I used to love to watch the Hollywood production of 'El Cid' as a youngster. At Christmas of 2019, my daughter and I went to Burgos (where so many of my family & ancestors are from) and we saw El Cid's grave in the beautiful Cathedral of Burgos.

Voy a ver la serie en Amazon Prime :))

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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Definite article

I've learned to say "Me gusta la carne" for I like meat. Here is says "Me gusta comprar carne, pescado y verduras" with no definite articles. I can't work out why, can anyone help?

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Grammatical terms

Hello,

I get very confused when coming across these various terms that may or may not mean the same thing.

Can you please tell me how these are called in English, and if any and which ones are synonyms? and am I missing any terms that would fit in this category?

Impersonal refleja (se)

SE IMPERSONAL

Impersonal Refleja

La pasiva refleja

Thank you for your help in deciphering this.

Nicole

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why irse?Hi, I don’t understand why se iban is used instead of iban. Mis padres ________ que se iban a comprar una casa en la playa. My parents were going around saying that they were going to buy a house at the beach.iban a decirse quedaron diciendoseguían diciendoandaban diciendo
Thank youShirley

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Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Requirement for the article after de

Hola,

Bit confused by the stipulation for this. Is it purely down to the speaker’s discretion as to whether a definitive article is required post ‘de’?

I see examples with and examples without and am confused where the line is.

Gracias,

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Jameca H.B2Kwiziq community member

Siempre queContrataremos al nuevo profesor siempre que tengamos presupuesto.
We will hire the new teacher as long as we have the budget.

My boyfriend is from Mexico and he says it should be "siempre cuando", and not siempre que, he said siempre que sounds like I am saying " we will hire the new teacher always when we have the budget" and not as long as we have

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Clara M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

A eso de...

Hola Inma,

When referring to 'around' a given time, is 'a eso de' the only way to express an approximate time?

Gracias y saludos

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