Foro: La gramática
May 11, 2019, 12:07 PM
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Siquiera vs Hasta
I've seen cases where "hasta" is used where, in English, we would say "not even", for example:
Even the cook didn't know how to cook the fish
Hasta el cocinero no sabia cocinar el pescado
But it...
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Foro: Traducciones
October 11, 2017, 06:39 PM
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Respuestas: 4
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"I'm having my <noun> <past-participled>"
I tried to convey this very common English phraseology to my Spanish instructor, but I don't think I got him to understand what I was getting at.
In English, we say things like:
I'm having my...
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Foro: El vocabulario
April 26, 2017, 12:04 PM
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Translating "either"
Hi all,
I was wondering what's the proper way to present two options in Spanish. For example, if I wanted to say:
"Either you're going with them, staying with me, or you're staying here." or "The...
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Foro: La gramática
September 17, 2016, 12:10 PM
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Foro: La gramática
September 17, 2016, 09:56 AM
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"Más *de*" vs "Más *que*"
In a story I'm reading, I encountered the following two sentences (in sequence, actually):
"Era, pues, más inteligente de lo que parecÃa. A lo mejor, hasta era más inteligente que yo"....
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Foro: La gramática
June 20, 2016, 12:15 PM
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"No deberÃa": "don't have to" vs "shouldn't"
I'm discovering that "deber" is a very colorful verb, when it comes to the various conjugations.
When used in the indicative, it connotes an obligation:
"Debo escribir a mi mamá" - "I have to...
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Foro: Modismos y Dichos
April 01, 2016, 12:38 PM
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"You shouldn't have!"
In English, we commonly just say the helping verb "have" without the second verb. For example:
"I bought you a present" -> "You shouldn't have!" (bought one)
"I paid the utility bill" -> "You...
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Foro: Traducciones
February 21, 2016, 09:30 PM
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"Know this!"
So, I do conversation over Skype with a Spanish teacher in Mexico, and I stumped him with this: I wanted to know what the imperative conjugations of "saber" were, and he said that he couldn't recall...
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Foro: La enseñanza y el aprendizaje
February 19, 2016, 02:48 PM
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Resources for alphabet and number dictation?
Hola, todos!
I've realized that one of the many weaknesses in my Spanish is my ability to translate spoken number amounts or to even notice when something is being spelled out by letter.
Does...
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Foro: La enseñanza y el aprendizaje
February 19, 2016, 02:41 PM
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I love SpanishPod (which has now turned into...
I love SpanishPod (which has now turned into OpenLanguage). To get access to all of their features and lessons, you have to pay. However, I believe you can still get some of their lessons in any...
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Foro: La gramática
July 18, 2015, 02:22 PM
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Respuestas: 4
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Foro: La gramática
January 07, 2014, 11:45 AM
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Respuestas: 7
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Foro: La gramática
January 06, 2014, 01:33 PM
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Respuestas: 7
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Foro: La gramática
January 02, 2014, 03:57 PM
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Respuestas: 7
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Oh, great.... I know nothing, again. :-\
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Oh, great.... I know nothing, again. :-\
Going back and reading about impersonal 'se' vs. passive voice, my sources are saying that impersonal 'se' is used with intransitive verbs and when you...
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Foro: La gramática
January 02, 2014, 06:29 AM
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Passive voice with verb phrases
If I want to say "can the room be cleaned at 2", I figure that I need to use the passive voice, but I'm also using a verb phrase (poder with limpiar), so where does the "se" go?
Do I say "se puede...
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Foro: Traducciones
November 17, 2013, 05:03 PM
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Respuestas: 3
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"Llamame un tonto"
So, I was wondering, English has a humorous ambiguity in the phrase "call me a ...", as it can mean that I want you to call one of those things for me, but it can also mean that I want you to...
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Foro: La gramática
July 23, 2013, 07:37 PM
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Respuestas: 9
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Conjugation for "we will return"...
So, I'm here in a little seaside Mexican town, and the street is lined with vendors of all kinds of chachki baubles that I'll never use when I get back to the states. I'm going to buy some of it,...
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Foro: Charla Libre
March 23, 2013, 08:55 PM
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