Forum: Culture
June 09, 2023, 01:42 PM
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About Reading
"Reading is a conversation. Lunatics engage in imaginary dialogues which they hear echoing somewhere in their minds; readers engage in a similar dialogue provoked silently by words on a page. Usually...
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Forum: Grammar
June 09, 2023, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,043
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Forum: Grammar
June 09, 2023, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,043
Spanish „a/al“ with a second infinitive
My today‘s question has to do with a second infinitive in Spanish, introduced sometimes by „a“, sometimes by „al“. I came across this „problem“ while reading an unknown poem by a poet cuyo nombre no...
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Forum: Grammar
June 08, 2023, 04:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,628
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Forum: Grammar
June 07, 2023, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,628
I see. Thank you for the prompt reply. I...
I see. Thank you for the prompt reply. I understood that "oración en los Templarios" and "oración de los Templarios" are both correct and have the same meaning. I am relieved now.
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Forum: Grammar
June 07, 2023, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,628
Oración en / de ?
I promise, this is my last question regarding Bécquer?s „El Monte De Las Ánimas“.
I know what „oración“ means (in this case „prayer“), and who the „Templarios“ were.
The text I am talking about...
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Forum: Culture
June 06, 2023, 01:37 PM
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Views: 4,200
Good and Better Languages?
"Are Some Languages Better than Others?" by R.M.W.Dixon (Oxford University Press)
I recommend this book to all general language enthusiasts. (I am one of them, I can read and talk in a few...
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Forum: Grammar
June 05, 2023, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 894
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Forum: Grammar
June 03, 2023, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 894
Leísmo in literature ?
I have read Angélica de Alquézar‘s very useful reply concerning leísmo as a dialectical variation in spoken Spanish (February 22,2023).
Could leísmo be found in the work of great writers like in the...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
June 01, 2023, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,952
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 31, 2023, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,952
Ahí va, como el caballo de copas
Hello,
"Sea de ello lo que quiera, ahí va, como el caballo de copas."
It it easier for me to express myself in English. Later I will do it in Spanish, of course - I can understand a lot of...
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