Significance of NOS in this example.
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William C.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Significance of NOS in this example.
We will have drunk all the beer before the match. Nosotros NOS habremos bebido today la cerveza antes del partido.
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate regular verbs in the perfect future in Spanish (El Futuro Perfecto)"
Asked 6 years ago
Hola William
"Nos" in this sentence simply emphasises the fact that it is "us" who would have drunk all the beer. If you omit it in this sentence, the meaning won't change but it won't have that emphasis. We make some verbs "pronominal" (i.e add the reflexive pronouns) to have this nuance.
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"Beber" means "to drink", but "beberse" means "to drink up". So "nos habremos bebido la cerveza" emphasizes the fact that we will have drunk all the beer up!
William C. asked:
Significance of NOS in this example.
We will have drunk all the beer before the match. Nosotros NOS habremos bebido today la cerveza antes del partido.
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