It might be useful to have more lessons on verb usageI find that learning common verb usage is one of the best ways to strengthen my Spanish foundation. Often the examples in any given topic raise questions about verb usage. For example, in this lesson,
(1) All the examples of “volver” use the preposition “de” to men “return from”. Is it also acceptable to use “volver a” to mean “return to”, as in “Sylvia vuelve a trabajar hoy.” (Sylvia returns to work today.)
(2) Both examples of “mover” are used to refer to moving something around. What verbs are commonly used for moving something from one place to another?
(3) Does the verb “moverse” simply mean “to move around”? There is a quiz question that implies this.
My point is not these specific questions, but to please consider providing more lessons on verb usage, maybe at a higher level. At this A1 level the objective is simply to learn to conjugate, of course, but many of the examples show varied uses of the different verbs, which is a good thing, as this raises questions and makes us want to learn more.
Apparently this is standard Spanish, but in Caribean Spanish it isÑ
Yo soy casada con un chico millonario
Es imprescindible que hayamos entendido esta lección.
It is essential that we have understood this lesson.
I don't know if the English translation above is grammatically incorrect, but it doesn't sound like something a native English speaker would say. A better translation might be:
'It is essential that we understand this lesson.'
It's not a literal translation of the Spanish, but translations between languages often can't be if you want to convey the accurate meaning.
If the emphasis is on the completion of the understanding, perhaps the translation could be:
'It was essential that we understood this/that lesson.'
But here we're using the past tense instead of the present tense in the Spanish sentence.
Good morning, please could you tell me how to say the following sentences which express personal attraction using the verb gustar:
The men liked her.
She liked the men.
Juan and Pedro liked Anna .
Anna liked Juan and Pedro.
Juan and Pedro liked Maria.
Also, please clarify if the personal “a” has to be written when referring to a name eg. Anna, Juan.
I find that learning common verb usage is one of the best ways to strengthen my Spanish foundation. Often the examples in any given topic raise questions about verb usage. For example, in this lesson,
(1) All the examples of “volver” use the preposition “de” to men “return from”. Is it also acceptable to use “volver a” to mean “return to”, as in “Sylvia vuelve a trabajar hoy.” (Sylvia returns to work today.)
(2) Both examples of “mover” are used to refer to moving something around. What verbs are commonly used for moving something from one place to another?
(3) Does the verb “moverse” simply mean “to move around”? There is a quiz question that implies this.
My point is not these specific questions, but to please consider providing more lessons on verb usage, maybe at a higher level. At this A1 level the objective is simply to learn to conjugate, of course, but many of the examples show varied uses of the different verbs, which is a good thing, as this raises questions and makes us want to learn more.
Por qué hay una coma entre y otra coma después de ?
I am confused why nuestras is after hijos - the noun - in this case. I’ve always been taught it’s “nuestros hijos/hijas”?
Estos niños son hijos nuestros.
These boys are our sons.Estas niñas son hijas nuestras.These girls are our daughters.I love that you've standardized your terminology for the tenses and published it in a well-formatted and complete table (thank you!), but I do keep getting tripped up by the use of "Pretérito Perfecto" to mean the Compuesto and not the Simple. (My primary reference is from the Real Academia.)
I'm confused about the conjugation of sorprenderse in the present indicative. Is it in the same class as gustar? Just a singular and plural form with indirect object pronouns? OR is it a reflexive verb? I've looked in several of my Spanish grammar books from Spain - but I can't find anything. The textbook I teach from doesn't have any answers either. Thank you.
Please confirm if both the below sentences are correct in respect of the position of the subject of the sentence. Alguien se la dio la maleta and se la dio la maleta alguien.
I have heard that -se is literary and rarely used today.
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