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Is "le" necessary? can I form the sentence without it?
Hola,
In this lesson we have the example of "Si, te quiero."
The direct object pronouns introduced are: Me, Te, Nos, and Os. The other direct object lesson referred to deals with: lo, la, los, and las.
What is the direct object pronoun for "Usted", the formal of "Tu"; or "Ustedes", the plural of "Tu" in Latin America?
I seem to remember it to be: "le" and "les" respectively.
For example, I would say to my elderly neighbor, "Si, yo le quiero"
Is this correct? And, is there a lesson that covers the direct object pronouns for "usted" and "ustedes"?
Gracias,
N. Hilary
Hola, I see most of the reflective verb examples are habitual sentences, such as "todas las mananas", "todos los dias", 'siempre" etc. Is this usually how a reflective verb would be used? at least in the beginner's context? Gracias
ln the present tense version of this lesson we learned that we could use the infinitive (sometimes) by dropping the "que". (The "sometimes" was not really explained, but I think one of the users may have clarified it in the comments.) Are we to infer from its omission in this lesson that we cannot similarly use the infinitive when the first clause is in the pretérito?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degustation
The quiz question I got for this lesson was:
“No entiendo (qué) te molesta tanto de mí.”
Is there a difference between saying the sentence above and saying “No entiendo lo que te molesta tanto de mí.” ?
vuelven
están volviendo
Why in the 1st sentence does the noun precede and why in the 2nd sentence does the adjective precede?
Aquel hombre pobre no tiene dinero. (Poor)
Aquel pobre hombre era muy desgraciado. (Disgraced)
The only distinction I see is the different quality described by each adjective.
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And, how does the chart below help to answer my question?
Adjective before after
pobre unfortunate poor
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It would be useful to use single spacing in this edit window. It would be a more efficient use of space, minimizing the need to scroll. I am obsessed with formatting.
Thank you, James
In the example:
"Los que hayan reservado con antelación pueden ir a esa ventanilla"
why is it 'hayan' and not 'han'?
La semana pasada tuve (clearunclear) la oportunidad de asistir a algo nuevo… la Tomatina. Cada año, al final de agosto, hay un gran festival que se llama la Tomatina en la ciudad de Buñol. Buñol está a una media hora de Valencia. Hay un río que corre por la ciudad y alrededor hay montañas. Normalmente, Buñol es una ciudad pequeña y tranquila. Pero no durante la Tomatina…
La fiesta empezó (clearunclear) en la plaza, donde había (clearunclear) una pata de jamón colgada de un palo cubierta en grasa. Los jóvenes subieron (clearunclear) al palo para sacar el jamón. Cuando sacaron (clearunclear) el jamón, alrededor de las 11:00 de la mañana empezó (clearunclear) la fiesta. Aunque había (clearunclear) MUCHAS personas en las calles, los camiones entraron (clearunclear) en Buñol para traer los tomates.
Los participantes tiraron (clearunclear) tomates en una batalla divertida y el suelo se llenaba (clearunclear) de tomates. La batalla duró (clearunclear) casi una hora. Después de 6 camiones de tomates y de disfrutar la batalla, salieron (clearunclear) los camiones. Todos los participantes estaban (clearunclear) muy sucios. Se fueron (clearunclear) de las calles y buscaron (clearunclear) una ducha para lavarse del tomate. En la ciudad, los bomberos usaron (clearunclear) sus mangueras* y lavaron(clearunclear) los edificios y las calles.
En total, más de 40.000 personas vinieron (clearunclear) a la Tomatina y tiraron (clearunclear) más de 160.000 kilos de tomates. ¡Todos estos tomates costaron más de 36.000 euros! Además, los organizadores calcularon (clearunclear) que el 65% de los participantes eran extranjeros (no de España).which ones are clear and which ones are unclear
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