question with tal vez that may not accept indicativeI just had this question
Tal vez vosotras ________ cansadas después de bailar.
This was a checkbox question with these options
estuvierais
estuvisteis
estáis
estaréis
estuvieseis
Based on the lesson on this page, I would expect both the indicative and subjunctive to be correct (estuvisteis, estuvierais, estuvieseis).
However, the question had a hint:
(HINT: Conjugate "estar" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)
Based on this I left off the indicative and my responses (just estuvierais and estuvieseis) were scored as correct.
The result is that I'm left uncertain about using estuvisteis here, and about the limits of the applicability of the lesson on the page.
If estuvisteis is OK here, then I think the question should be revised to not have that hint, and to check for the three correct answers. That way students like me wouldn't be confused thinking "Well, in the lesson , it says you can use indicative or subjunctive with no change in meaning. But here, apparently the indicative is wrong, so that lesson can't be trusted. I wonder what the real pattern is. I guess I'll need to look elsewhere to find out."
On the other hand, if the indicative is wrong here, then I think this lesson, or some other lesson, should give some hint about why that is so, since I'm reading this lesson as saying that either the subjunctive or indicative is OK.
Thanks for your help!
Is this how you say "went shopping", or "looked round the shops"??
I can not understand the meaning of the idiom ´lucir el pelo´. I have searched on internet but still the significance is unclear. Please can you clarify? Thanks.
do you use this verb In the same
way as gustar, encantar etc
Can I use que instead of el/la/los/las que? Would the meaning be similar only with less emphasized pronoun ... who instead if the one who?
Aquella mujer, que/ la que...
I just had this question
Tal vez vosotras ________ cansadas después de bailar.
This was a checkbox question with these options
estuvierais
estuvisteis
estáis
estaréis
estuvieseis
Based on the lesson on this page, I would expect both the indicative and subjunctive to be correct (estuvisteis, estuvierais, estuvieseis).
However, the question had a hint:
(HINT: Conjugate "estar" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)
Based on this I left off the indicative and my responses (just estuvierais and estuvieseis) were scored as correct.
The result is that I'm left uncertain about using estuvisteis here, and about the limits of the applicability of the lesson on the page.
If estuvisteis is OK here, then I think the question should be revised to not have that hint, and to check for the three correct answers. That way students like me wouldn't be confused thinking "Well, in the lesson , it says you can use indicative or subjunctive with no change in meaning. But here, apparently the indicative is wrong, so that lesson can't be trusted. I wonder what the real pattern is. I guess I'll need to look elsewhere to find out."
On the other hand, if the indicative is wrong here, then I think this lesson, or some other lesson, should give some hint about why that is so, since I'm reading this lesson as saying that either the subjunctive or indicative is OK.
Thanks for your help!
Hola,
The final sentence is given in English as "He will be very happy with us!"
The Hint for the this sentence is "Manchitas is going to be so happy with us."
The final translation drops the word Manchitas, and replaces the word "so" with "very" per the first sentence: Va a ser muy feliz con nosotros." This leaves a lot of room for errors.
Saludos
John
In the example La pájaro vuela sobre tu cabeza, why is it "tu" cabeza. I thought when talking about body parts and clothing we should use the definite articles rather than the possessive adjectives.
Why is there "en su espalda" and not en LA espalda?
Shouldn't it be se viste instead of viste?
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