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I am struggling with identifying indirect interrogative sentences in spanish. For example, what makes "Cristina no sabe dónde todavía va a celebrar su cumpleaños" an indirect interrogative sentence, but not "Viajaremos adonde nos recomiende el agente de viajes. Can you explain this please or refer me to a lesson that does? Thanks.
Can I use o instead of a in some cases? E.g. Prefieres agua o té. Prefieres ir a la playa o quedarte en casa?
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Te vamos a ayudar y vamos a hacer que pases este examen sin problema.
We're going to help you and get you pass this exam with no difficulty.
This above sentence in English makes no sense and would not be said. I tried to think of alternate ways of saying it, maintaining the integrity of the sentence. Here a couple examples:
We're going to help you, and make (sure) you pass this exam with no difficulty.
We're going to help you, and get you through this exam with no difficulty.
Perhaps someone else could provide a better solution?
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?
Why wouldn't it be "no los respeta a sus hijos"?
When I selected "Yo vivo en" it was marked incorrect. There was an option for "Vivo en" but I chose to include the Yo. Is "Vivo en" the best answer? Is that why it was marked incorrect?
In the sample question "Cuando vuelva Carlos, dile que quiero hablar con él." why is "quiero" not in the subjunctive tense? Didn't we learn in a different lesson than if a verb comes after 'que' that switches subject that it should be subjunctive?
Can you explain why the cake is called 'tarta' in the second and third sentences, but 'pastel' in the fourth?
Confession. I always cheat on questions regarding the second person plural because I live in California where I have frequent opportunities to use Spanish and hope to have more both at home and in travels to Central and South America. No disrespect to Spain, but is there any way to alter my tests so they exclude questions which test Spanish as it's spoken in Spain. Thanks.
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