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there is another chapter where "Having done something" with the action as subject or direct object of a sentence using El Infinitivo Compuesto (= haber + participle)

How does it differ from using infinitive?

Fumar es malo para la salud

Haber fumado es malo para la salud

if I were to guess, I am guessing that using el infinitive compuesto is that, the action was indeed being carried out where as using infinitive is just a general statement. the person we are warning regarding smoking is bad, did not smoke.

Whereas if the person indeed smoke, we will say haber fumado es malo para la salud

I was glad that my father came to see me=Me alegré de que mi padre viniera a verme but

I was glad because my father came to see me=Me alegré porque mi padre vino a verme

and

It saddens me that my father came to see me=Me entristece que mi padre viniera a verme

but

It saddens me because my father came to see me=Me entristece porque mi padre vino a verme

I have seen this with other expressions of feeling and when I put it into various translators I always get the same thing.  I realize that changing from "that" to "because" slightly changes the meaning but why does it go from subjunctive to indicative in going from "que" to "porque?"

y eso estaba bastante triste.

Isn't being sad a feeling, so why not "estar" instead of "ser"? Thanks.

Sure "agua"means "water" but I think in this case the singer was saying "Look out now!" as a heads up for the band rhythm solo . . .

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.

Can this website teach me the majority of spanish grammar or do i have to use other resources?

Hola,

The recorded reading of this exercise has some glitches. 

In the second sentence, the speaker has added words, that are not in the written text and in the last sentence some words from the text are not read.

Gracias