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Thank you Silvia,
In "La vida de Eva (B1)" gapfill test we have:
"Eva siempre ha sido una persona que nunca toma decisiones por dinero o por conveniencia. Su familia la quiere mucho y, para ser sinceros, ha hecho muchos sacrificios ______ sus hijos."
The hint for the gap is:
"she has made many sacrifices for her children."
the accepted answer is "por"; "para" is marked wrong.
The explanation given for this is:
"Lesson: Using por (not para) to express the originating cause or reason"
Could you please help me to see
why "for" is interpreted here as indicating the "cause" and not the "recipient"?
Yo te habría aceptado de nuevo en casa mientras me hubieras contado la verdad.
I would have accepted your return home provided you had told me the truth.
this sentence is talking about future events from the point of view of a past. it is not really talking about future event from current point of view. is that right?
i find this structure similar to si conditional statement of expressing what something could had happened in the past, if another past condition is satisfied.
may I ask if they are the same?
Yo te habría aceptado de nuevo en casa si me hubieras contado la verdad.
Thank you so much for this detailed explanation Inma. It's greatly appreciated. I hope it's fair to say that I wish that Leísmo/Loísmo/Laísmo didn't exist 🙄... another thing for my old brain to try to remember. ;))
I wonder why this is referred to as se aspectual, because it can be any reflexive pronoun?
May I ask why do you need to use imperfect tense for this sentence: Después de hacer el check-in, he comprado algo de ropa en la boutique porque no traía nada conmigo.
I guess if we use prétérito perfect for the whole story it should be it as well.
Se echan a reír - laughing. What does echarse mean in this case ?
Disregard my Why preguntar question. Sorry.
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