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These seem to have similar constructions for similar meanings (interim completion of an action that may continue). Is there a distinction between them I'm not getting?
why does dar conjugate the preterite as an "ir"verb
What would you suggest as the "best" way to approach the lessons in kwizIQ. The initial test recommended B2. Is it best to study only the lessons suggested in the dashboard and trust the system to move me up and also to eventully fill in gaps from lower levels, or to also take tests for the lower levels and review those lessons, sort of jumping around from level to level, topic to topic.
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I want you to help me with simple way of understanding Spanish preterite please
'I feel a little cold' or 'I'm a little cold' or 'I'm a little bit cold'.
would I say:
'Tengo un poco frío' or
'Tengo un poco de frío'
I was thinking 'Tengo un poco de frío' is more like saying:
'I'm a little bit cold'
Is this a correct way to think about it?
or is it better to always use, 'un poco de' in this context?
Sorry, I get so hung up on details.
Am I correct in understanding that with bueno/malo, putting it before the noun creates more emphasis?
Like " mi padre es un hombre bueno." -My father is a good man.
"Mi padre es un buen hombre." -My father is a [really] good man.
Dear ....
I too am struggling with this and I think it is because of confusion between adjectives and nouns in the instructions / translations. For example, you say that Sentir is often followed by a noun, and yet you use adjectives in the translation of the sentences i.e. "siento pena" translates as "I feel sorry" - but "sorry" is an adjective not a noun. The noun of sorry is "sorrow." Hence "I feel sorrow" would be the correct translation if specifying the use of a noun. A second example is "sentimos mucha alegría' which you translate as "we feel very happy" but "happy" is an adjective. The noun of happy is "happiness" so "I feel happiness" would be the translation of the noun form. I completely get how these translations of the noun form would be very clunky, but I think it may help to point this out.
The issue may be - but you don't state it, that Sentir appears to be used to express emotional feelings or something that is sensed physically, and emotions are mostly expressed in the adjective form in English "I feel sad because my cat died" or "I feel delighted since my partner left me." Both adjectives are describing how I feel. If the noun forms "sadness and delight" were used, it would describe what I am feeling. Your instructions say that "how" you feel takes the reflexive form. This seems to contradict the fact that we feel feelings, and that is how we feel when we are feeling them.
I hope this makes sense.
Kind Regards
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