difficult quiz item, differentiating purpose from originating causeI just missed this question:
¿Viajan ustedes ________ placer? Are you travelling for pleasure?
I chose "para" because I read "for pleasure" as indicating purpose. The endorsed answer is "por"; apparently I'm supposed to read "for pleasure" as an originating cause.
Looking at the examples here, the most relevant would seem to be:
Va a estudiar medicina por seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine because it's family tradition.
It seems to me, you could also use para here, with a different meaning:
Va a estudiar medicina para seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine to follow the family tradition.
Here it's pretty easy to tell them apart because they differ in English. With
Are you travelling for pleasure?
... I guess I don't even know what "originating cause" means in this example. It's because you wanted to obtain pleasure, right? That seems to me like a purpose.
If the originating cause were a noun ("amor", "los niños"), or a pre-existing state/action ("ser el primo"), then it's pretty easy to see it's an originating cause as opposed to a purpose. But for a verb that seems to relate to future action, I don't know how I would know.
Any guidance?
I am going to Costa Rica. Should I learn to use Vos? Or is it best for non-native speakers to stick to usted and maybe tú?
Is "hablar" more like "contar"?
Ex: Su tía nos habló sobre su visita a españa.
Thanks.
I just missed this question:
¿Viajan ustedes ________ placer? Are you travelling for pleasure?
I chose "para" because I read "for pleasure" as indicating purpose. The endorsed answer is "por"; apparently I'm supposed to read "for pleasure" as an originating cause.
Looking at the examples here, the most relevant would seem to be:
Va a estudiar medicina por seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine because it's family tradition.
It seems to me, you could also use para here, with a different meaning:
Va a estudiar medicina para seguir la tradición familiar.
She is studying medicine to follow the family tradition.
Here it's pretty easy to tell them apart because they differ in English. With
Are you travelling for pleasure?
... I guess I don't even know what "originating cause" means in this example. It's because you wanted to obtain pleasure, right? That seems to me like a purpose.
If the originating cause were a noun ("amor", "los niños"), or a pre-existing state/action ("ser el primo"), then it's pretty easy to see it's an originating cause as opposed to a purpose. But for a verb that seems to relate to future action, I don't know how I would know.
Any guidance?
¿Porqué es "su primer crucero" en vez de "sus"? Viajeros es plural, si?
Hola Inma,
I don't understand the use of subjunctive here: "Nunca hubiera pensado". Why not había pensado ?
Un saludo coldial
Ελισάβετ
Instead of translating the English as a negation, translating it "as if you knew how to make a fried egg!" (for example), it's still completely clear that the response is meant to imply that the other person does *not* know how to fry an egg. I don't think this even qualifies as sarcasm.
Are desde and de interchangeable. For ex, I saw him from a distance. Would both work?
Lo vi desde una distancia.
I am a bit upset at the fact that a hint given on a test made me change the correct answer to an incorrect. I just finished 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 after seeing the hint, I changed it to "tienen" even though I thought, or knew it was wrong. I changed it based on the hint. Imagine my dismay when I found out the answer was "son" and I had known it in the first place.Hi,
Is there a way to replace the above pronouns when there is little context. For example, by using 'de él, de ella ...'?
Thanks.
Saludos,
Colin
Surely both versions are about "how" the speaker feels:
Cada vez que veo esa película siento escalofríos. - Every time I see that movie it gives me the shivers. (lit: I feel the shivers)
versus: Rafael se siente mareado. ¡Trae un vaso de agua! - -Rafael is feeling dizzy. Bring a glass of water!
There must be a better way to determine which version to use, no?
Or is it that with sentir it's when an external force is affecting the speaker and with sentirse it's a matter of personal, internal sensation/emotion. It seems to be a very fine line of definition . . .
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