objetivo que es hablar, charlar, comunicarnos. Así como en los deportes, debemos siempre mantener nuestra motivácion hacia nuestro objetivo.
I have heard that -se is literary and rarely used today.
At what point does the number start to agree with the noun? I see quinientos libros, but catorce libros. Is it above 20?
Damm!
I don't understand this one below
poco a poco is an adverb
I answered me siento but was wrong
________ que te alejas de mí poco a poco. answer SientoI feel that you are drifting away from me little by little.could you offer an explanation to this pleaseSilvia replied to Marcus G
'So, in essence:
Use "sentir" for stating what you feel physically or generally.Use "sentirse" when expressing how you feel emotionally or internally.'i would have thought you couldn't physically feel someone 'drifting away'
which is why I used sentirse as it felt like an emotional situation
please clarify if possible
thank you
Is there a general rule about when the definite article must be used? Eg, in this exercise why does ‘fortuna’ not have one while abundancia, prosperidad and economía do?
I don't think that I have a problem with the concept, but I did answer incorrectly. Your topic is entitled (alternative to querría) and this also appears above the questions. I checked/ticked only the "quisiera" answer since it is the alternative. Apparently I should have ticked the "querría" answer as well, which I feel is not a grammatically correct answer to the question.
Hello.Is it correct to say as in the example above No había ninguna persona a quien pudiera pregunter?
Apologies for asking so many questions lately, but I'm on holidays and have some time each day to study. :-)
Is it more common to say "los lunes" or "cada lunes"? Is there a preferred usage? (I don't hear "cada" being used very much here in Mexico but it could just be me.)
Why aren’t there any -ger examples, only -gir? Are they conjugated the same?
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