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In the sample sentences "¿Pudiste contactar con tu abogado?" and "¿Has podido contactar con Gabriel?" are there contextual clues that explain why one is indefinite and the other is perfect? Do they have different meanings?
"What does "Laura fue actriz cuando era joven." mean?"
When would that sentence be used vs "Laura era actriz cuando era joven."
Thanks, K
It is quite fascinating - and interesting - to learn some of the "nicknames" given to people who live in certain cities - here: Huesca > oscenses. A few of them cannot easily be guessed, such as Huelva > onubenses.
Why is 'buena' used to describe the coffee as good? 'El café' is masculine so I don't understand why it wouldn't be 'El café colombiano...es muy bueno.'
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In this quiz question: How would you say "They are wondering what might happen during the next elections."?
Se preguntan qué ocurrirá en las próximas elecciones
Can you discuss why the subjunctive wouldn't work here? I got this right, but only because I guessed correctly at what lesson the question was testing.
1. Ese dibujo parece bueno. Enséñamelo, por favor.
2. Ese dibujo parece bueno. Me lo enseñas, por favor.
What is the difference between these two options? Why is the second one incorrect? To me they both sound acceptable. Thanks
cuál/cuáles is that the latter is asking about something specific from a predetermined group of items.
Names are a predetermined group of items?
Just want to mention that they often use this "Impersonal Third Person Plural" construction for newspaper headlines here in latin America.
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