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Forum: Grammar February 18, 2010, 01:39 PM

Replies: 5 Use of 'Están' Views: 4,541 Posted By lyla One down...who knows how many to go...at least I... One down...who knows how many to go...at least I got this one. Thanks so much!

Forum: Grammar February 18, 2010, 01:23 PM

Replies: 5 Use of 'Están' Views: 4,541 Posted By lyla Well, I didn't because of the 'speaking bubble'. ... Well, I didn't because of the 'speaking bubble'. If I was just looking at the picture without the bubble that's what I would think, but with the bubble I thought it would be 'we'. Isn't that right?

Forum: Grammar February 18, 2010, 12:46 PM

Replies: 5 Use of 'Están' Views: 4,541 Posted By lyla Use of 'Están' Hi everyone... In this picture, we have a man and woman eating lunch and one of those 'speaking' bubbles emerging out of his head that says: Hoy es Lunes. Estan almorzando Which I would...

Forum: Grammar February 17, 2010, 02:08 PM

Replies: 5 Use of 'de' Views: 2,326 Posted By lyla Oh oh...this sounds familiar...from my other... Oh oh...this sounds familiar...from my other question...I'll review all those comments again. tks! Ah! This helps a lot! Thanks

Forum: Grammar February 17, 2010, 01:48 PM

Replies: 5 Use of 'de' Views: 2,326 Posted By lyla Use of 'de' Hello everyone... How does one 'translate' this? El lee antes de dormir. He reads before he goes to sleep? Nope...that doesn't seem right :thinking: What does the 'de' mean in this...

Forum: Grammar February 16, 2010, 02:53 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Ok, I think I've got it attached in there... Ok, I think I've got it attached in there somewhere. When Rusty was bringing up present progressives and present indicatives, after shooting eyes skyward and moaning, I went looking and found this...

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2010, 02:43 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Perikles.. Thanks! I know it has been... Perikles.. Thanks! I know it has been absorbed at some level...now I know I need to walk away from this for a bit!

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2010, 01:46 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla So to reflect back what I hear you saying: ... So to reflect back what I hear you saying: 'Trabajo en un hospital' is the proper way to say "I work in a hospital' = no Yo required as this is 'understood' because of the form on the verb...

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2010, 01:13 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla So, on the Yo Estoy/Estoy issue... Rusty I think I understand what you meant when you stated that if the verb as conjugated clearly related to "I", as in jugando, you would not require the use of Yo. So in that vein: Estoy...

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2010, 05:34 AM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Oh I think I feel a 'glimmer' coming on. I think... Oh I think I feel a 'glimmer' coming on. I think my problem is that, as stated before being highly sequential (trapped in my own sequence to boot), that I am looking at the Spanish and trying to...

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2010, 05:10 AM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Let me try to explain my understanding (or lack... Let me try to explain my understanding (or lack of) so far, and then maybe you can zero in on the essence of my confusion. But where I lose it is in the examples, which is not the best place ;) ...

Forum: Grammar February 13, 2010, 03:59 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla That's great! Thanks a lot...this little push led... That's great! Thanks a lot...this little push led me also to ser and I learned something there as well. Laepelba...thanks for the encouragement. I'm nothing if not tenacious...wish I would have...

Forum: Grammar February 13, 2010, 01:45 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Well, that's ok... I don't understand the answer. :confused: After I got your reply, I realized I am also going to have to do some study of grammar, as it has been a very long time. So, I looked up prepositions and...

Forum: Grammar February 13, 2010, 12:59 PM

Replies: 57 Sobre vs. Debajo de Views: 15,375 Posted By lyla Sobre vs. Debajo de Hello everyone, I need a bit of help... Comparing these two sentences: Yo estoy sobre la cama. Yo estoy debajo de la cama. Why would there be a de in the second line. You would think...

Forum: Grammar February 09, 2010, 04:15 AM

Replies: 6 Use of 'a' Views: 1,780 Posted By lyla I'm overwhelmed... by everyone's help. Thank you so much for your time and effort. I'm determined to continue on this venture to learn another language, at an older age, despite all I read about how much harder it is...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2010, 02:29 PM

Replies: 6 Use of 'a' Views: 1,780 Posted By lyla Use of 'a' Hi.... Just on level one on Rosetta Stone. I'm having trouble understanding the following sentence. El padre abraza a su hijo. I understand the meaning of this to be: the father hugs...

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