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there are 2 separate lesson on this verb poder with the meaning of could, able to do something or not.
May I check if my understanding is correct?
Perfect tense and indefinido both means not being able to something, did not manage to do it, and we saw the result which is able or not able to. They have the same meaning but just that different time period will trigger each of them separately.
Whereas, imperfect tense is about the action not able or being able to do at a specific time but we did not know the ending.
Hope someone could help clarify.
Thanks
Tú ________ al anochecer. You were walking at dusk.HINT: Conjugate "caminar" in El Pasado Progresivo/Continuoand i did it wrong, i said:
estuviste caminando, while it should be estabas caminando But i think the hint is not totally clear, it doesn't specify a imperfecto, or does it?
The lesson is totally clear, but i thought i could use an indefenido. Indefenido is pasado as well.
For example ¿Comó se llama usted?
wouldn't that translate to "What do you call yourself you?" How come you can't just say ¿Comó se llama?
In this lesson " Repetition of indirect object pronouns with verbs (general)
I was reading the questions from "Papi" and did not see a reply for his last question of 13 January 2019.
Is there a reply somewhere? I was surprised not to see it here.
This topic is so very confusing, and I hope there will be more lessons/exercices for this topic. Thank you.
Nicole
Thank you.
What prepositions can be used with creer and how do they change the meaning.
Creer en/a ...
When is "de la mañana" used?
Combina las dos oraciones de manera lógica usando el pronombre relativo.
Trabajé para una empresa durante 20 años. La empresa está ahora en quiebra. (cual)La profesora se llama Silvia. Conocí a esta profesora ayer. (quien)
Question 4 with 1 blank
La semana que viene viajaré a Europa. Europa es mi continente favorito. (cual)Mañana jugaré al baloncesto. No he jugado jamás antes al baloncesto. (cual)Hello,
I found myself in quite a bit of confusion, and this may/may not be due to the fact that the same grammatical "term" has different names but are/may be the same thing.
I have spent hours trying to decipher these various terms and wonder if you could please tell me
1) if any are the same thing and
2) what possible synonyms/terms could we come across in both Spanish and English for each of them?
3) a short explanation for each (and/or referral to a lesson)
Terms in question:
Pasiva Refleja
The Passive Se
Impersonal Se (pronoun “one”/impersonal "you")
Se impersonal refleja
Thank you for your help.
Nicole
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