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¡Feliz Navidad a Inma, Shui y todo el equipo...que lo paséis bien! :))
Dijeron que nos pagarían las horas extra trabajadas cuando ________ el mes.
They said they'd pay our overtime when it was the end of the month.
terminase
terminaba
terminó
termine
I don't understand why this sentence fits this lesson. Surely there cannot be much uncertainty that there will be an end to the month. Wouldn't this make more sense in the indicative?
Hola,
The third person plural form of the Present tense, (El Presente), and the Preterite tense, (El Preterito Indefinido), are identical for -ar verbs.
Since that is the case, may I suggest that there is a note about this in the lesson with a few examples to show how context can clarify which tense is being used? This would be very helpful.
A simple chart comparing the present and past conjugations alongside each other of some common verbs such as 'trabajar' or 'hablar' would also be useful, especially for those learners who are very visual.
Gracias y Saludos!
I would like to see more short videos like this with the transcription to help train our ear to decipher to run on words that are difficult to decipher when natives speak naturally.
Creo que además de frases coloquiales, es lo que más me falta en nivel C1
Gracias
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I think I can understand why "... se puede ver a las ballenas jorobadas retozando, coqueteando ..." is correct - [meaning: "... one can see the humpback whales ...", or "... you can see ..."] - after reading your Kwiziq lessons " Using se debe/se puede to say You must/you can (impersonal sentences) " [number 6933] and " Expressing instructions and general statements in Spanish with the impersonal se = one " [number 5132].
However - under 'Your Practice', you recommend the lesson " Forming the Spanish passive with se (la pasiva refleja) " [number 6089] - which seems more consistent with this answer: "... se pueden ver las ballenas jorobadas"? (i.e. with 'pueden' in the plural, and without the "a" [before the 'las']). Would this^ be a correct way of saying "... the humpback whales can be seen ..."?
I am a bit upset at the fact that I changed my correct answer to an incorrect answer based on a hint given. I just finished taking a quiz and the question was:
Sus padres ________ bastante delgados.
Their parents are quite slim.
(HINT: Their parents have always been slim )
I knew the answer was "son", however I changed it to "tienen" based on the hint given. Imagine my dismay when I got the question wrong after knowing the correct answer and changing it because because of the hint.
Thanks, Kaly
Thank you so much for these regional notes. Do you have any sense of whether the use of the European construction is confusing to LA speakers? Or vice versa? Or would the meaning still be easily understood?
¿Por qué hay tilde en “ ésa”?
“ésa sería mi abuela Carmen sin duda.”
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