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>In sentences where the indirect object is represented by "a + pronoun", and it is at the beginning of the sentence, for example "a mí, a tí, a ella", it is necessary to repeat the indirect object by using the "short" pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les) in the same sentence.
I think this should be reworded. That "and it is at the beginning of the sentence" makes it seem like you don't need the shrot pronoun if you put the "a + pronoun" elsewhere in the sentence. I know one of the examples and the little tip box later clarify this, but I still think rewording that paragraph would help.
How do learners remember when to use the "de" described above? Do native speakers learn it only from growing up with the language? I don't see any particular rule for knowing when to use the "de" and when not to--how "wrong" is it to omit the "de?"
Hola Inma,
You write:
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With "acordarse" we can't use "lo". You can use it with "recordar" though:
Yo no lo recuerdo.
With acordarse you can say:
Yo no me acuerdo de eso.
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Is the following incorrect:
Yo no me lo acuerdo.
wouldn't "on the other hand" be a better translation for: por otro lado?
Would a better translation be "it would be good if the bank gave us the loan" ?
I am not clear on when to use which term. In the passage, there is "el esfuerzo medioambiental" and also "modelo ambiental". Are they interchangeable? Thanks.
Why does it say "estoy maravillada" instead of "estoy maravillando"?
Shout-out to María Virginia for her superbly enunciated reading!
Why was there no translation for "Venir a cuento" (To come to the point) , "San Ginés" (Saint Genesius), "El asilo del libro" (the Book Asylum) and "Tusitala? Do the choice of names for the librerías have no relevance? It might be of value to know why such names were chosen. Ej:
¿Qué significa Tusitala?, La Librería dice, "nos preguntáis con frecuencia: Tusitala significa "el que cuenta historias", es el nombre que los nativos de Samoa daban a Robert Louis Stevenson cuando se reunían con él para escuchar sus cuentos.
En la librería Tusitala siempre dedicamos un espacio al escritor escocés, que ahora se amplía con 'Olalla', novela ambientada en España y que ha recuperado Ediciones Invisibles. Una joya de la narrativa que os recomendamos encarecidamente."
Interesting, no?
It seems as if porque would convey the same idea and is probably more often used in conversation. So is de tanto more formal, literary or is it used in the street?
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