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.
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I did not catch the first spoken sentence. I did not at all hear "tenemos mucha hambre y sed". Was something else said instead?
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?
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 Kiwziq team,
las comunidades indígenas están reclamando que se les devuelva algunas piezas de museo, porque pertenecían a sus antepasados.
I'm slightly confused as to why this uses 'devuelva' and not 'devuelvan' given that it's 'algunas piezas' being returned and 'las comunidades indigenas' doing the demanding. Please could someone offer an explanation?
Many thanks
Dee
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I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the purpose of doubling down on the indirect object usage in some of these examples:
"Ella le envió un regalo a Miguel.
She sent a present to Miguel."
In this example, why do you need the le if you already have Miguel. It reads to me literally as "she him sent a present to Miguel" and I suppose it feels like excessive and unnecessary additional language in an already clear sentence. Is it for emphasis? Por favor ayúdame a entender.
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In a lesson, the question asked about the Canary Islands. Since the islands will always be in the ocean, I answered "son' instead of "estan" and it was wrong.
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What are the other pronouns? What if we want to say: "They like the train"? Do those pronouns follow the rules of the reflective ones? So, is it: "se gusta el tren"?
Could you please explain why ''menos'' cannot be accepted here? I went through the lesson above, but for some reason, I'm not seeing if there are sort of exceptions when only ''excepto'' can be accepted, and menos would be incorrect. Thank you in advance
what is the infinitive of mommia
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