A comment on this subject after spending an hour researching itThe instructions in the link say:
The choice of tense depends on whether the speaker is "still inside" the "unit of time" that's being used or implied:
Use the present perfect ("he ido") form when talking about the past:
- today, this week, this month, or this year
Use the indefinido ("fui") form when talking about the past:
- yesterday, last week, last month, or last year (or further back)
But then an example on the lesson page has this:
Ellos han visto el amanecer.
They saw the sunrise.
In this sentence, as with many of the quizzes, there is no way to know the context and so we have to follow the instructions as to which tense to use. Part of the fun of the quizzes is not reading the directions.
I think this is the root of the frustration here. Perhaps if more context were provided we could have a chance of answering without the addition direction needed.
Why whenever I use sobre in a sentence its followed only by 'la/el'? These examples are taken from the course I'm doing on Duolingo.
E.g. El gato esta sobre la mesa.
But if I use debajo its followed by 'de la/el'.
Mi celular esta debajo de la ropa.
Is there a reason for this?
Why does one use just 'la/el' but the other needs the 'de' to be marked correct?
It looks to me like the helping verb is not in the pretérito perfecto but rather the Present pretérito perfecto. This may seem like a nit picking question but I am confused by the different names I see for the same tense in different sources.
The instructions in the link say:
The choice of tense depends on whether the speaker is "still inside" the "unit of time" that's being used or implied:
Use the present perfect ("he ido") form when talking about the past:
- today, this week, this month, or this year
Use the indefinido ("fui") form when talking about the past:
- yesterday, last week, last month, or last year (or further back)
But then an example on the lesson page has this:
Ellos han visto el amanecer.
They saw the sunrise.
In this sentence, as with many of the quizzes, there is no way to know the context and so we have to follow the instructions as to which tense to use. Part of the fun of the quizzes is not reading the directions.
I think this is the root of the frustration here. Perhaps if more context were provided we could have a chance of answering without the addition direction needed.
Hi there, I notice contar wasn’t in this list? Or is it always the case that an -ar- verb ending in “ontar” will change its stem?
Should it read:
Using the present or future tense IF the main clause does not change the meaning of the sentence. IF in place of IN
I am totally confused on this one. Does the adverb agree with the noun?
Hi,
Does the section headed "Bear in mind that their regular superlative forms can also be used" mean that there are two ways to say "The youngest of my brothers is called Juan:
El menor de mis hermanos se llama Juan.
and
El más menor de mis hermanos se llama Juan.
Thanks
Sometimes the answers require the feminine 'a' but there isn't any context in the question as to the gender of the subject.
Unless I'm mistaken, which is highly probable :)
cheers
Brian
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