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Está usted en Madrid con su familia?
No mi marido está en Londres con mis hijos. In the reply marido está not marido éste. está is feminine |
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In the first sentence: ¿Está usted en Madrid con su familia? está = verb, "he/she/you (singular formal)/it is" usted = pronoun, explicit subject "you (singular formal)" en Madrid = prepositional phrase of location, "in Madrid" con su familia = prepositional phrase of manner/circumstance, "with your children" In the second sentence: No, mi marido está en Londres con mis hijos no = adverb, indicating negative reply. The rest of the sentence explains why. mi marido = noun phrase, explicit subject, "my husband" está = verb, "he/she/you (singular formal)/it is", matches explicit subject, "(my husband) is" en Londres, prepositional phrase of location, "in London" con mis hijos, prepositional phrase of manner/circumstance, "with my children" The demonstrative adjectives/pronouns este/éste, esta/ésta, estos/éstos, estas/éstas, and the neuter demonstrative pronoun esto all have their tonic accent on the first syllable. Last edited by wrholt; January 21, 2015 at 08:29 AM. |
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