Welcome to our question and answer show. Today we answer to four questions posted by our users. We explain the verb "faltar", "necesitar" and "hacer falta". We also explain what " convertirse", "volverse" and "hacerse".
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Dear users
I hope we made ourselves clear about the different uses of "faltar", "necesitar" and "hacer falta".
Let us know if you have more questions.
Thank you Lili, how long will this site be monitored after production stops?
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There is only one place where we get to swim with a lifeguard.
Please don't close the beach.
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That said, the program still needs occasional topical hooks to catch new users and keep old ones. It will die without it. The cash cow will dry up and stop producing.
Pa' que sepas and Del Taco al Tango are two important things to keep going. They are the key to keeping the site fresh and keeping the intermediate and advanced students around both resident, and returning for another dip in the pool.
I think that occasional feedback programs in the other "canned" pods might help them as well.
Gene Olson,
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We are still talking about those issues. I am pretty sure that we will still have someone from the team keeping the website up to date as well as answering questions.
I have been also considering having old lessons republish. I don't think all of our users have used our entire archive.
We will also start having courses with specific objectives and outlines.
Once there is a final decision I will let you guys know.
Gene, thanks for your comment....Have you tried contacting Praxis directly about these issues with SpanishPod?
I'm still a little unsure about necesitar and hacer falta. Are these often interchangable?
Por ejemplo:
Son iguales?
Can you give us some of examples of when they wouldn't be interchangable?
I also find the usage of ir and venir a little confusing. One example you gave (I think I heard this right) was:
Vas a venir a mi casa? Si, voy.
In English, the answer to that question would have been "yes, I'm coming", not going. That's where things get confusing for me. We often use coming and going with the same meaning. But in Spanish I guess you don't?
I think I mostly get it, but here's an example that maybe you can clear up for me:
On the phone two people are discussing going to a party. In English we could say "are you coming to the party" or "are you going to the party". If I understand correctly, in Spanish you would have to use IR?
For some reason different scenarios pop up and I get a little confused about which verb to use.
Hola Rodney,
Hace falta un cambio en mi vida is different than necesito un cambio en mi vida.
With necesitar you recognize that you need something, there's no gray area.
With hacer falta, it's more like your life is missing something, in this case a change. It's not as direct.
Yeah, in English you can say to me...Are you coming to the party tomorrow or you can say...Are you going tomorrow and I understand them as the exact same thing.
In Spanish if you're asking me if I'm coming to the party and that party isn't exactly where you are at that moment, you need to use ir. You would only use venir if you meant to ask me if I was coming to where you are in that moment.
Same thing with someone knocking at the door, to answer you would use ir because you are going to the door. Someone knocks, you're late and they knock again so you yell, ya voy!. In English you would say I'm coming! But not in Spanish.
muchas gracias hypersport por las explicaciónes útiles
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