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
Why does the word "llamáis" (or a lot of other verb forms for vosotros) have an accent on the penultimate syllable even though it ends with the letter s?
hi team,
I have some questions.
´Es muy agradable porque la vuelta al frío es mucho más amena de esta manera.´ why is mucho being used instead of muy?
I thought that it will be used to describe ´amena´, an adjective.
´que ocurre a finales de septiembre ´. why is finales the plural being used and without articles ´los´?
Thanks in advance.
> My boyfriend is always asking me to be patient with him.
Translating this into the English subjunctive would be “My boyfriend is always asking that I be patient with him.” And that keeps the “que=that” part of things too!
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
The lesson says, " This happens in one of these two situations. But, it appears from the examples and the quiz that aunque is followed by the preterite imperfect subjunctive only if both a) an action in the past and b) the information is shared by the speaker and the listener.
Es la primera vez que he visto el verbo versar. Entiendo el sentido en este contexto. ¿Mi cuestión se trata de cómo habitual es?
Somehow I haven’t seen the verbs “derrapar” and “pisar” before. It’s great that you’re choosing verbs that expand our vocabulary. Keep up the good work.
I understand that “vestir” needs to be used because it is a transitive verb requiring a direct object, but why is “se” used which I believe would indicate that it is a reflexive verb?
Accent should be on the a in cuál, not the u.
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