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I know that you are teaching us well, and I'm 90% that I know what this means, but there isn't a translation for this sentence.
Julian tuvo una entrevista de trabajo muy exitosa. Se había preparado bien porque era una gran oportunidad para él.I think that it means,Julian had a very succesful job interview, he has prepared well because it was a great opportunity for him.Do I get a star? :-)
Couldn't you use lograr for "to achieve"?
Hi all,
This is an interesting usage that I haven't come across before. Is it only used in Spain, or elsewhere as well? Especially the last example of giving a command in a threatening tone or in no uncertain terms,- "Ya estás largándote'..
I know that in Chile for example, when someone is telling someone to leave, (say, at the end of an argument or unpleasant discussion, especially when they want a person to leave the room/house), it's very common to say "Ya, ¡partiste!" in the preterite. "You left already'', hahaha, I love it!
Hi Inma,
The test questions given at the end of this section are as follows:
1. ________ poner el despertador. He [accidentally] forgot to set the alarm clock.HINT: Use a construction with the verb "olvidar" that expresses an "unintentional action"
Correct answer given: Se me ha olvidado
2. ________ poner el despertador.He [accidentally] forgot to set the alarm clock.HINT: Use a construction with the verb "olvidar" that expresses an "unintentional action"
Correct answer given: Se le olvidó
Both examples feature an action represented by a verb that follows a form of olvidar. This is apparently an example of the accidental “se”. But the examples in this lesson use a different structure. The object forgotten is the subject of the sentence and olvidarse is conjugated with that in mind. It is explicitly stated that the verb is conjugated in the third person plural “to agree with the subject .” That is not the case on either test item. Plus the test “hints” given are not useful for two reasons: 1) They ask that you use the verb “olvidar” instead of “olvidarse” (misleading) and 2) it says that the verb expresses an “unintentional action”; which is true of all forgetting , no? However, I think I could have figured out what was wanted If the sentence structure of the test item were not different from the lesson (e.g. in the lesson the thing forgotten was the subject of the verb).
Hola! Yo tengo una pregunta- agua is feminine but the sentence says “el agua es clara”. Is this an exception? Are there others like this? Thank you!
Do the brackets around “a” mean that it can be used at the speaker’s discretion, or its use sometimes or always required?
Could I have said, “Os animo que vengáis” or “Me han animado comprar un perro” ?
hello what does this mean
'(HINT: Choose the correct tense for European Spanish (not Latin American))'
i want to learn latin american spanish
Also: why does it say i am A0 when A2 is quite easy for me
Hola Inma,
I am a bit confused as to why Le can be used as a direct object pronoun. Is this only possible in this context or are there other situations where this is correct? Is there maybe already a lesson on this topic?
Thanks,
Deborah
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