Isn't it Preterite followed by Imperfect in Indicative?I understand the main point of the lesson, how the subjunctive adds conditional inference to the sentences.
However, I'm confused with your first example sentences. Isn't it generally the case that in simultaneous past actions in the indicative the preterite is usually followed by imperfect? For instance.......
Mientras ella reñía a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado
Shouldn't that be.......
Mientras ella riñó a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado
Your examples don't seem to follow that rule. Is it perhaps because 'mientras' occurs at the start of the sentence, but in this one it occurs in the middle......
Los niños jugaron en el parque mientras los adultos nos tomábamos un café y charlábamos.
Saludos
I understand the main point of the lesson, how the subjunctive adds conditional inference to the sentences.
However, I'm confused with your first example sentences. Isn't it generally the case that in simultaneous past actions in the indicative the preterite is usually followed by imperfect? For instance.......
Mientras ella reñía a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado
Shouldn't that be.......
Mientras ella riñó a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado
Your examples don't seem to follow that rule. Is it perhaps because 'mientras' occurs at the start of the sentence, but in this one it occurs in the middle......
Los niños jugaron en el parque mientras los adultos nos tomábamos un café y charlábamos.
Saludos
Hi
Why is the following sentence in the imperfect subjunctive? Could it not use the present?
Me gustaría que vieran el deporte como una herramienta para empoderarse.
Thank you!
Eso encontré en mis kwizzes. Pues, ya sé que necesito usar "por" y no "para", pero tengo otras preguntas más importantes... 🤣 ¿Eso es un dicho o un refrán de hispanohablantes, o simplemente kwizbot haciendo un chiste?
I don't seem to be getting this lesson. I freely admit there are things above my head. When I just don't get it, I want to move on to other things (to stay motivated) hoping sometime in the future I'll get it then. Sadly, I am stuck on a subject that I won't even use much as a beginner. I'd like to skip it. Just my opinion. Thanks.
Hi all!
I am trying to understand my Spanish textbook better. One of the vocab phrases is "faltar mucho tiempo para", which the book translates to mean "to have much time left" in english. Also they define "faltar poco tiempo" as meaning "to be short of time for". I thought faltar meant "to miss" so I am just confused on both of these translations and what faltar means in this context.
In the question "¿________ semana te vas de vacaciones?" the answer was Que, but since a specific week was being requested, wouldn't the answer actually be Cual? (sorry it seems I cannot make letters with an accent in the Q&A Forum fields)
Madre Mía ! ... It was probably more like a C2-level translation, not a C1? ... Anyway - thank you for encouraging us to tackle it !
1. why is the answer sentence being phrased as 'the idea attracted me' when the sentence given is I was attracted to the idea?
2. it a esquiar a Europa. why does it uses 'a' instead of 'en'?
3. en Argentina se pueden practica... why is this se pueden in plural and not se puede in singular?
3. drop by is given as dejarse caer por.. can we still use pasar por?
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