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Conjugation for historical, legal, and literary texts?
I was using an online verb conjugator, and I can see that some conjugations are reserved for historical, legal, and literary texts. At the moment, my Spanish is too basic to have come across these in ...
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Using infinitives like comer
I was told that using just the infinitive comer means to eat.
However, does this fact change when using the indicative, subjunctive, or imperative? I am not referring to making any changes to the verb ...
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¿Por qué se usa el subjuntivo para indicar pasado? [duplicate]
Leo con frecuencia en ambientes coloquiales (grupos de WhatsApp, o redes sociales, por ejemplo) de España frases del tipo:
—Ayer hablemos con Juan.
—El otro día cenemos en un restaurante kurdo.
En ...
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Which dialects conjugate "nosotros" differently in the indicative present and preterite (-ar verbs)?
In standard Spanish, the indicative present and preterite are conjugated identically for nosotros in -ar (and -ir) verbs:
Hablamos - We speak
Hablamos - We spoke
However in many closely related ...
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Diferencia entre «entretuviesen» y «entretenieran»
Estoy experimentando con unos flashcards de Anki, y encontré esa frase:
Si los niños se entretuviesen por unos minutos podría tomar una siesta.
Es la primera vez que he visto una conjugación así. ...
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