Preguntas sobre el uso de las distintas personas gramaticales (primera del plural, tercera del singular, etc.).
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"¿En qué periodo usted suele ver televisión?" is the usted necessary?
I am creating a survey to share among TV viewers from Uruguay, but I am not sure about my questions' structure.
¿En qué periodo suele ver televisión? /
¿En qué periodo usted suele ver televisión?
¿Qué tipos de programas de televisión prefiere?…
Gabrielle Ferreira
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Usos de la coma y el paréntesis
A veces cuando queremos agregar una frase en el medio de una oración, ya sea para aclarar algo o para introducir algo, como estoy haciendo ahora mismo con esta oración, se usa la coma o el paréntesis. Existe alguna regla que diga cuando usar coma y…
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Is this a typo, or a correct usage of this word?
Mientras leía un texto sobre Rayuela, la novela de Julio Cortázar, llegué a este fragmento:
En la línea 6, pienso que debería ser ido y no hido, como sugiere el texto.
Added: Solo para aclarar, si alguien tiene curiosidad, aunque se que lo que…
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What exactly is reflexive verb?
One of the definition I know of any reflexive is to do to oneself.
I am not sure if this is only limited to passive voice:
Se frotan las manos por Jóse.
(The hands are rubbed by George)
Ok, here is a sentence from a published textbook I am…
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1)Se lo pierde . 2) se lo pregunto
I have 2 questions ;
The first one is in relation to a boyfriend and girlfriend break-up. In this case ,I mean to express that after the break-up someone says,''it is his loss'' or'' it is he who will miss out''. The translation I think is '' se lo…
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How to use "gustar"?
Today I presented to my teacher a sentence I wrote for my homework:
Juan es el solo uno en nuestra clase a que gusta el helado. (John is the only one in our class who likes ice cream.)
But my teacher said it is supposed to be;
Juan es el solo uno…
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Personal "a" expressed in object pronoun
Something I learn in my highschool course: whenever a verb proceeds a person immediately, we have to separate them with a "a".
One day, I went ask my teacher which object pronoun do I replace "a someone" with. And she said direct object…
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When to use indirect object pronoun in subjunctive mood?
I just cannot figure out when's the correct time to use IOP when writing sentences in subjunctive mood/tense.
For example, I say my parents demand me to read three books a day.(sounds kinda weirdo, better with "want", but whatever) I can say mi…
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What are some exceptions for identifying masculine and feminine nouns?
I don't like reading and I got a lot of questions like this.
I did search "definite article" but have yet found a article that address this.
Let me give an example so those confused by my wording may know what I am talking about:
El alma, & las…
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Exceptions of forming negative statements
Spanish is full of contradictions that it's hard to know which is really correct without being a native speaker and having spoken it for long.
Just take negation for example. I know in Spanish negative and affirmative statements are never mixed. But…
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