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In this sentence "Yo le doy el periódico al portero ahora."
Why do you need "le" to say "I am giving the newspaper to the doorman?" Couldn't you say "Yo doy el periódico al portero ahora."
I am giving the newspaper to the doorman now.No me gusta anotarme a mí mismo en la prueba de audición. Es una pérdida de tiempo. Deberías eliminar esa característica.
Regarding the examples below, why is the subjunctive used rather than the imperative?
No cierres la ventana por favor, tengo calor.
Don't close the window please, I am hot.
Señores, cierren las carpetas ahora.
Gentlemen, close your folders now.
Thank you, James
Hola Inma,
I' m a bit confused with the articles. Why not el Salvador Dalí era un pintor? In a lesson of yours I read:
El Quijote fue escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
El señor López era muy valorado por todos los vecinos.
Te agradezco mucho tus respuestas muy útiles!
Ελισάβετ
There is a note at the top of this lesson informing me that it is a Europe focused lesson, (whereas my focus is Latin America).
I learned my Spanish from a combination of university classes and living in Guatemala, so I chose the Latin American option. (However, several members of my family have learned Peninsular Spanish.) Could you explain how this lesson would be different for Latin American Spanish?
The use of antes de/despues de is very familiar Spanish to me. I found the lesson to be easily understandable and had no problem with it, so I am curious as to why it is not considered to be Latin American Spanish.
Gracias y saludos
Hola,
Just wondering about this statement:
Sometimes verbs giving advice / order can be followed by an infinitive. In this case, "que" shouldn't be used.
I haven't worked that one out yet - would you be able to embellish the circumstances, please?
Gracias,
Hello, is there some connotation needed for this to trigger the Preterite? Like "These two centuries out of the 5000 years we're talking about"? Or at least "These two very specific centuries"? As opposed to "For two full centuries, which is pretty much forever", where I would have expected the Imperfect.
The phrase "para aprender a ser" is the "a" an idiomatic expression? is two consecutive infinitives incorrect?
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