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!
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!
vuelven
están volviendo
Hello,
I was wondering if the lesson you referred to below :
"Ours and Yours (plural) as pronouns are in a different lesson. It is not yet ready but it will be soon."
has been made and if so what the link is.
Thank you, NIcole
It's be nice to know who the guitarist was.
porque dice eso no es correcto en el primer paso
A quiz question asks “vas a venir al cine mañana?”. In English it seems more common to say “are you going to go the movies tomorrow?” (or simply “are you going to the movies tomorrow?”) Any insights into this use of venir instead of ir?
¡Me encantó esto!
Muchísimas gracias a Ana y a todo el equipo por este fantástico homenaje al maravilloso Miguel Delibes Setién :))
Saludos
Clara
Hi, I'm wondering if Inma is speaking in her normal voice/pace in this audio, or if she is enunciating carefully for us learners and the B2 level? I'm asking because I've noticed that I understand her pretty well, but when I watch videos of native speakers on Youtube, often I don't understand anything. Thanks!
Hi!
After going through this lesson, I understand that these endings are used to soften the words, and in some cases I understand why you would use it, but there are also some cases where I'm not sure why you would use it. For example, for "hace calorcillo", why would you want to soften this sentence? I can't see what the meaning would be?
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