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How is the second person singular formed with rioplatense “vos”?
English
I learned my Spanish in Spain, some years ago. Now I am visiting Uruguay and Argentina and coming across the usage of the pronoun vos, and its corresponding different formation of the second ...
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“El hijo del sol es yo” or “El hijo del sol soy yo”?
How to speak the sentence:
The son of the sun is me.
in Spanish? I thought about:
El hijo del sol es yo.
at first, but Google Translation translates the sentence into
El hijo del sol soy yo.
I ...
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¿Cómo escribo el subjuntivo presente de 'adelgazar'?
Según del sitio conjugation.org, el subjuntivo presente del verbo adelgazar es:
yo adelgaze
tú adelgazes
él/usted adelgaze
nosotros adelgazemos
vosotros adelgazéis
ellos/ustedes ...
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When do you not conjugate verbs?
One of my homework assignments asks the following questions, and I'm wondering why the verbs aren't conjugated.
¿Vivir en el desierto o vivir en el centro de una ciudad grande?
¿Tener una ...
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Acordar or recordar? What's the correct use? ¿Cuál es el uso correcto?
Español
Comunmente escucho gente decir "¿oye, te acuerdas de esa película?", así como también escucho "¿oye, recuerdas esa película?."
Siempre he creído que la acción de un recuerdo viene del verbo ...
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Uso de “concernidos”
Hoy he escuchado la siguiente frase:
"Estamos muy concernidos por..."
Es la primera vez que escucho el verbo concernir usado y conjugado de esta manera, siempre se usa como "me/nos concierne..."
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1answer
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Gusto variant of the verb gustar
When I thought I finally had it figured out... I was confronted with the following phrase which obviously must mean:
I liked the story of your friend.
Which for me logically translates to.
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1answer
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Most common verbs
I am a spanish learner and I figured out that I really need to learn the verbs. Is there a good (preferably online) resource with let's say the 100 most common verbs and conjugation to get me started.
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Present subjunctive in vos form
What is the rule for conjugating verbs in the vos form in the present subjunctive? If it varies by region, what are the differences?