sentir or sentarseedith E posted one year ago
Sentir or sentirse questionWhy is “I feel like an idiot dressed up like a clown” reflexive? Idiot is a noun. I had this question on a quiz.
I had difficulty with the use of sentir/sentirse
Thank you Marcus G C1 for this "When you have como+noun, use the refexive.
Nos sentimos como dos idiotas después de la estafa." we felt foolish after the scam; foolish being an adjective
I was so confused
after looking at Spanish dictionary I decided that the use of como un idiota translates to foolish - an adjective, even though un idiota is a noun
Eres un idiota - you are an idiot (noun)
Estás actuando como un idiota - you are being ridiculous (adjective)
edith E posted one year ago
Sentir or sentirse questionWhy is “I feel like an idiot dressed up like a clown” reflexive? Idiot is a noun. I had this question on a quiz.
I had difficulty with the use of sentir/sentirse
Thank you Marcus G C1 for this "When you have como+noun, use the refexive.
Nos sentimos como dos idiotas después de la estafa." we felt foolish after the scam; foolish being an adjective
I was so confused
after looking at Spanish dictionary I decided that the use of como un idiota translates to foolish - an adjective, even though un idiota is a noun
Eres un idiota - you are an idiot (noun)
Estás actuando como un idiota - you are being ridiculous (adjective)
Por qué hay una coma entre y otra coma después de ?
!No me encuentro/no encuentro las llaves del coche! is the test item.
The correct answer is reported to be no encuentro.
Encontrarse is said to be used when "surprised to discover something". I interpreted the exclamation marks as indicating surprise at discovering I was unable to find the keys. I was probably overthinking it, ?verdad?
Why is Hay used for It is foggy? Isn't foggy an adjective?
Is word order important in questions? Years ago, I learned that when asking a question, the order should be verb then subject, but I've seen an example where the word order is reversed: "¿Miguel estará en la oficina?" I would have asked, "¿Estará Miguel en la oficina?" It seems important because often folks (even some native speakers) don't use an inflection in their voice when asking a question. By using verb then subject, it becomes clearer that it is a question.
In this exercise deme is written twice with an accent. -Por favor, déme un kilo de pollo....-Sí. También déme un cuarto de kilo de chuletas but according to AI, Real Academia Española (RAE) orthography confirm the following data:
deme (No accent): Correct modern spelling. It is the formal imperative of dar (dé) plus the enclitic pronoun me.
déme (With accent): Incorrect/Obsolete spelling.
Since this response is from AI, which is incorrect 60% of the time, I am not sure which is correct. To accent or not to accent, this is the question. Thank you for your time.
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Can you send me advance lesson on all tocar uses
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Is there a rule for when we use the article for a month? I assume that we could say:
Enero is lluvioso.
El enero es lluvioso.
El mes de enero es lluvioso.
Is there a preferred form?
Disfrutese la lluvia!
Hello! This article is great, and I want to play it for my students, but the Play button isn't working for me. I am signed in when I try. Is there something I am missing?
Thanks!
Can you please speed up and make the replay of these writing exercises with more natural and less stilted voice? The accent is great but the replay sound unnaturally slow.
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