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I'm confused by the title of this article: "personal "a" verbs". Isn't the issue whether the direct object is a person or not, rather than the verb used? In addition to the verbs mentioned, isn't the same true of all the verbs on https://progress.lawlessspanish.com/learn/theme/830919 as well as necesitar, golpear, ... indeed any transitive verb?
In this quiz question - you cannot hear the "el" being pronounced. But the answer is correct with "el"
Voy a visitar a mi amiga el lunas.
Hola Inma
In this test question:
"Aquella chica del colegio, ________ todos se reían, estaba siempre triste"
I managed to get all these correct: de la que, de quien, de la cual. But my answer de que was incorrect.
OK, I admit that I did follow a pattern here and guess that this question required 'de' in front of the pronoun, so I actually have two questions about this:
1) why is 'de' required in this particular structure (but not usually)?
2) why is 'de que' incorrect? (but all the others require 'de')
I ask because I don't see any reference to these nuances in the above lesson
Saludos
The choices include c) salgan and d) hayan salido. Aren't both of these subjunctive? The correct answer was c), salgan. I read through the lesson fairly thoroughly and don't see why hayan salido would not be correct as well. What am I missing? Thanks!
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?"
Is las required with desde/hasta?
Gracias, Shirley.
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.
I'm reassured to see that even Mexican reporters sometimes conjugate their verbs incorrectly.
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