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Please explain when we should use "Yo soy " and "Yo estas" - in what contexts??
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I interpret "es" as "is", so how/why is "He" assumed for "Es un excelente actor." -> "He is an excellent actor"?
In the sentence "Él me trata tan especialmente como tú." why is tú used here rather than a ti - Él me trata tan especialmente como a ti. I'm assuming it is the function of the word as which is what here a preposition or a conjunction. As an aside what might be the most accurate English in this sentence, especially or specially?
Un avión no se monta, se vuela en aviones.
Hola Inma,
Can you clear something up for me?The question was given in this format "Está bien que vosotros ________ todas las noches."
It seems like an impersonal statement but isn't the usual structure Ser+Adjetivo+Que ..... hence: "Es bueno que leáis todas las noches?"
Saludos. John
In the test question: ¿Quién es ________ de tus amigos? (Who is the most generous of your friends?)
I incorrectly assumed that because "de tus amigos" doesn't specify the gender of "Quien es" in Spanish, that "lo" would be appropriate rather than "el" (correct answer). Because only the response can reveal the gender e.g. - "Carla es la más generosa de mis amigos" o "Jorge es el más generoso de mis amigos". In other words, why is "el" correct in this case even if the "quién es" might turn out to be female? (I did notice that the hint was "generous = generoso" but (falsely?) assumed it was being generic rather than specifying un amigo masculino).
Can you please clarify?
Thank you
I feel that the translation of the sentence into English was incorrect for the tense requested and confused me. The clue was pretérito perfecto as well as the translation saw. Pretérito conjugation of ver for ellos is vieron or “saw”, but pretérito perfecto would be Han visto or “have seen”. Please don’t make it confusing for us!
Can you please explain why there is an accent on the e in imperative of 3rd person of sentir.
To me the syllabification prior to adding the se are sien.te. As the word ends in neither an a,s or n the accent falls on the last syllable ie “te”. Therefore, after the se is added should the accent not fall on the té?
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
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