Using dejar to mean borrow/lend (Spain v Latin America)I'm quite confused regarding 'borrow' and 'lend' in Spanish.
I wonder if it's because I've been learning Spanish from a Latin American source and have learned various ways to say 'to borrow' and 'to lend' using such things as 'prestar', 'pedir prestado' and 'tomar prestado'. Grammatically I understand how these phrases work, but they only seem to imply borrow/lend, and I've never been entirely comfortable using any of them!
I.O.P + dejar as used in Spain is quite new to me... and it actually makes sense straight away!
So, I'm interested to know if 'prestar' is used at all in Spain, and if so, how?
BTW, as there seems to be no exact equivalent to borrow and lend between English and Spanish many people get confused by it. A separate lesson on the subject would be a great addition to the Kwiziq library imo ;)
Saludos
Can we get a lesson on when to use which word? They seem to all be very similar in describing how long something takes.
He visto = present perfect that is not finish still in today continuing. Why in above translate do say to as mean that saw that is v2??
I’m confused, agua is masculine but the adjective is feminine (fría).
Thank you,
Shirley.
Is it grammatically acceptable to use 'otra vez' instead of this expression?
e.g. Yo trabajo otra vez en esa tienda.
Sorry, Im a little confussed.
Before I attempt to answer this, isn't patience an adjective (modifying Victor, the noun). Or is it referring to "few patients (pacientes)- not little patience" as a quantity?
In otherwords, I believe paciencia is an adjective (quality - not quantity), and I think the poco would be a modifier and not be changed. It would stay poco. Right?
But if the word was patients (pacientes- quantitiy of patients), then the poco would change to poca, because paciente is a feminine noun.
I'm quite confused regarding 'borrow' and 'lend' in Spanish.
I wonder if it's because I've been learning Spanish from a Latin American source and have learned various ways to say 'to borrow' and 'to lend' using such things as 'prestar', 'pedir prestado' and 'tomar prestado'. Grammatically I understand how these phrases work, but they only seem to imply borrow/lend, and I've never been entirely comfortable using any of them!
I.O.P + dejar as used in Spain is quite new to me... and it actually makes sense straight away!
So, I'm interested to know if 'prestar' is used at all in Spain, and if so, how?
BTW, as there seems to be no exact equivalent to borrow and lend between English and Spanish many people get confused by it. A separate lesson on the subject would be a great addition to the Kwiziq library imo ;)
Saludos
in number 8 why is it fue premiado and not estuvo premiado?
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