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2) Inglés: I do not like to wear sandals.
Mi traducción: No me gusta llevar las sandalias.
La respuesta en el libro: No me gusta usar sandalias.
(2) ¿Es importa el uso de "las"? Either "es importante" or "importa".
Sí, sí importa. (<--I knew that...) The use of "las" implies you already know which sandals you're talking about.<-- in the same exercise, they had a sentence like this: "My friend Caterina likes red shoes" and the translation was "A mi amiga Caterina le gusta gustan los zapatos rojos". ???
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Different sentence structure.
- A mi amiga C. le gustan los zapatos rojos.
- A mi amiga C
. le gusta comprar zapatos rojos.
Definite or indefinite articles are needed most of the time, but there are verbs and situations when they aren't.
- Experts say the world will come to an end on 2012.

Expertos dicen que el mundo se va a acabar en el 2012. (This is wrong, despite the fact that many media are using this kind of formulas often lately... must be English influence.)

Algunos expertos dicen que el mundo se va a acabar en 2012. (Some of the experts in strange sciences, it's understood)

Los/unos expertos de la Universidad de Miskatonic dicen que el mundo se va a acabar en 2012. (Specific experts)
- I can't eat strawberries.

No puedo comer fresas.

No puedo comer las fresas. (Which strawberries? The ones I see in my plate, those we have talked about because they haven't been dissinfected... the one you're talking to must know which strawberries you're talking about)

No puedo comer unas fresas. (This would make no sense, unless you're saying you can't eat just some, but you'd have to eat them all in the plate)
- Excuse me, do you sell newspapers?

Disculpe, ¿vende periódicos?

Disculpe, ¿vende los periódicos? (Which newspapers?)

Disculpe, ¿vende unos periódicos? (Some from among this stack maybe)
- They make chairs here.

Aquí hacen sillas.

Aquí hacen las sillas. (Those you already know)

Aquí hacen unas sillas. (Here they make some of the chairs, the others are made somewhere else)