When 'tarda....en' = 'it takes...'I keep tripping up on this! Asked to choose correct answers in a multiple choice, I chose as follows:
It takes 10 minutes to paint it = Se tarda..., Se tardaron... and Tarda...
Tarda was marked as incorrect. However, it seems to me that it has some legitimacy. Thing is, there's no indication what 'it' actually is, so it could in fact be the subject of the sentence! That might seem odd, but perhaps if you were to think of 'it' being a train in the sentence '(el tren) Tarda dos horas en llegar a Madrid' it might make a bit more sense - especially if this was said as a reply and the subject was already established.
If the question gave a hint like 'form a passive' or 'we don't know who or what the subject is', that would leave little doubt. But as is, it not entirely clear.
My sister would like the link to this lesson, she is also a premium member, how do I do this? Ty
Hola,
I can already hear myself overthinking, and then checking myself in regards this!
Is a fair way of thinking about this, that:
Imperfect subj - general usage
Present subj - if it feels like it's about to happen
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Gracias,
The lesson re colors states specifically that, with regard to ROSA,
“It is ALSO CORRECT to use the ending -as for both masculine and feminine plurals. Yet this was marked incorrect in my most recent quiz
' We must take to the pharmacy all medication which has expired'
Could this not mean 'all medication which may have expired' and therefore be subjunctive?
Hi,
Just wanted to share a thought as a person using this platform to learn Spanish. At the end of the exercise when you show the whole text in Spanish, I feel like it would be helpful if you showed the entire text in English as well, as it would help in trying to look back at how you translated everything as a whole.
I keep tripping up on this! Asked to choose correct answers in a multiple choice, I chose as follows:
It takes 10 minutes to paint it = Se tarda..., Se tardaron... and Tarda...
Tarda was marked as incorrect. However, it seems to me that it has some legitimacy. Thing is, there's no indication what 'it' actually is, so it could in fact be the subject of the sentence! That might seem odd, but perhaps if you were to think of 'it' being a train in the sentence '(el tren) Tarda dos horas en llegar a Madrid' it might make a bit more sense - especially if this was said as a reply and the subject was already established.
If the question gave a hint like 'form a passive' or 'we don't know who or what the subject is', that would leave little doubt. But as is, it not entirely clear.
I do not have to water them often,
Kwizbot no debo regarlas
You no necesito darlas agua
I’d like to know if my reply is good /correct Spanish or is it not the way this would usually be said. (I don't mean whether it would be understood, but is this the only way to say this, or can it be said other ways?)
Hope you had a muy Feliz Navidad and wishing you a wonderful New Year!
Thanks you.
Nicole
Hola Inma,
The sentence given was "resultados terapéuticos en el dolor de estómago, cuello, espalda y pierna." In the A2 "Everything hurts!" exercise for this week there was a sentence "También, tengo dolor de estómago y de pies," where the "de" was repeated. I rationalised this as being way of saying that I have pain from / of stomach and from / of feet. I can't understand why the "de" isn't repeated in the example above from this B1 exercise.
Can you help please
Saludos
John
Just wondering if the heading should be "CAERSE" instead of "CAER" as all the examples are reflexive. This confused me for a moment.
Also, there's an interesting use of "traer" here in Mexico. If we only have a large bill to pay with at a small store and we want to say "Do you have change?", we don't say "Tienes cambio?" Instead we say "Traes cambio?"
¿Por qué hay tilde en “ ésa”?
“ésa sería mi abuela Carmen sin duda.”
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