Julio 2: 2n’22?//24//feb29, Flashcards
They finished President Biden´s swearing-in ceremony without any problem.
Terminaron la ceremonia de juramento del Presidente Biden sin ningún problema.
juramento = oath
jurar - to swear
¿Juras decir la verdad en tu testimonio hoy? Do you swear to tell the truth in your testimony today?
What was that sound?
It could be thunder.
It could have been thunder.
It was thunder.
¿Qué sonido fue ese? ¿Qué fue ese sonido?
- Podría ser un trueno. (It could be thunder - like in this moment, used more in speaking).
- Pudo ser un trueno is It could have been thunder but in the past. (expresses same as Pudiera haber sido)
- Pudiera haber sido un trueno. (It could have been thunder. Very formal, probably best not to use.)
It was thunder. Fue un trueno.
If I had known before, I would not have made other plans.
De haber sabido antes, no hacía otros planes. o no habría hecho otros planes.
de haber sabido antes - a phrase you just have to memorize - had I known before-if I had known before
If I had known before, I would have changed my plans.
De haber sabido antes, habría cambiado mis planes.
In Mexico, the host provides all the food.
En México, el anfitrión pone toda la comida.
poner la comida = to buy or prepare all the food
I wish I could have visited Mexico before
Ojalá que pudiera haber visitado México antes.
Ojalá que hubiera podido visitar México antes.
I (VS) am confused.
Estoy confundida.
That always confuses me.
Eso siempre me confunde.
Could I have done more?
Similar to the thunder question.
¿Podría haber hecho más? best
¿Hubiera podido hacer más? correct but bookish
it´s a good thing, luckily, thank goodness
menos mal
Luckily we have the vaccine.
Menos mal que tenemos la vacuna.
The more I exercise, the healthier I feel.
Cuanto más ejercicio hago, más sano me siento.
Cuanto más…más
The more I think, the more I worry.
Cuanto más pienso, más me preocupo.
to stay/keep/remember
to run-out of/not to have something anymore/to lose/to be left/not to get
quedarse
He made a bad investment and was left penniless.
Hizo una mala inversión y se quedó sin dinero.
We do not have a cook anymore.
Nos hemos quedado sin cocinera.
My printer is out of ink/has run out of ink.
Mi impresora se ha quedado sin tinta. present perfect, started in the past and continues into the present - this is my printer has run out of ink. this is the better translation actually
also translates as My printer is out of ink, which could also be Mi impresora está sin tinta.
but the se ha quedado also translates as my printer is out of ink.
We have run-out of sugar
Nos hemos quedado sin azúcar.
Remember you have to have the personal pn because it is quedarse
I called him. Not because you told me to, but because I needed to.
Lo llamé. No porque me lo dijeras tú, sino porque necesitaba hacerlo.
Julio says can use subj or indic but that “no porque” very often triggers subjunctive
but because
sino porque
NEVER say PERO PORQUE
I liked it not because it was red, but because it was green.
Me gustaba no porque fuera r rojo, sino porque era verde.
no porque often triggers/followed by subj
Both the army and clowns use balloons, but for different reasons.
Tanto el ejército como los payasos utilizan globos, pero por razones diferentes.
- do not use ambos to mean both A and B, use the formula tanto A…como B, do not use tanto when referring to two different groups
never use what with ambos
what is equivalent to ambos
- articles before or after, and de after
can use these with todo-a-s - los-las dos, and is used frequently
- ambos and todos need to agree in gender & # w/noun or pn replaced
Ambos conocemos Panamá y Caracas, y las dos hace calor.
Both of us know Panamá y Caracas and both are hot.
Los dos?
the standard norm
la norma estándar
