Probablity vs futuro imperfecto Both my native certified teacher from Madrid and ChatGTP agree that this translation is wrong. There's no "might" about it - the neighbors WILL call. There is no nuance here.
Un árbol se ha caído; los vecinos llamarán al ayuntamiento.
A tree has fallen down; the neighbours might [sic] call the council.
Please consider these changes:
"El Futuro Simple, also known as El Futuro Imperfecto, is used when we want to express the probability of something happening in the PRESENT" -- i.e., not the future.
And replace bad (what you call "nuanced") examples with ones that make sense like:
Dónde está Ana?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Estará en casa. (She's probably at home.)
Quién llama?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Será Pablo. (It's probably Pablo.)
Como puedo evitar lo que no se entiende en México en el curso. A que no se usa aquí de esta manera.
John O,
...JO said.......All you have to do is click on the search icon and ask "past participle" or "indirect object....
Thanks for that John. Then it is not as bas as I thought. I might still ask, but when not explain the definition in the text of the explanation.
The answer to that would be -- it would become very repetitive if we repeated the definition of verb, noun etc every time we mentioned the word.
I didn't know that there was a search / lookup function for definitions - so I accept my criticism might have been a bit harsh. Not explaining grammar blows my mind and as you said, nobody seems to do it -and when I didn't see it here I was triggered! I will go and have a look at that search function and maybe other people will now know of it thanks to your response.
RogerH
My Google translate does the above when I query Do you like it? Is this incorrect?
the question was ¿________ sabe qué es eso?
Why did they use the word eso for that, shouldn't it have been esto?
The lesson states that "unos" and "unas" are both correct in front of a plural feminine noun beginning with a stressed a. The RAE says it isn't (https://www.rae.es/buen-uso-espa%C3%B1ol/el-art%C3%ADculo-ante-nombres-femeninos-comenzados-por-a-t%C3%B3nica), specifically citing "unos aulas" as incorrect.
It's a minor point, but where is the disconnect? Is the RAE being prescriptive here, or is something else going on?
Both my native certified teacher from Madrid and ChatGTP agree that this translation is wrong. There's no "might" about it - the neighbors WILL call. There is no nuance here.
Un árbol se ha caído; los vecinos llamarán al ayuntamiento.A tree has fallen down; the neighbours might [sic] call the council.
Please consider these changes:
"El Futuro Simple, also known as El Futuro Imperfecto, is used when we want to express the probability of something happening in the PRESENT" -- i.e., not the future.
And replace bad (what you call "nuanced") examples with ones that make sense like:
Dónde está Ana?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Estará en casa. (She's probably at home.)
Quién llama?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Será Pablo. (It's probably Pablo.)
Are there some activities that do or don’t take “a” or “a + article”? Juego al ajedrez vs Juego un partido.
I have the test question: A ustedes no ________ este documental, ¿verdad? The answer is "les gusta". Why isn't it "les gustan"?
What does it mean to "follow the EN sentence order"?
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