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rofl. Roberto: El conquistador a Angela!
Using an online translator to translate "Then it can be demonstrated that the statement is true."
I get "Entonces se puede demostrar que la afirmación es verdadera."
In the English translation it is optional whether you say "it can be demonstrated" or "one can demonstrate".
Is this the same construct as the one covered in this lesson? If so, should there be examples of it above? If not, is there a lesson that covers this one?
Thank you!
A little off topic, but consider:
1. donde, adonde/a donde
2. dónde, adónde/a dónde
and for that matter (or maybe especially for the case of),
3. quizá, quizás
Within each group the various options can be used interchangeably. But what factors influence the chosen form? For example do some people tend to use the same form all the time? Do people just randomly use all the forms equally? Do some localities tend to use one form more than others? Is there a pronunciation efficiency issue (similar to y and i or o and u, but not a hard-and-fast rule)?
I guess my questions especially apply to quizá versus quizás.
Hola,
I just have a general suggestion for these listening exercises.
When sentences are split in many parts I often forget what the first parts were and who or what actually the subject was. It would help immensely, if I could still see the first parts of the sentence, which I already solved, while I'm listening to the next part. Maybe you can think about introducing that at some time in the future.
Thanks!
Dear Kwiziq,
In virtually all of the dictations I have completed, I have found that it is quite difficult to discern when a sentence ends based on the speakers voice. This is to say, the speaker lowers his/her voice in a way that implies the end of a sentence, but when the answer is shown it becomes apparent to me that the lowering of the speaker's voice was actually meant to convey a pause. Is this the natural way hispanohablantes speak --- whether from Spain or Central/South America? Of course, as recommended, I do listen to the dictation before attempting to write it out, but I cannot memorize where sentences end vs. when there is a pause in the speaker's speech. Consequently, I'm constantly guessing at when the sentence ends. I am a native English speaker and typically, when translating spoken English to written form, lowering of the voice signifies a period --- not a pause (comma). As such, I often find it confusing (indeed, quite frustrating) to differentiate pauses from ends of sentences in the Kwiziq dictation exercises.
Pati Inez Ecuamiga
'He recommended (to me) investing in the stock market'
I put 'me ha recomendado que invertiera en bolsa' recomendar + imperfect subjunctive.
This was marked wrong and the only alternatives shown being recomendar + infinitive 'me ha recomendado invertir en bolsa'
Why can't I use the subjunctive here?
Gracias
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.Could you highlight this difference in the lesson in yellow or some sort of emphasis?
If we want to express the same but in the negative, the structure changes to:
llevar (conjugated) + sin + infinitive
And also, if correct, please add the explanation that the action changes from past participle to infinitive because sin is a preposition, and that prepositions are followed by infinitives, not past particples.
When translating an account the past in Spanish would the english translation be in the present or past tense? Like “apagan los fuegos” is they extinguish the fires but in english we would say they extinguished the fires, right?
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