Spanish language Q&A Forum

Hi... so sorry. There was a problem on my own Google page. It was interpreting the Spanish as French for some reason !!!. I got it sorted. Sorry again for the hassle.

You are doing great work

Joseph.

Hola,

Re: Se la había comprado. 

How can one tell when reading or hearing this sentence, - if it was a standalone sentence -  that the “se” means  the plural “les” .

    For example if this sentence is entered in Reverso:  “Se la abía comprado.”  they translate it as “ I had bought it for              "him”.  So there’s no way to know from the sentence that it was bought for “plural someones”.  

Would this conundrum ever happen in real life, i.e. in converstion or writing, or would it always be clear from the preceding sentence?

Thank you for your patience,

Nicole

When nationalities that end in "e" are plural, when is an "s" added? Or is it never added?

Hola, 

In the sentence "Therefore, time should be invested...", I answered "Por lo tanto, se debería invertir el tiempo" while the given answer is "Por lo tanto, se debe invertir el tiempo". Since the English sentence shows 'should', shouldn't 'se deberia' be more appropriate than 'se bede' which would translate to 'must' rather than 'should'?

Gracias,

Benhur

La palabra tablao ne es espanola, ¿no.? Me parece que sea portuguesa.

Hola,

A little confused on the structure of this:

Deja que yo busque la carretera en el mapa.

It's the part that deja plays - I'm interpreting it as imperative. I'm thinking it should be dejame, or something like that? 

Gracias,

I would like to ask how often is El Presente used to indicate future action in comparison to other future tenses?

El suele comprar siempre en la misma tienda.

He usually buys in the same store

why is “siempre” used in that sentence?

¨Consiguieron que las mujeres participaran¨ ... would ´participaron´ also be correct here, given the lack of uncertainty as to what was achieved?