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For "I was shaking", is "estaba temblando" a valid answer? If so, is there a difference between "estaba temblando" and "temblaba"? Is there a time where it's more appropriate to use one over the other? thanks in advance!
This lesson says «present tense is used to talk about the past event», which is fine, in English too it happens.
However, there is another lesson in C1, «simple future or conditional tenses are also used» to talk about the past event.
Can someone please explain when to use the present tense, and when to use simple future/conditional to talk about the past event? Or, in the same situation, present tense and future/conditional tense is inter-changeable??
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This is quite a comprehensive list to refer to people from Europe and most of North, Central and South America. I notice though that “hondureño” is missing from the list of Central American nationalities. Perhaps it could be added? Also, countries in Asia, Africa and Australasia are listed in the corresponding exercise on countries but not mentioned here. Perhaps the two lists could be tweaked to make them match up? And finally, why not list “Escocia”, “Inglaterra”, “Irlanda” “ Irlanda del Norte” and “Gales” in the list of countries (companion exercise) since people from those places would rarely say - at least initially - that they’re from the “Reino Unido”?
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.
Do other verbs fit this pattern? Or, just these two -ir verbs?
When do I use imperfect or preterito with past progressive
"El hemisferio meridional" is an accepted (though perhaps less common) equivalent of "southern hemisphere." Perhaps it could be added as a correct answer.
how do you know when to add the "que" or is it interchangeable?
un carro = car
el auto = car
un autobús escolar = school bus
un bus escolar = school bus
la avioneta = light aircraft
el jet = jet
el uber = uber
la lancha = boat
la canoa = canoe
el ferry = ferry
la moto de agua = jet ski
la patineta = skateboard
el monopatín = scooter
el monociclo = unicycle
el paracaídas = parachute
el parapente = paragliding
El velero = sailboat
la limosina = limosine
el crusero = cruise ship
What is the key to make the answer "fue" rather than "estuvo"? It was a one time thing, done and over.
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