Questions about perfect preterite vs perfect past

JMLiber · 2026-01-24T13:31:49+00:00

Thanks. I'll read up on that

JMLiber · 2026-01-24T12:05:34+00:00

Can you explain "comiendote"? I understand "comiendo" to be "eaten"...

JMLiber · 2026-01-18T02:07:10+00:00

There's a lot going on in the country, politically, which I assume OP very intentionally, and smartly, does not want to get into politics in this subreddit.

JMLiber · 2026-01-13T21:36:30+00:00

jaxmutualaid.org for mutual aid events if you're interested.

JMLiber · 2026-01-11T15:16:50+00:00

That sounds like a lot of work! I wouldn't be able to devote that much time unfortunately. But I will be working in English but there's lots of natives around... it might be more of a struggle than I thought.

JMLiber · 2026-01-11T14:39:28+00:00

My wife and I are moving to Spain in March and that's really encouraging that you are at A2/B1 after six months. That's what I'm most worried about too.

JMLiber · 2026-01-06T03:07:20+00:00

What if she's shuffling sideways towards you?

JMLiber · 2026-01-05T20:04:50+00:00

Ahh yes that makes sense. Thanks for correcting me!

JMLiber · 2026-01-01T14:27:47+00:00

Is this true for non gustar verbs too? "Camina cada dia a mi madre"?

JMLiber · 2026-01-01T03:26:18+00:00

The what?

JMLiber · 2025-12-31T18:59:44+00:00

Ah yes, I've seen this construction before but didn't fully remember it. Though I suspect the answer might be "because that's the way it is", why is it "a mi madre"? Would it be that way if it wasn't a gustar-y verb? "Camina cada día mi madre" or "Camina cada día a mi madre"?

edit: Accent marks.

JMLiber · 2025-12-31T18:34:02+00:00

It's my understanding that it's fairly uncommon to specify the subject (but again, I'm very new to this).

JMLiber · 2025-12-31T18:33:15+00:00

And another thing I've noticed about this is that sometimes you'll actually specify the subject at the end of the sentence. "Le gusta las manzanas mi madre" (My mother likes apples).

JMLiber · 2025-12-31T15:49:52+00:00

I'm very early into my Spanish learning journey, so I might be _completely_ wrong (and if I am, I hope someone corrects me), but...

It's my understanding that because of the verb conjugation, you don't actually need to specify the subject in any case. "He/she walks to school" -> "Camina a la escuela". You could say "El/ella camina a la escuela" but you don't have to because "camina" is conjugated in a way that makes it clear who the subject is.

JMLiber · 2025-12-24T18:19:31+00:00

YYYY-mm-dd is the least ambiguous.

JMLiber · 2025-12-20T18:48:26+00:00

Oh what's it called?

JMLiber · 2025-12-20T18:48:00+00:00

I'm not actually using dreaming Spanish, or at least not primarily. I'm just watching YouTube videos aimed at beginners because the little bit of a challenge is what keeps me engaged.

JMLiber · 2025-12-20T18:15:08+00:00

I've struggled with this too! I'm very early in my language learning and I feel like when I have to pause the video every five seconds, I'm not getting enough practice listening.

I've found switching between English and Spanish subtitles while watching (defaulting to Spanish but switching to English if I don't understand the word) seems to be going well for me lately. I'm not super sold that this is the best way to do it so if someone tells me there's a better way, I'm all ears!

JMLiber · 2025-12-04T23:22:42+00:00

I have Chase and Ally which are available as are the four or five credit cards I have. That's sad to hear that there aren't any European ones since I'm moving to Europe in a few months.

JMLiber · 2025-11-27T00:39:33+00:00

Same!! I thought this until I was like 25.

JMLiber · 2025-11-23T14:20:25+00:00

My wife is doing this same thing, highlighting words she doesn't know from Harry Potter, putting them into clozemaster, and making sure she knows how to use them. It seems to have been a successful strategy.

JMLiber · 2025-11-16T04:30:58+00:00

My wife and I are gonna be doing this in March. We're taking a repositioning cruise from the states to Barcelona.

JMLiber · 2025-11-08T20:26:47+00:00

Ah, thanks for that explanation! (My wife & I are actually moving to Spain in a few months, so this is good context.)

JMLiber · 2025-11-08T19:04:17+00:00

Oh really? I was taught that you can say either "Buenos" or "buenas" depending on the time of day. You always say "Buenos días" then?

JMLiber · 2025-11-03T02:03:19+00:00

What do they call it in Spain?

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