Questions tagged [presente-indicativo]
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Why do verbs derived from tener have "ten" in their tú imperative form, yet verbs derived from decir use "dice" rather than "di" in the imperative?
In Spanish, the present tense "él/ella/usted" form of a verb is almost always identical to the "tú" imperative form with a few exceptions. The imperative form of "tener" ...
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Supongamos que + alguien + muere/muera(Indicativo/Subjuntivo)
Indicativo presente (Tercera persona del singular)
(1) Supongamos que alguien muere pero posee un alma inmortal que continua existiendo en otra dimensión.
Un desafío para la bioética. La cuestión ...
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Confused about when to use the Indicative tense and the Subjunctive tense [closed]
I was completing a worksheet that my Spanish teacher had assigned me, but I am not 100% sure that I am correct. I know that you use the indicative mood during the act of certainty, and you use the ...
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Why is the subjunctive mood used in this sentence rather than indicative?
I have the following sentence:
Los suegros son amables con el yerno, a pesar de que él no les agradezca por su ayuda.
I am studying adverbial clauses right now, and in this case I am confused why ...
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Conjugation of dar with the pronoun vos
I am Nicaraguan so I have been used to the voseo for a long time now. I know how to conjugate with it, but I have a question about a certain verb, dar. Usually when you conjugate in the present tense ...
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"Trabajar" versus "trabajamos": when to use the infinitive
Nosotros trabajamos (we work)
Nosotros podemos trabajar (we can work)
Different verb conjugation for "trabajar" because of the word "podemos". Please can someone explain how to arrive at "...
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Estás versus Eres: meanings in "you are a noun + adjective"
Please can someone confirm if this understanding is correct?
Both of the following sentences are correct. The distinction is that the first sentence grammatically says "at this moment you are a ...
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"Quizá puede" vs "quizá pueda": presente indicativo vs presente subjuntivo
Ejemplo:
Quizá esto puede servirte como inspiración
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Quizá esto pueda servirte como inspiración
Desde un punto de vista teórico, ¿qué forma es correcta y por qué? Desde un punto de vista ...
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Using the present indicative to communicate about the future
In Spanish and some other languages (e.g. French and German), we can use the present indicative tense plus an appropriate adverb to communicate about the future, for example
Mañana voy al ...
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When do you use the present progressive and the simple present for continuous actions?
I am having trouble differentiating between these two tenses when dealing with continuous actions.
What I have learnt is that the present progressive is used to emphasize that an action is currently ...
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