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They should drink quite a lot.They must have drunk quite a lot.They actually drank quite a lot.They couldn't drink a lot.Sorry to be persnickety--"drunk" is only an adjective in English, never a verb. "Have drank" is the correct form.
One of the questions connected to this lesson is: No es posible que ________ en la montaña. (It is not possible that they got lost in the mountains.)
The correct answers are given as se perdieran and se perdiesen. But why can't it be se hayan perdido as well?
Hola,
Where there is a double vowel, such as leer, is the accent always placed on the second of the two vowels, ie leérmelo, etc?
Gracias,
I once heard that in saying "Estoy casada," there is a subtle suggestion that one is not quite as bound by the marriage than if one had said "Soy casada." Any truth to that?
"I am going to answer all the questions"
be translated as
"Voy a responder todas las respuestas"
Is there a subtle difference between todas las x and cada x that I am missing?
"Algunas compradoras se gastan mucho dinero en las rebajas." means...
Why not "Algunas compradoras gastan mucho dinero..." There is no passive voice here; "Some shoppers" is the subject of this sentence.
This problem arises often in my readings of Spanish, and I would love to understand it. Is this a passive, reflexive, or accidental use of "se"?
Why is this the correct answer: Usted esta en la lista and not Usted estas en la lista?
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