Translating English Present Perfect with 'since'
you have been my best friend since we were children = eres mi mejor amiga desde que éramos pequeñas.
BUT In the previous exercise 'My Love Story´
Since then, we've been joined at the hip = Desde entonces, hemos sido como uña y carne
When I queried why in the second example it was incorrect to say somos como uña y carne, Sylvia explained:
This construction with "hemos sido" (present perfect)
conveys the idea that the close relationship has been ongoing since
that point in the past. Your attempt was almost correct, but using
the present perfect aligns better with the context of an enduring
connection over time.
I don't understand then why it is incorrect to say has estado mi mejor amiga desde que éramos pequeñas
Is it correct to say " he vivido en esta casa desde hace 20 años" ? There is an enduring connection. The lessons with desde always state the use of the present.
Gracias
are both these correct
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From the quiz:
Ben ________ la alarma.
Write ''Ben had been woken up by the alarm.
había sido despertado por
Could I also say, "A Ben le había despertado la alarma."?
Thank you.
Hi there, in this lesson there are a couple of errors,
In the introduction the sentence "This affects to all subjects" is a little confusing, I think that the "to" has found it's way in.
Secondly, there is no mention of the removal of the letter "i" for the ellos conjugation of the verb. Both examples show that it is gone, but there isn't a note in the lesson.
Thanks
Is there a lesson to understand when the Spanish use an article - eg desde el surf hasta la escalada, and when they don't - eg conquistando repos nuevos
you have been my best friend since we were children = eres mi mejor amiga desde que éramos pequeñas.
BUT In the previous exercise 'My Love Story´
Since then, we've been joined at the hip = Desde entonces, hemos sido como uña y carne
When I queried why in the second example it was incorrect to say somos como uña y carne, Sylvia explained:
This construction with "hemos sido" (present perfect) conveys the idea that the close relationship has been ongoing since that point in the past. Your attempt was almost correct, but using the present perfect aligns better with the context of an enduring connection over time.
I don't understand then why it is incorrect to say has estado mi mejor amiga desde que éramos pequeñas
Is it correct to say " he vivido en esta casa desde hace 20 años" ? There is an enduring connection. The lessons with desde always state the use of the present.
Gracias
A mi, me gusto mucho esta cancion. Me ayudaron muchas las letras de la cancion, tambien. gracias...
So when we say we 'wonder' in english we are also saying that we 'speculate'?
And how does that indicate the future when we are currently speculating? How does speculation imply the future? Is it that some result could eventually be revealed?
I see now, helps to write it out.
This is my first lesson at B1, (yay) but it seems to assume i ready know the subjunctive conjugations. Should I just skip it, and wait until I get lessons on the subjunctive?
No es lo mismo ver una película en cine que ver una película en casa How do I say that 2 scenarios are the same ?
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