Spanish language Q&A Forum

It would be so much nicer if one didn't need to scroll up and down the page during the exercise. Surely by resizing some of the components on the screen it should be possible to dispense with the need to scroll between each segment of the exercise, no?

Of course, if a cell phone is used that might cause more scrolling etc but on a 14" laptop screen it should be easy enough to presnet a page that's more concise . . .

I recently read "se queda embarazada", and I also found it on 20Minutos. However, apparently, being pregnant is not a permanent change. Is this considered a special case?

Are there other similar idiomatic expressions or must one use the conventional gramatical constructs? For example:

If you were me... (Tú que yo?) 

If I were him... (Yo que él?) 

If he were you... (Él que tu?) 

etc. 

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

Hola Inma, 

Is there a reason why the construction “llegar a conocerse” doesn’t work in this context?

I felt that the text “get to know each other” required something that would capture the process over time [llegar a], rather than simply the reflexive verb [conocerse], or is it simpler than that? Saludos. John

Hello, why is the imperfect used in this sentence since knocking on the door is a single event?  Why not "fuimos" ?

Eramos nosotros los quien llamamos a la puerta

sorry about the accents

I learned that when referring to parts of the body, not to use the pronoun mi because it is understood that it is my body.  Also does the verb estar refer to something temporary. If so, why does a sentence say va a ser una experiencia relajante?

(1) In this sentence the personal “a” is repeated: “ A Pedro y a Pablo les cantaron una canción por su despedida”.  

However in this sentence the second “a” is omitted: “ (Les) cantaron una canción a Pedro y Pablo por su despedida.”

 Is the second “a” arbitrary or is there a rule for when to omit it?  

(2) I notice two uses of IO pronouns in the examples and questions. 

The first is the common usage such as giving something to someone, saying something to someone, or taking something from someone. This usage always has a direct object. 

The second usage is from a lesson from a higher level, called the “dativo de interés”, which has an entirely different meaning altogether. Instead of always having a DO and giving the DO to someone, there may not be a directobject at all (intransitive verbs), and the IO simply emphasizes that someone is affected by the action.  

Sometimes there is a DO: Mi hija pequeña no me come nada.

 and sometimes there is not:  Ayer nos cayó un buen chaparrón.

Inma’s answer to Thea reflects this type of usage.  

Spanish dativo de interés - specific use of Spanish indirect object pronouns

 So there are different layers to the usage of the IO. 

 Could you make a lesson contrasting the different types of IO usage? It could be useful for many of us.

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