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Voy para la casa de mi amigo. Is the use of para in this case particular to Spain? IN Mexico and New Mexico(where I live) I'm pretty sure the sentence would use the prepossition "a" as in Voy a la piscina.
Pienso que Marta no esta celosa.
El texto menciona una bebida tradicional de Paraguay, el terere. Hay una comida tradicional de Paraguay
I wonder what the purpose of the subtle but significant change of meaning in Tanta luz no es buena to mean "This much light is not good." instead of "So much light is not good?"
If one is hired as a translator, I don't think one would take it upon oneself to make a change of the speaker's meaning in such a way.
How do you know when to use definite articles after the preposition "de"? For instance "la influencia de la globalización" or "la vida de las mujeres"? Why not just "la influencia de globalización" or "la vida de mujeres"? In this article on "de", Using the preposition "de" in Spanish with nouns for description , none of the examples have a definite article after de.
Hi,
Is this form the same as ponerse a hacer algo - as both lessons mention the inferred spontaneity in the decision.
For example could we say, 'me puse a limpiar la cocina ayer' and 'me dio por limpiar la cocina ayer' have the same meaning?
Thanks in advance:)
when choosing adjectives for las lámparas, rosa but not rosas was offered as a choice. Why not rosas?
Based on this list, is it safe to say that E>I only occurs with -IR verbs, and therefore, -AR and -ER verbs do not have this possibility. If so, it might be helpful to put a note at the top of this list that E>I only occurs with -IR verbs, unlike E>IE which can occur in -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs.
There's a link to 'idioms about time' but there isn't anything to learn or do on that page. Is there a link that works for that subject?
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