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I think I understand the difference in the usage of adentro, vs. dentro (de) but does the same principle apply to afuera vs. afuera (de)?
I'm having difficulty distinguishing how to phrase the following two sentences in Spanish:
My old friend is visiting me today. (meaning he and I have been friends for a very long time.)
My old friend is visiting me today. (meaning my friend is very old in years.)
My question is really a b1/b2 question, but I can't find where to put it.
if one doesn't know if something exists, isn't "haya" (subjunctive) more correct?
eg ¿Haya un piscina cerca de aquí?
Why is it "El cartero pasa todos los días a las tres de la tarde" instead of ""El cartero pasa todos los días a las tres por la tarde"? I thought we learned that it should be en, a, or por to express a specific time of the day?
Hi,
Little confused.. I read in the examples:
Mi hijo mayor (my eldest son)
Su hermana menor (her younger sister)
How would 'my older son' (not 'eldest') (context: moving from the youngest to the middle of three sons in age) be said?
How older be different from eldest in these expressions? I know about 'el mejor' or 'el mayor', but I don't see that back here.
o or ó for “or” in Spanish?
At first I wanted to translate as "la marca está conocida como La Leyenda del Vino" - because to me it seemed to emphasise the result rather than the process. Not too long ago, we discussed this at https://progress.lawlessspanish.com/questions/view/alternative-passive-with-estar (where Inma gave a very useful explanation)... and I remembered that [in that other lesson] I had tried to apply the rule [also with "conocido"] - incorrectly using "estar". So here, I changed my mind and made it "la marca es conocida" [despite emphasising the result?] - and was right. Perhaps there is something about "conocido", cautioning us about interpreting a process as a result?
Hi, there. I am a native speaker. If anybody asks me where do I live, I will never repeat "I live in...". The natural answer is "In Barcelona".
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