spanish is pretty dry. in the language section anyone have any knowledge that will help me with a Spanish II study guide?

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threshsupport · Answer

ill post some of the review questions

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thatonegirl_ · Answer

Do you need help with that specific question ?

threshsupport · Answer

yes

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its one I'm stuck on

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Okay. So can you translate each sentence?

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Not using google translate ;)

threshsupport · Answer

alberto ? to the music of the party and ? the house

threshsupport · Answer

what does OYÓ mean

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Oyó comes from the verb oir which means to hear. Do you know what tense it is conjugated in?

threshsupport · Answer

preterite el ella usted form

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Good! It is in el ella usted because it is referring to Alberto who is an "el". And yes it is the preterit. Are you familiar with another tense that is also in the past but not the preterit?

threshsupport · Answer

imperfect? or conditional?

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Imperfect yes! Conditional is another story that I can get to later if you would like. Since both the preterit and imperfect are in the past, do you know how to pick between the 2?

threshsupport · Answer

preterite is when they state like "he spoke" and imperfect is saying it more like "he used to speak"

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Yup. It's like background or more of an ongoing action. Preterit is like a one time, completed action. For example, me rompí la pierna (i broke my leg). You broke it once and the action is completed. But if you said for example, yo comía la comida (i was eating the food) it's more of like a background and ongoing action, was eating versus ate. Does this make sense?

threshsupport · Answer

yes

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Okay so back to the sentences. Oyó means heard not was hearing or anything like that. It's a completed action. So Alberto heard the party music and left (salir-to leave) the house. Correct so far?

threshsupport · Answer

yes

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Cool. Now give a go at the next sentence. I'll give you a hint. Oir is conjugated in the imperfect in that one.

threshsupport · Answer

once alberto heard the party music he left the house?

threshsupport · Answer

or close? to that

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Close.. Oía in this sentence would translate to Alberta was hearing the party music ______________. Do you know what cuando means?

thatonegirl_ · Answer

The second sentence is a fairly common one that you might see a lot.

threshsupport · Answer

when

threshsupport · Answer

isn't that the meaning

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Yes. So it translates to Alberto was hearing the party music when he left the house. Salir is still in the preterit for this one. (Because he left. That is a completed action.) But hearing is not really complete because it lasted for a while. Does that make sense?

threshsupport · Answer

yes so the difference is how the word is used in the preterite form and imperfect from it changes the translation meaning drastically and include the different translations?

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Yup. If you compare: Alberto heard the party music and left the house. to Alberto was hearing the party music when he left the house. You can tell they are quite different in meaning.

threshsupport · Answer

yea conjugations are weird i wish we were taught 2 languages in early schooling.....

thatonegirl_ · Answer

And just some extra info on the second sentence. When there is a verb conjugated in the imperfect and then a cuando (when) and a verb conjugated in the preterit like you saw in the 2nd sentence that's referred to as an interrupter. There's many examples like i was eating when the phone rang or stuff like that. The first verb (eating) would be in the imperfect, then you would have cuando, and the second verb (phone rang) would be in the preterit. Just a tip for those kinds of sentences

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Yeah i feel ya. I'm finishing my 4th year of spanish now >.<

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Btw do you play league? :D

threshsupport · Answer

I'm on my 2nd year... don't know if I'm going to do more

threshsupport · Answer

yes

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Ah gotcha. I mean I enjoy it mostly because I like understanding another language other than english so I'm going into my 5th and probably last year next year. Good luck with it if you continue on!

threshsupport · Answer

you too thank you so much

thatonegirl_ · Answer

And it's always nice to meet a fellow league player xD

threshsupport · Answer

heres my summoner

thatonegirl_ · Answer

No problem!! Just stick with it and it will make more sense later on :)

threshsupport · Answer

S0LDIER OF SOUND FIRST O IS A ZERO

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Ah okay, i'll add you. :) Have a great rest of your day!! I gotta go study for my spanish speaking exam now lol

threshsupport · Answer

good luck with that. cool i might be on later got lost of studying to do tho.

threshsupport · Answer

lots*

thatonegirl_ · Answer

Me too. And thanks!