Forum: Grammar
July 28, 2023, 10:10 AM
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Forum: Grammar
July 26, 2023, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 5
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Construcciones impersonales, singular y plural
Hi,
https://burbujadelespanol.com/construcciones-impersonales/
The subject is intuitive enough, yet I can't say where the singular or the plural form is required. For instance,
Le habían...
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Forum: Grammar
June 29, 2023, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,590
Sorry, I forgot to mention the translation...
Sorry, I forgot to mention the translation suggested by Context Reverso:
estar atrapado con todos ellos seis
Being stuck with all them six bahama mama
Ser pegado con todos los seis Bahama Mama...
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Forum: Grammar
June 28, 2023, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,590
Being stuck with all them six
Hi,
This is a rather well known passage, and Context Reverso knows who exactly is being stuck (I never prompted it):
Being stuck with all them six bahama mama
Ser pegado con todos los seis...
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Forum: Grammar
May 25, 2023, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,072
Usos en
Hi,
On Context Reverso stumbled upon this:
Uses on barley and wheat were described in the dossier.
En el expediente se describían usos en la cebada y el trigo.
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 09, 2023, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 10,429
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Forum: Grammar
April 27, 2023, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,522
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Forum: Grammar
April 27, 2023, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,522
Conque
Hi,
¿Conque vas a quererme?
Got translated like this:
So you are going to love me?
The word conque does not appear to exist. With a space after con, still unclear to me :)
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Forum: Grammar
April 05, 2023, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,118
Dónde es vs dónde está
Hi,
Dónde es is used when the location of some activity is in question, they say. ¿Dónde es la reunión?
Is it really so?
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Forum: Grammar
March 28, 2023, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,646
Me usó
Hi,
From Duolingo:
¡Me usó la tarjeta para comprar un equipo de música!
accepted translation:
He used my card to buy a sound system!
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Forum: Grammar
March 19, 2023, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 170,750
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Forum: Grammar
March 18, 2023, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 170,750
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 14, 2023, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,148
Now there
Hi,
An attempt at consolation whey you can't find better words. Is there something like this in Spanish?
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Forum: Grammar
March 03, 2023, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
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Forum: Grammar
March 02, 2023, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
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Forum: Grammar
February 28, 2023, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
Vamos
Hi,
I've got an impression that vamos is used instead of vayamos in expressions like let's [go]. With other verbs the subjunctive is used always (Retratemos ahora al tío Lucas).
Is it some kind...
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Forum: Grammar
February 28, 2023, 05:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,647
Sentar plaza de
Hi,
sentó plaza de soldado is translated as enlisted.
I did a bit of research and found nothing. Is there such an idiom?
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 25, 2023, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,964
Ceñirse
Hi,
...acababa de ceñirse la corona de Carlo Magno...
I suppose it's basically put on. Spanish appears to be rich on such subtleties: vestirse, calzarse, and now ceñirse.
The latter is not...
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Forum: Grammar
February 21, 2023, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,903
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Forum: Grammar
February 21, 2023, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,440
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Forum: Grammar
February 21, 2023, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,903
Lejos de odiarlo o de temerle
Hi,
Sin embargo, nuestros padres (Dios los tenga en su santa Gloria),
lejos de odiarlo o de temerle, complacíanse aún en ponderar sus
descomunales hazañas, ...
Not that I were completely...
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Forum: Grammar
February 21, 2023, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,520
Auriculares rosa
Hi,
Duo again :D
I bought you those pink headphones that you like so much.
My translation, accepted:
Te compré esos auriculares rosas que te gustan tanto.
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Forum: Grammar
February 20, 2023, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 1
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Va de vencida
Hi,
Comenzaba este largo siglo, que ya va de vencida.
Why not vencido?
This one I found on the Web: "Vencida" es una forma de "vencido", un adjetivo que se puede traducir como "defeated".
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Forum: Grammar
February 20, 2023, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,676
So colloquially one can make an animate object...
So colloquially one can make an animate object out of an inanimate. A familiar concept :p
Now for the last detail: shouldn't it be
Le encendí sin querer al aire acondicionado y no sé apagarlo....
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Forum: Grammar
February 19, 2023, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,676
I passed this sentence with OK instead of the...
I passed this sentence with OK instead of the full translation (modern Duo sometimes leaves you in the dark). There were similar sentences enough, though; the expected translation is always something...
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