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I thought that porque explained the cause of something whereas como presented a fact that the listener needed to know to understand what followed (but was not the cause). It I’m not sure if that rule works with the examples here? Am I missing something?
¡Quién lo diría que de un tratado de contabilidad podría salir tanto vocabulario nuevo!
Un gran trabajo, ¡bien hecho!
Those of us who are old enough to have been taught grammar and parsing will be familiar with the concept of indirect questions. Maybe if that could be added to the explanation it would be clearer than "at what moment in time". (For some of us "indirect question" will be more familiar than "indirect interrogative sentence" because of what we were taught at school.)
Also "A ver" is, I believe, one of those impossible-to-translate phrases and the translation "Let's see" might not immediately make native-English-speakers think of indirect questions. When I thought about it some more I thought that "I wonder when..." might be clearer
As somebody already pointed out, if you're not aiming to do much writing, this point is really a marginal concern and I admit that I'm tempted to ignore it.
Have just realised that all 8 lessons Kwiziq recently added to my study plan all say for South American learners in red at the top of the first page. I am learning European which Kwiziq acknowledges. I’m not sure what to do!
I am .unable to create accents on my keyboard. Have tried all recommended methods, none work.
am losing points.
No te me pongas chulo.
I found this on
spanishdictionary.com:
No te pongas chulo conmigo; te conozco desde que eras un bebé.Don't get cocky with me; I've known you since you were a little baby.
Muchas gracias, Shirley.
Cómo explicarías "le" en la siguiente frase?
Es "the accidental se'?
Sus ojos se le llenaron de
lágrimas.
Is the preposition "a" used for other cases in Spanish besides expressing a part of the day?
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