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What are the differences between the imperfect and preterite tense?

They are used to describe two different types time in the past. The imperfect is used largely to describe an ucompleted action (Estaba en el telefono cundo mi madre gritó) or an interruped action, a repea...

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Answered by Elisabeth T. Spanish tutor
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What is the difference between "ser" and "estar"?

One of the more complicated things about Spanish is there are often two ways of translating English words into Spanish. In this case, the English verb "to be" can be translated into Spanish as &...

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Answered by Laurence C. Spanish tutor
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Please can you explain the difference between 'por' and 'para'?

I think it is best to answer this question by looking at some examples  1. Llegué temprano a la cena por hablar a Juan   I arrived early to the dinner due to speaking to Juan 2. Llegué te...

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Answered by Daisy C. Spanish tutor
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When do you use the subjunctive voice?

The subjunctive is associated with doubt so whenever an element of doubt is implied by the statement you are trying to compose eg I do not think/no pienso que triggers the subjunctive because you are doub...

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Answered by Megan P. Spanish tutor
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I still don’t really understand how the Subjunctive tense works in Spanish…. Could you explain it to me?

No worries! The subjunctive is tricky at the best of times. But let me take you through it step by step. Features of Sentences that Use the Subjunctive There are three ma...

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Answered by Alexandra H. Spanish tutor
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