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Old October 16, 2008, 06:03 PM
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Question (?) gusta nadar (he likes to + infinitive)

How do you say...
"He likes to swim, read, and go to school."

"___ gusta nadar, leer, y ir a la escuela."
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What am I supposed to put here?
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How do you say...
"He likes to swim, read, and go to school."

"___ gusta nadar, leer, y ir a la escuela."
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What am I supposed to put here?


A él le gusta nadar, leer e ir a la escuela.

Instead of using "y" use "e" when the following word begins with an "i".
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A él le gusta nadar, leer e ir a la escuela.

Instead of using "y" use "e" when the following word begins with an "i".
Oh. I never learned this before.
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Elaina, you have seen that you resolved her homework, jijijijij, don't worry Jchen, just I telling you a joke.
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Jchen, there is a similar rule for 'o' (or) to be replaced by 'u' when the following word starts with an 'o', as in

uno u otro=one or the other

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Old October 19, 2008, 01:32 AM
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Planet Hopper, I have a questions for you, Don't you never sleep?
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Nope, I am a robocop clone...lol

I'm at a pretty stressing moment, ready to cross the world again in a week or so.

It's also because of my passion with languages and teaching/learning...and because here in sp I am an alien at home, I don't actually fit, have been out of europe for too long...
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Ok, then you are now stressing, well, my case is other thing, now I'm working in my house fixing a computer or laptop, jejeje, because I love the Informatic, you know, I'm computation engineer, well, I hope you help me always, because sometimes I have felt kinda of worry when I forgot the word in English, take care and good night.
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I got it now. Thanks to everyone.
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