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Mi hermano vive en la costa, a (unos) 800 kilómetros de mi casa. Mi nieto vive en Nueva York, a unas 3 horas ... Last edited by Rusty; September 18, 2014 at 09:38 PM. |
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Vive a dos horas ... (travel by car implied)
Está a 10 minutos a pie ... sounds like Spanish spoken in the United States or "we're very sorry, we had to dub it that way; no other option lipsynched", specially the first instance. In Spanish you never use time to express a distance through an implied speed. If you want to use time, you have to put the subject performing the action: Vive a 200 kilómetros de aquí. Está a 5 km. Está cerca; caminando se llega en 10 minutos/en auto no puede tomarte ni dos minutos.
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Por qué = Why Aunque bastante menos común también sería correcta la preposición "desde" para así restarle cierta ambigüedad: Mi hermano vive dos horas desde mi casa. Un saludo cordial a todos. |
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