A question about a verb used.Hola, buenas tardes a todos,
Voy a intentar el pregunto en español. ¡Lo siento si es realmente malo! :))
Tengo una pregunta sobre esta frase:
‘Ese letrero no quiere decir que nosotros no podamos usar esta carretera.’
That sign isn't saying that we can't use this road.
HINT: Conjugate "poder" in El Presente Subjuntivo.
Por favor, podríais decirme:
¿Me gustaría saber, por qué se utiliza aquí el verbo querer?
¿Por qué no se utiliza solamente decir? Por ejemplo, ...no dice... o ...no está diciendo...
Para mí la frase se traduce como... “The sign ‘doesn’t want to say’...
¿Podría traducirse como ‘doesn’t wish to say’?
Gracias
I noticed these two sentences used the preposition 'a' instead of 'que' in these sentences. Is there a reason why?
Las ventas fueron superiores a los costes.
The sales were higher than the expenses.
Los costes fueron inferiores a las ventas.
The expenses were lower than the sales.
Hola, buenas tardes a todos,
Voy a intentar el pregunto en español. ¡Lo siento si es realmente malo! :))
Tengo una pregunta sobre esta frase:
‘Ese letrero no quiere decir que nosotros no podamos usar esta carretera.’
That sign isn't saying that we can't use this road.
HINT: Conjugate "poder" in El Presente Subjuntivo.
Por favor, podríais decirme:
¿Me gustaría saber, por qué se utiliza aquí el verbo querer?
¿Por qué no se utiliza solamente decir? Por ejemplo, ...no dice... o ...no está diciendo...
Para mí la frase se traduce como... “The sign ‘doesn’t want to say’...
¿Podría traducirse como ‘doesn’t wish to say’?
Gracias
[A comment, not really a question]: It is interesting that you are using the infinitive construction here after "recomendar": "...nos han recomendado poner suelo de madera"; (instead, I put: "han recomendado que pongamos suelo de madera"). My grammar book (by Butt and Benjamin - admittedly an oldish, 2004 edition) discusses the well known rule: "Use the subjunctive when there is a change of subject between the two portions of the sentence" - and it lists verbs which are exceptions. 'Recomendar' is not actually given as a clear-cut exception, but the book says that this verb is in a transitional state - where the infinitive construction is "slowly creeping into" written Spanish. It adds that it would be better for non-Spaniards to stick with the subjunctive in these particular circumstances, just to be sure..... I am sure you do have a lesson on this specific point; I look forward to seeing what it says about various verbs.
Why can't I use Ustedes - 'ven'
Hola! I just answered a quiz question that looked like this:
Pásame ________ que está ahí a tu lado por favor.
Pass me that [thing] which there next to you please.
(HINT: Use the correct word for "that" acting as a direct object)
With "lo" (the correct answer was "eso"). And "lo" still seems correct to me without context. IE "Pass me that which is next to you please." or something like that. I think the import of the lesson is that, in cases where "the thing" has been previously mentioned, "eso" or "ello" is more correct.
Here are my questions, assuming I've got the idea right about the eso/ello usage above ;-) :
1. Should the question provide the context ? IE "HINT: Use the correct pronoun for something mentioned previously acting as a direct object."
2. Either way, isn't the question a little weird? I mean, if we already talked about the thing, why would I also specify its location? I mean, wouldn't I just say "Pass me that thing (we talked about), please" ?
Thanks!
Alan
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And why is it "fue muy emocionante" rather than "estaba / estuve muy emocionante"? There is a lesson entitled "Using estar (not ser) when talking about emotions".
I am having a small issue. The summary box that should show the list of conjugations is empty. I have been seeing this issue recently with the future tense. Can you help with this?
The subjunctive is used in "Cuando tus hermanos lleguen será muy tarde." even though there is no intention to "make something happen" in the future. Maybe that description should be added to, to make it more clear that future things that will happen anyway (there is no intent to change things) also trigger the subjunctive after "cuando"?
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