Subject position in the la pasiva refleja ¡ Guau! He leído las preguntas y respuestas sobre la voz pasiva y la pasiva refleja, y me ayudó muchisimo.
Muchas gracias a los estudiantes por tus preguntas especificas y claras. Y muchas gracias a Inma por tus descripciones claras y simples.
I have a question about the placement of the subject when using la pasiva refleja.
First, the examples ...
Se buscan secretarias con experiencia.
Aquí se vende el periódico barato.
Se venden apartamentos de lujo en la playa.
Mis cortinas nuevas se han hecho en dos días.
Las negociaciones se harán pronto.
In the top 3 examples the subjects are:
secretarias con experiencia, el periódico barato y apartamentos de lujo.
In the last 2 examples, the subjects are:
Mis cortinas nuevas y las negociaciones.
Obviously, the position of the subjects is different. Is there any reason or do they have the same meaning?
Could, for example, the first 3 sentences be written as..
Secretarias con experiencia se buscan.
El periódico barato se vende aquí.
Apartamentos de lujo se venden en la playa.
?
Por fin...
Could the last two sentences be written as ..
Se han hecho mis cortinas nuevas en dos días.
Se harán las negociaciones pronto.
??
Muchas gracias de antemano!
Hello,
Can you give some examples or guidelines on when and what contexts to use different words/phrases for "everywhere". For example, I'm confused when or what contexts to use dondequiera, por todas partes, por todos lados, and doquiere/por doquiere. Thanks very much for clarification.
Hello. The following example in this lesson threw me off: "After the party we will call a taxi" (Despues de fiesta llamamos un taxi). My question is why was the present tense ("llamamos"), and not the future tense ("llamaremos"), used here? My guess is that the future time is very short (i.e., right after the party). If this is correct, is there a general rule for a given time frame that would require use of the future tense? Thank you for any clarification.
I love reading and listening to the travel stories, or diaries. These 3 audios are perfect examples.
Even though we can google all the needed information, it´ll be even greater if some culture insights or backgrounds can be included in the introduction to these lessons, especially when talking about local cuisines.
Question about ¡Qué delicioso!
in the text, the mochilero had eaten all the food in feminine forms, such as arroz, trucha frita, yuca y salsa.
Shouldn't it be
¡Qué deliciosa! instead?
¡ Guau! He leído las preguntas y respuestas sobre la voz pasiva y la pasiva refleja, y me ayudó muchisimo.
Muchas gracias a los estudiantes por tus preguntas especificas y claras. Y muchas gracias a Inma por tus descripciones claras y simples.
I have a question about the placement of the subject when using la pasiva refleja.
First, the examples ...
Se buscan secretarias con experiencia.
Aquí se vende el periódico barato.
Se venden apartamentos de lujo en la playa.
Mis cortinas nuevas se han hecho en dos días.
Las negociaciones se harán pronto.
In the top 3 examples the subjects are:
secretarias con experiencia, el periódico barato y apartamentos de lujo.
In the last 2 examples, the subjects are:
Mis cortinas nuevas y las negociaciones.
Obviously, the position of the subjects is different. Is there any reason or do they have the same meaning?
Could, for example, the first 3 sentences be written as..
Secretarias con experiencia se buscan.
El periódico barato se vende aquí.
Apartamentos de lujo se venden en la playa.
?
Por fin...
Could the last two sentences be written as ..
Se han hecho mis cortinas nuevas en dos días.
Se harán las negociaciones pronto.
??
Muchas gracias de antemano!
I have a question about constructions like this: "Omar y Cristina son nuestros panaderos," e.g. "Omar and Cristina are our bakers." I understand it is "nuestros" because it is the nosotros form of the possessive adjective. However, I'm confused about the gender. Why is it masculine here?
my answer was wrong - am I correct in thinking that it is because el número is singular and therefore you don't use the plural disminyeron for the plural accidentes
many thanksdisminuyódisminyeron
There is a question/answer set that may need attention, unless I'm really having a memory lapse!
The question is...
Which sentence reaffirms the fact that he does know about it:
Conforme lo sepa.The answer choices are...
En cuanto lo sepa.
Sí yo lo supiera.
Sí que lo sé.
...with "Sí que lo sé" being marked as correct.
Again, unless I'm really forgetting something here... I think either the question should be...
"Which sentence reaffirms the fact that you do know about it:"
...OR the correct answer should be:
Sí que lo sabe.
If I am forgetting something here, I will be happily corrected/reminded!
Hi, there are two questions on the quiz that I don't understand: (1) "Esos chicles son mentolados pero ____ no tienen sabor" and (2) "Esos estudiantes van a viajar a Asia pero ________ no tienen dinero." Kwiziq is saying that the correct demonstrative pronoun in both cases is "estos." However, my understanding was that demonstrative pronouns should vary in gender with the noun they refer to, unless it isn't known or we are referring to statement, idea, or situation. In 1, the noun being referred to is "chicles," which is a masculine plural noun, so the demonstrative pronoun should be "estes," not estos, correct? With 2, I understand that we may not know the gender of the group, so we use esto. Can you explain?
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