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A mi, me gusto mucho esta cancion. Me ayudaron muchas las letras de la cancion, tambien. gracias...
For example: Nosotros nos reímos siempre con esa película. We always laugh at that movie. I would have never known to use "con." I would have chosen "a."
And, Ustedes se ríen de los niños. You laugh at the children. Again, I would have chosen "a" instead of "de." Why "con" in one sentence and "de" in another?
Will there be lessons on how to choose the correct preposition, or is it a matter of memorising the conjunction with the noun?
When is "cómo es" used? I keep seeing it as a correct option but what scenario it would be used in hasn't been specified.
What are the differences in usage/nuance between con lo cual vs. conque?
Once I was in a store here in Mexico and the clerk asked me if I wanted a “canastilla”. I didn’t know what she meant until she brought me a plastic shopping basket. My Mexican friends laughed when I said that I would have understood “canastita”. I still don’t know a rule for when to use -illa. I do know that “ventanilla” is the word for the small airplane window so I’m guessing that in general the “-illa” suffix is used for physically small things and not for any of the other uses.
But the suffix -it@ is used a lot. “Cafecito” is a common word and there are even restaurants that are named “El Cafecito”. A Spanish teacher once told me that the Mexicans used to use diminutives in order to set themselves apart from the Conquistadores, who made demanding, forceful requests.
At the top of my page it says: Note that this is a Europe focused lesson. Your active focus is Latin America
Obviously Latin America covers a huge range of countries/dialects but generally speaking how would this differ in Latin America?
Thanks!
I noticed these uses of salir in the examples and want to double-check if they are correct.
salir=to go out
salir de un lugar=to leave a place
salir por=to leave through
salir a infinitivo=to go do an activity
salir con alguién=to go out with someone
There may be a lesson on the different meanings of salir that I don’t know about. Thanks.
Would it be helpful to explain this way?
sentado/a(s) = seated; tumbado/a(s) = laid?
i am having a hard time knowing which preposition to use ("of the", "by the", "from the", "to the", et al)
Not to mention which indirect object pronoun goes before the other (She gives it to him in the morning "Ella se lo da por la mañana")?
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