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If I want to say "It is raining so bring an umbrella" would I say: Está lloviendo tan trae un paraguas?
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"Tan" is a comparative, not the word you need here. Take a look at your dictionary and check other meanings of "so".
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así que? or just así?
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"Así que".
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it's raining = llueve
it's raining (right now) = está lloviendo so = así que |
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So if I was talking about the future would I say: El lunes lloverá OR El lunes estará lloviendo
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The future can be described a few different ways in Spanish, but the future progressive form isn't one of them.
1) The Spanish simple present tense can be used to express the immediate future. It'll rain this afternoon. = Llueve esta tarde. We're leaving for Mexico tomorrow. = Salimos para México mañana. 2) The 'ir' + 'a' + infinitive form is a very common way to express the future. It'll rain on Monday (so says the forecast). = Va a llover el lunes. (It's going to rain on Monday.) 3) Finally, the simple future tense can be used to express the future, but it is often used for unplanned events (date not mentioned, some unpredictability suggested). If you ask a question using the simple future tense, it's like saying 'I wonder if it will ___' or probability, 'It'll probably ___'. I wonder if it'll rain on Monday. = ¿Lloverá el lunes? |
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It's raining / It's stopped raining | resty jugan | Translations | 3 | July 08, 2009 05:23 AM |