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Do I understand correctly that this sentence implies that it took today or even a short time ago?
This was the question: How would you say "When I put the parasol on the beach it always blows away."?
If this is something that always happens, why was it wrong to use the indicative? I don't see the future here.
Is there are reason these sentences are in the pretérito perfecto:
La obra de teatro nos ha aburrido mucho
Me ha encantado tu actuación
The English translations aren't in the perfect. I could imagine saying "the play has bored us" and that carrying a somewhat different meaning than "the play bored us". Similarly, "I have loved your performance" might be something one would say to a regular company member who is leaving after 6 months in a role, while "I loved your performance" might be said to some immediately after seeing their show for the first time (in English). I am trying to understand the nuances of why you might use the perfect tense in Spanish when it seems like the indefinite tense would work as well (and in English would mean something different).
In the second example, Nosotros redecoramos la casa hace unos meses, given that the intended meaning is "our house," why isn't it written "nuestra la casa. . ?" Thanks.
Doesn't coger mean the f swear word? What can I use in Latin America to say coger without getting laughed at/smacked in the face?
In the first example of this lesson, could the word "solía" be omitted and simply use "nadia", as the verb tense implies "usually"?
There's only sound for 2 of these words. The rest don't have an option to listen to them.
Why is this tense called indefinite. How do I know whether to use the indefinite rather than the perfect?
I don't understand why there is a lesson that seems to be about the nuances between the indefinite and the perfect, but for the kwiz both tenses are accepted. What exactly are we supposed to learn here?
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