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What is the difference between ser and estar?

Both 'ser' and 'estar' mean 'to be' in Spanish.However unlike English, there are two words which need to be used in different scenarios/contexts. Ser - The acronym DOCTOR can be used for this-Descriptions eg...
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Answered by Eleanor D. • Spanish tutor
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What is the difference between the perfect and imperfect tense?

Both the tenses are PAST TENSE. The key difference is what they each mean. Imperfect tense= unfinished action or interrupted action, perfect tense= completed action in the past. (hence the IMPERFECT- not a p...
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Answered by Anna T. • French tutor
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Décris ta famille. Est-ce que vous vous entendez bien? (Oral exam question)

Il y a plusieurs réponses correctes)On devrait essayer d'utiliser de nombreux temps pour exhiber ses compétencesPar exemple:"Mon père, il s'appelle Mark et ma mère, elle s'appelle Sarah. J'ai deux petit...
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Answered by Patrick Q. • French tutor
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When should I use the perfect tense and when should I use the imperfect tense?

The perfect tense (il passato prossimo) is used to describe an action or situation in the past with a beginning and an end. The construction would be avere/essere + past participle.examples with 'avere':Il g...
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Answered by Alice S. • Italian tutor
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Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence: 11 26 45 68. Work out an expression for the nth term.

Firstly we must count the values between each of the terms to find the first differences. (EG- 26-11=15, 1st differences: 15,19,23)Next we need to count the values between each of the first differences to fi...
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Answered by Daniel C. • Maths tutor
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