SpanishPod - nathanwagar Conversations http://spanishpod.com Learn Spanish on Your Terms en-us <![CDATA[Re: Don Quijote]]> "A:   Qué te parece, ¿eh?, ¿impresionado de que me sepa de memoria cómo empieza el Quijote de Cervantes?"

 

 

I am a bit confused as to how and why the subjunctive is used in this paragraph.

]]> "A:   Qué te parece, ¿eh?, ¿impresionado de que me sepa de memoria cómo empieza el Quijote de Cervantes?"

 

 

I am a bit confused as to how and why the subjunctive is used in this paragraph.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: El Día de los Muertos]]> so is "incluso" interchangeable with, say, "aun"?

]]> so is "incluso" interchangeable with, say, "aun"?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: My purse was snatched]]> Okay, maybe this is a basic question, but it still puzzled me. In the following line of the dialogue:

No, ni tiempo tuve de ver al ladrón, todo fue muy rápido.

 

A conjugation of the verb ser is used, When I would have thought estuvo would have been more appropriate. Why is ser used?

]]> Okay, maybe this is a basic question, but it still puzzled me. In the following line of the dialogue:

No, ni tiempo tuve de ver al ladrón, todo fue muy rápido.

 

A conjugation of the verb ser is used, When I would have thought estuvo would have been more appropriate. Why is ser used?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Wine at dinner]]> so which is more commonly used in mexican spanish between "tener ganas de" and "antojarse"?

]]> so which is more commonly used in mexican spanish between "tener ganas de" and "antojarse"?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: He is lying]]> also, this form:

B:   Sí le creo, no habría porque mentir.

was used in a different section of the lesson.

]]> also, this form:

B:   Sí le creo, no habría porque mentir.

was used in a different section of the lesson.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: He is lying]]> No habría que mentir.

 

Could somebody explain the grammar behind this a bit so I can apply this construction in other ways?

]]> No habría que mentir.

 

Could somebody explain the grammar behind this a bit so I can apply this construction in other ways?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Global Warming]]> I am not familiar with habría being used by itself though. In this sense if it is necessary to use the conditional as you stated, then why not use tendría? Habría would seem to imply a participle follows. (ex, saying "habría estado" instead of just habría by itself.)

]]> I am not familiar with habría being used by itself though. In this sense if it is necessary to use the conditional as you stated, then why not use tendría? Habría would seem to imply a participle follows. (ex, saying "habría estado" instead of just habría by itself.)

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Global Warming]]> the phrase says:

B:   No es problema únicamente de los países, sino de los individuos. Si hubiéramos sido más responsables con el medio ambiente, no habría estos cambios climáticos.

I am a bit confused why "habría" was used intead of tendría. Could somebody help clear this up?

]]> the phrase says:

B:   No es problema únicamente de los países, sino de los individuos. Si hubiéramos sido más responsables con el medio ambiente, no habría estos cambios climáticos.

I am a bit confused why "habría" was used intead of tendría. Could somebody help clear this up?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Cancel My Membership]]> I have a question. So "siendo que" pretty much means the same thing as "aunque," except it does not trigger the subjunctive like "aunque" does?

]]> I have a question. So "siendo que" pretty much means the same thing as "aunque," except it does not trigger the subjunctive like "aunque" does?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Not Going Back]]> okay, so a bit more explanation on "estuve esperando" vs. "estaba esperando?" I have never eactually seen this form used.

]]> okay, so a bit more explanation on "estuve esperando" vs. "estaba esperando?" I have never eactually seen this form used.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Serious Goring]]> I am really having trouble with this lesson. The speaker talks so fast, it's just like the spanish channel. Which is great, but for some reason no matter how much I study this lesson, I can't make my brain keep up

]]> I am really having trouble with this lesson. The speaker talks so fast, it's just like the spanish channel. Which is great, but for some reason no matter how much I study this lesson, I can't make my brain keep up

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Give me a ride]]> so you always have a de que, not just a "de" before the subjunctive?

]]> so you always have a de que, not just a "de" before the subjunctive?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Give me a ride]]> I am confused as to when you would use "despues de "and "despues de que" followed by a verb.

]]> I am confused as to when you would use "despues de "and "despues de que" followed by a verb.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Everybody's a critic!]]> accidently posted...

]]> accidently posted...

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Give me a ride]]> Le hace falta darle servicio a esta impresora.
(This printer needs to be serviced.)

 

This sentence in the expansion section throws me through a loop. Can somebody break it down for me?

]]> Le hace falta darle servicio a esta impresora.
(This printer needs to be serviced.)

 

This sentence in the expansion section throws me through a loop. Can somebody break it down for me?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: Parking]]> hey so how do I know when to use "para que" vs. "asi que"

]]> hey so how do I know when to use "para que" vs. "asi que"

]]> <![CDATA[Re: More Coffee]]> ummm okay. Meter vs. poner? Is one used differently? I haven't heard meter before is it common in mexican spanish?

]]> ummm okay. Meter vs. poner? Is one used differently? I haven't heard meter before is it common in mexican spanish?

]]> <![CDATA[Re: The Dream]]> That actually cleared it up quite a bit, thank you.

]]> That actually cleared it up quite a bit, thank you.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: The Dream]]> So how do you know when to use the "se" and when not to? For instance, it's not used in the dialogue.

]]> So how do you know when to use the "se" and when not to? For instance, it's not used in the dialogue.

]]> <![CDATA[Re: The Dream]]> I had always heard that tratar by itself meant "to be about" but that tratar+de meant to try to.

]]> I had always heard that tratar by itself meant "to be about" but that tratar+de meant to try to.

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