2. verbs wpreps #56,mar26,apr6 Flashcards

1
Q

She doesn´t trust anyone.
two ways

A

Ella no confía en nadie. confiar en uno/algo
Ella no se fía de nadie. fiarse de uno

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I most regret not being there/not having been there when he fell.

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De lo que más me arrepiento es de no haber estado allí cuando se cayó.

you need the de before lo que, it just is like that

arrepentirse de inf
arrepentirse de algo

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3
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Remember to say hi to your mom for me please.

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Acuérdese de saludar a su mamá de mi parte, por favor.
Recuerde saludar a su mamá de mi parte. Is also correct I think

acordarse de uno-algo - to remember
acordar se de inf - to remember
saludar a uno - to greet

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He invested 50% of all the capital of the business.

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Invirtió el 50% de todo el capital del negocio.

el capital - m noun, finance

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He still doesn´t know about the problem.

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Todavía no sabe del problema.

saber de - as intransitive verb

other uses as transitive verb - no prep
saber algo - to know Estoy tratando de saber español.

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He does not believe that the film is about the domination of foreign capital in developing countries.

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No cree que la película trate de la dominación del capital extranjero en paisés en vías de desarrollo.
Ck is trate o trata
el capital - has to do with finance

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7
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I always worry about the details.
About the prepositions

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Siempre me preocupo por los detalles. Me preocupo por las preposiciones ppp
preocuparse por o de pero no sobre

es el detalle - words ending in loner are usually masculine although those ending in e are tricky, can be either

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The police have just informed us about the bank robbery.

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TheLa policia acaba de informarnos sobre el atraco al banco.
informarse sobre
el atraco - robbery, holdup
rel robo - robbery, theft

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I couldn´t attend class yesterday because I was sick.

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Ayer no pude asistir a clase porque estaba enferma.

asistir a algo/uno

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10
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What is the capital of Idaho?

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¿Cuál es la capital de Idaho?

la capital - city, capital city-center

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Remember there is no grammatical explanation for idiomatic prepositions!

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Recuerde que no hay explicaciones gramaticales para las preposiciones idiomáticas.

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12
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There is no pattern for idiomatic prepositions. You simply have to memorize them!

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No hay ningún patrón para las preposiciones idiomáticas. Simplemente tiene que memorizarlas!

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13
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Specific idiomatic prepositions go with specific verbs.

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Las preposiciones idiomáticas específicas van con verbos específicos.

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The structure can be called “verbs with their complements”.

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La estructura se puede llamar “verbos con sus complementos”.

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Six of the most common idiomatic prepositions are what - acronymn?

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Seis de las preposiciones idiomáticas más comunes son SPACED - sobre, por, a, con, en y de.

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