Translating "wide" > "ancho" or "amplio"
Thank you, Silvia, for the Weekend Workout exercise of 25th September entitled "Inclusive Language Debate" - It also taught me that there is a subtle difference between "amplio" and "ancho" >
In the following sentence, I [incorrectly !] used "ancha":
"... este debate refleja una tensión más amplia entre identidad y gramática"
/ "...this debate reflects a wider tension between identity and grammar".
I [think I] now see that "ancho/a" is applicable only when some sort of physical measurement may be taken?
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[Our local Adult-education Centre has three female teachers and one male teacher (younger than the others). So the [Lady] Principal always 'reinterprets' the rule about pronoun-usage when she composes correspondence and notices which come from the School - and deliberately refers to her team using "nosotras !"]
Un Abrazo - David M
Hello Irma. With regard to the use of "conque" for the English equivalent of "so," my Mexican tutor says in Latin American spanish "entonces" or " así" are used. Further she writes:
< Aquí "conque" funciona como un "so" que indica consecuencia, y en ese contexto se entiende. Pero te confirmo que en México diario nadie dice eso — sonaría muy chistoso, como si estuvieras leyendo a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.> Maybe you can update this answer.
And with regard to the use of " y eso que ," she states that more common is the use of < aunque > or < a pesr de que.> If you are in agreement, perhaps an update on this, too, might be warranted.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the article!
Small point regarding hiw it's written: In English, when we want to refer to a suffix we normally prefix it with a hyphen. So
> We use the indefinite adjective algún (a, os, as)
Would be clearer written as
We use the indefinite adjective algún (-a, -os, -as)
Example given: Maria pidío dinero a Manuel - Maria asked Manuel for money. Why isn’t it Maria pidío dinero de Manuel? Would this way of saying it be acceptable?
Good evening
Please could you give me examples of the use of the personal "a" when referring to animals.
The speaker is affirmativly stating that it is a pain. There is no doubt. The listener’s agreement would support the indicative. The “correct “ answer goes against what we are being taught— unless the speaker’s opinion is considered an emotion? I need a little help here. Again, I don’t see. How put the listener nose or doesn’t know has any bearing on whether or not to conjugate in the subjective or the indicative. Help!
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Thank you, Silvia, for the Weekend Workout exercise of 25th September entitled "Inclusive Language Debate" - It also taught me that there is a subtle difference between "amplio" and "ancho" >
In the following sentence, I [incorrectly !] used "ancha":
"... este debate refleja una tensión más amplia entre identidad y gramática"
/ "...this debate reflects a wider tension between identity and grammar".
I [think I] now see that "ancho/a" is applicable only when some sort of physical measurement may be taken?
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[Our local Adult-education Centre has three female teachers and one male teacher (younger than the others). So the [Lady] Principal always 'reinterprets' the rule about pronoun-usage when she composes correspondence and notices which come from the School - and deliberately refers to her team using "nosotras !"]
Un Abrazo - David M
Este ejercicio es el primer interactive ejercicio que he probado. Lo disfruté, y sin duda haré más. Gracias. J
It seems this post contains questions on two different topics. I am asking how to know to use the vosotros form of ver rather than the ustedes form when asking about checking on piglets, which sounds completely lovely to me :-)
Muchas gracias por esta historia de la letra ñ. Aprendí mucho y especialmente interesante era la información de la ñ en otros idiomas ---p.e., el gallego, el quechua, el filipino o el guaraní.
Saludos,
I. Pati Ecuamiga
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