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Forum: Grammar December 09, 2023, 12:47 AM

Replies: 5 Subjunctive again Views: 3,087 Posted By Tyrn I can't understand :D . All these starters... I can't understand :D . All these starters may happen in the gray area (wish, hope, etc.). Suppose I know nothing about this printer and its present state. How do I know that it's happily printing...

Forum: Grammar December 08, 2023, 02:20 AM

Replies: 5 Subjunctive again Views: 3,087 Posted By Tyrn Subjunctive again Hi, From Duolingo: It's good that the printer is working. Es bueno que la impresora esté funcionando. Why not está? There is nothing conditional or unfulfilled in the printer state.

Forum: Grammar December 08, 2023, 02:13 AM

Replies: 5 Pasenle Views: 3,208 Posted By Tyrn Thank you very much! Thank you very much!

Forum: Grammar December 06, 2023, 11:20 PM

Replies: 5 Pasenle Views: 3,208 Posted By Tyrn Thanks! Fantastic :D Technically: should be... Thanks! Fantastic :D Technically: should be pásenles and addressed to a lot of people (or did the say "the pronoun adds no meaning"?). In practice: one can address pásenle to a single person,...

Forum: Grammar December 06, 2023, 07:26 AM

Replies: 5 Pasenle Views: 3,208 Posted By Tyrn Pasenle Hi, This one is from a movie (subtitles). What is it, exactly? People look like they either greet each other, or suggest something to each other.

Forum: Grammar December 04, 2023, 10:44 PM

Replies: 6 Aprovecha mañana Views: 3,331 Posted By Tyrn Thanks! Nothing too subtle here, eventually :) Thanks! Nothing too subtle here, eventually :)

Forum: Grammar December 04, 2023, 08:18 AM

Replies: 6 Aprovecha mañana Views: 3,331 Posted By Tyrn BTW, what's los tiempos del ruido? Sounds like an... BTW, what's los tiempos del ruido? Sounds like an idiom.

Forum: Grammar December 04, 2023, 07:43 AM

Replies: 6 Aprovecha mañana Views: 3,331 Posted By Tyrn The written context is ambiguos :) It can be any... The written context is ambiguos :) It can be any of that, plus hypocritical.

Forum: Grammar December 04, 2023, 05:17 AM

Replies: 6 Aprovecha mañana Views: 3,331 Posted By Tyrn Aprovecha mañana Hi, – Aprovecha mañana para lavar también la alfombra de la sala –le dijo a Eréndira–, que no ha visto el sol desde los tiempos del ruido.. The verb aprovechar has a lot of meanings. Many of...

Forum: Grammar December 04, 2023, 04:21 AM

Replies: 1 Apenas si alcanzó Views: 1,889 Posted By Tyrn Apenas si alcanzó Hi, Apenas si alcanzó a quitar la olla que empezaba a derramarse en la hornilla. I suspect this sentence is going to mean more or less the same without si. Does si carry a shade of meaning in...

Forum: Grammar October 16, 2023, 09:14 AM

Replies: 2 Correr con la cuenta Views: 3,027 Posted By Tyrn Correr con la cuenta Hi, ...insistió en correr con la cuenta... From the context, it looks like on the house (this happens in a bar, the subject is the owner), but the Context Reverso sounds like he's never heard...

Forum: Grammar September 27, 2023, 11:25 AM

Replies: 6 So it was perfect Views: 4,135 Posted By Tyrn So it was perfect Hi, Original: George Chizmar had also done the floor plan, so it was perfect. Translation: George Chizmar también había dibujado el plano, de modo que era perfecto.

Forum: Grammar September 17, 2023, 01:19 AM

Replies: 8 Le tiene miedo a los truenos Views: 5,768 Posted By Tyrn Pregúntele a los cajeros, señora. Is it... Pregúntele a los cajeros, señora. Is it another example of the same?

Forum: Grammar September 09, 2023, 11:03 AM

Replies: 8 Le tiene miedo a los truenos Views: 5,768 Posted By Tyrn Thanks! :o Thanks! :o

Forum: Grammar September 09, 2023, 03:49 AM

Replies: 8 Le tiene miedo a los truenos Views: 5,768 Posted By Tyrn Le tiene miedo a los truenos Hi, From Duolingo: El Sr. Bigotes se escondió debajo de la cama porque le tiene miedo a los truenos. Where does le belong? To los truenos?

Forum: Grammar September 07, 2023, 08:27 AM

Replies: 1 A ver Views: 2,075 Posted By Tyrn A ver Hi, Is the subj just a shortcut for Vamos a ver?

Forum: Grammar August 26, 2023, 07:32 AM

Replies: 1 Más que nada Views: 2,010 Posted By Tyrn Más que nada Hi, The subject should mean more than nothing; ContextReverso says it's more than anything, and it sounds reasonable. What is it? Purely idiomatic use or not quite?

Forum: Idioms & Sayings August 17, 2023, 10:10 PM

Replies: 1 Mesa de despacho Views: 5,330 Posted By Tyrn Mesa de despacho Hi, I used to think that an office desk is always escritorio. It looks like the things are more complicated than that. What exactly is escritorio (or mesa)?

Forum: Grammar August 15, 2023, 11:56 AM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 4,117 Posted By Tyrn Still, there's something I keep on missing. ... Still, there's something I keep on missing. No se te pasó por la cabeza... is the same as Y no te pasó por la cabeza.... Extra se, OK. With ocurrir vs ocurrirse it's another story because...

Forum: Grammar August 11, 2023, 12:36 AM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 4,117 Posted By Tyrn No fault, yes. No problem with understanding :) .... No fault, yes. No problem with understanding :) . I've been just trying to make peace with the extra se. Technically, it's one se too many again, right? I'd like to have a list of cases where it is...

Forum: Grammar August 10, 2023, 11:03 AM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 4,117 Posted By Tyrn Emphatic usage again? Creo que no se te... Emphatic usage again? Creo que no se te ocurrió... Se te había ocurrido pensarlo... Todo un mundo nuevo se me olvidó...

Forum: Vocabulary August 03, 2023, 11:51 AM

Replies: 2 He aquí Views: 3,398 Posted By Tyrn He aquí Hi, The subject is very close to behold, if not equivalent. Like behold, it belongs mostly to the Bible, they say. Meanwhile, I see it almost every day, everywhere :D From El Conjugador: He...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2023, 06:07 PM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 4,117 Posted By Tyrn A bit of an eye opener. Thanks! A bit of an eye opener. Thanks!

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2023, 10:48 AM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 4,117 Posted By Tyrn No se te pasó Hi, ¿No se te pasó por la cabeza que yo dependo de ti? What is the business of se here? If it's pasarse, te is enough (?). It's pretty obvious (?) that se has nothing to do with the rest of the...

Forum: Grammar July 30, 2023, 12:20 AM

Replies: 5 Construcciones impersonales, singular y plural Views: 2,959 Posted By Tyrn I'm quite satisfied with your explanation. Still,... I'm quite satisfied with your explanation. Still, it's just like in Russian :D My personal trouble is, I'm no grammarian. As a native speaker, I just know that this or that is so and so. I can't...

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