In Spanish, negative commands for tú and vosotros/-as, take the same form as their conjugation in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
Look and listen to these examples for Tú (negative commands):
See some examples for Vosotros/-as (negative commands)
Bear in mind that this rule does not apply to affirmative commands for tú and vosotros/-as. For affirmative commands, see:
Hola Inma,
Yes I also missed the meaning of "con" as you explained below. When I read this sentence I also translated it as "Don't come back with that girl" as if a disapproving parent were making their feelings known. To paraphrase it, "don't bring that girl back here again."
How might I translate that meaning?
Saludos
John
Hola John
The sentence used in the test is actually conveying that idea and context; this could have been said by a worried parent who is advising their son/daughter not to continue their relationship with that girl (because she is mean, their relationship is clearly not working, they don't like her at all...)
The parent could have said this same thing with:
"No vuelvas a salir con esa chica."
"Corta tu relación con esa chica"
"No te involucres más con esa chica."
The message is the same...
Not sure if this is what you meant.
Inma
Hola Inma,
Yes I also missed the meaning of "con" as you explained below. When I read this sentence I also translated it as "Don't come back with that girl" as if a disapproving parent were making their feelings known. To paraphrase it, "don't bring that girl back here again."
How might I translate that meaning?
Saludos
John
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This sentence sounds more like do not come back with that girl... could I say No vueulvas a esa chica?
Hola Emanuel
In this context, using volver "a" sounds odd. When we talk about going back to "someone" as in going back to a relationship with someone we say "volver con alguien".
To use volver a, we need a different context, for example to go back to a place:
Ella volvió a su país de origen.
(She returned to her native country.)
Or when the meaning is "to repeat an action":
Ella volvió a llamar al chico, depués de lo que él había hecho.
She called the boy again, after what he had done.
I hope this helps.
Que pases un buen domingo.
Inma
This sentence sounds more like do not come back with that girl... could I say No vueulvas a esa chica?
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I'm beginning to think the tests on this are designed to trip one up, rather than test what has been presented. The progress tests choose the most obscure of grammar points, ones that have no bearing on determining what has been accomplished.
I'm beginning to think the tests on this are designed to trip one up, rather than test what has been presented. The progress tests choose the most obscure of grammar points, ones that have no bearing on determining what has been accomplished.
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