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Questions about the use of the Imperative verb tense. Preguntas acerca del uso del imperativo.
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"Hable con ella"
(Trying to keep things very generic and spoiler free-ish).
The person that says "Hable con ella" is a caregiver hired by one of the characters. It's a professional relationship, and usted is the pro …
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Imperative with gustar
Gustar can be used in the imperative, but will normally be understand as to try / taste something (its transitive meaning is experimentar, percibir el sabor, etc). For example, the Argentinian Alfons …
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Why aren't pronouns placed the same as affirmative imperative in negative imperative?
In older forms of Iberian languages, the norm was to employ enclitic pronouns with all verb forms, but with an exception: certain classes of words would draw the pronoun(s) to the front causing procli …
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Using Usted/Tu when talking with chatbots
This is a question that will depend on the individual application / environment. In the case of Google's system, the norm is to use refer to the user informally. That means using tú but ojo, not all …
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Placement of Subject with Imperatives
Technically, phrases such as Viva Guatemala are not imperative, but subjunctive.
Specifically, they are the subjuntivo exhortativo (u optativo). Technically there's nothing preventing them from havi …
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¿Por qué decimos "No 'se' lo digas a Lola" y no "No lo digas a Lola"?
Ambas son correctas. El se es aloforma del pronombre átono indirecto le. Ya que mencionamos explícitamente el complemento indirecto, no es obligatorio su uso, pero la coaparición del complemento con s …