Spanish language Q&A Forum
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert Spanish teachers
5,809 questions • 9,508 answers • 951,570 learners
Thinking...
Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert Spanish teachers
5,809 questions • 9,508 answers • 951,570 learners
Thank you for introducing us to this song by Amaral. I have loved the group since hearing the song Cuando Subo la Marea in the series La Casa de Papel. This was such a powerful song, and also a great one for Spanish learners, and the interactive reader helped me understand it more fully. I appreciate the varied content and learning opportunities that you provide!
Hi, why is it 'esto es' and not 'eso es', as it is translated as 'that is'?
Thank you,
Jan
"Tu coche no es muy nuevo aunque funcione/funciona estupendamente. (Your car is not very new although it works beautifully.)"
I chose the subjunctive "funcione" here because both the speaker and the listener would know about the car. But this was marked wrong. Why would the indicative be correct?
PS I just read your answer below that the speaker is simply making a declaration. In that case, how do we distinguish this from the case of the speaker stating shared information? It seems that both answers could be correct depending on how one interprets the speaker. This makes it hard to know which answer the system considers to be correct.
The problem with saying 'either no longer true or not relevant' here creates a grey area because normally if we understand a condition to not be relevant, we would use the imperfecto, surely? See the first question in the quiz for example.
Here the newspaper is sold cheaply.
I realize "barato" can work as an adjective or an adverb, but given its placement within the sentence used in the example, this reads to me like "The cheap newspaper is sold here," as if the expensive newspaper is sold across the street—they probably charge you just to look at the headlines!
Would it be clearer to say, "Aquí se vende barato el periódico"? Or am I mistaken in that this could only be translated as "cheaply" no matter where "barato" appears?
So, Juan was supplying both sides of the Revolution with his harina tortillas and also took them across the Rio Grande? I always wondered where Taco John's restaurants came from! Or was that Taco Bell's?
Hi
Could the above sentence be written without 'sobre'? As it would then be similar to the English sentence. If not what difference does sobre make to the meaning of the sentence?
Best regards,
Colin
How do I say I like someone, rather than I fancy someone? Or indeed that I don't like someone! For example, I like him but I don't fancy him.
in the text...
´Me ha invitado al teatro varias veces, y se ha ofrecido a pagar para los dos.... ´
Question is.... Is ´se ha ofrecido´ a typo of ´me ha ofrecido´?
gracias de antemano
Find your Spanish level for FREE
Test your Spanish to the CEFR standard
Find your Spanish level