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Perhaps there is a subtle linguistic distinction after all, but it does sound to me like a quibble over taxonomy. ![]() |
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Okay - that's what I was hoping. Just semantics. But one would think that grammar categories ought to be treated in a very objective manner with a mathematical-like approach......
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![]() Welcome, Lorenzo from Yonkers. I have been out of town since you've joined Tomisimo. Let me tell you that you can ask any questions you want here and there are lots of people who are SO MUCH more personable than your textbook to give you answers. Enjoy!!!
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But for you, it shouldn't be that simple. ![]() |
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One thing I noted here, and thought I would bring to your attention, is that the book said the compound tenses are formed with the (past) participle. This can't be said for the (progressive), which uses a (present participle).
The compound tenses use a conjugated form of haber, while the (progressive) uses a conjugated form of estar. In the paragraph above, I deliberately placed certain terms in parentheses. This is because a native speaker of Spanish isn't taught these terms. These are English terms that we try to fit on Spanish parts of speech. The Spanish equivalents for these terms are participio and gerundio, respectively. The "compound" tenses are formed using haber + participio (Spanish terms used the formula). The 'progressive' isn't ever listed in a conjugation chart. This is because it is neither a "simple" nor a "compound" tense. It is simply known as the gerundio. The gerundio has nothing to do with the English gerund. (Don't get me started.) You'll find all kinds of sites (and books) teaching these things wrong. |
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It's interesting to me that the progressive isn't considered a "conjugation". It seems to me to be quite parallel to the perfect tenses: estar/haber conjugated in present or past or future tense + gerundio/participle Hmmmm..... Well, I definitely won't get you started on the gerundio vs. gerund. I DO understand that they're different ... and am starting to get a feel for when to use the gerundio vs. when to use the infinitive. Thanks, Rusty!!
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Yes, I see. I want to use/enjoy this site and my Spanish books.
Si, veo. Quiero usar/disfrutar esto sito y mi libros de Español. Quote:
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confundirse con = mingle/blend/get confused with "It needs to be written" is an example of the English passive voice. The passive voice in Spanish is not used nearly as often. Instead, use the 'passive se' construct that appears above. "Lo" can't be used as a subject pronoun. In the construct I used, the direct object pronoun lo is suffixed to the infinitive. Though awkward in colloquial English, the translation of the construct I used is: One needs to write it Quote:
Ask if you have other questions about the corrections. Last edited by Rusty; August 02, 2010 at 09:50 PM. |
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Se necesita que esté escrito mejor/mejor escrito o Necesita estar escrito mejor/mejor escrito. |
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a) We define compound tenses as those where verbs are formed from the auxiliary verb haber followed by the past participle or b) A compound tense is one where the verb is expressed by more than one word. In Spanish, all such all tenses are formed from the auxiliary verb haber followed by the past participle This is where the lack of clarity arises, because text authors overlook this ambiguity. It is obvious to them that they mean a) and they can't see that a student might understand it as b) This is called Betriebsblindheit in German - you are so close to the material that you are unaware of your assumptions. What do you think? Perhaps I'm labouring the point too much, but I do find gammar books very irritating in that they are full of such debatable points. ![]() |
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I think you are confused, grammar is almost rubbing maths.
![]() I agree with Rusty. You are studying las formas compuestas de los tiempos verbales, right? Why are you asking about las perífrasis verbales? To me they are quite different concepts, so you'll arrive to study las perífrasis verbales, don't worry. ![]() Last edited by irmamar; August 03, 2010 at 04:42 AM. Reason: typo |
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@Perikles - I definitely don't think you're belaboring the point too much. It's why I ask such questions. Perhaps only you and I can understand the way my mind might be compelled to do so....
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Perhaps when you the the word compound verb could be read
as subordinate verb. The verb haber is subordinate to the particple, because the meaning of the verb is in the particple. There are other verbs such as estar that are can be subordinate in Spanish, but haber is nearly exclusively subordinate (though not completely)
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