In 12.3 Rocket Spanish -Chilean Literature- we find the sentence:
Estaba pensando que te enseñe bien .(Which is yo in the present subjunctive)
Which translates as:
I was thinking that I had taught you well.
Should it not be enseñé (preterite tense) or because there is doubt, it should be in the subjunctive.
John
subjunctive or preterite
John-H11
September 13, 2012
ricardo-rich
September 20, 2012
Hola John,
I think it should be the subjunctive but I am not certain. Perhaps our friend and native speaker Cristian Montes de Oca will see this and advise us. I bought a book a few months ago titled The Spanish Subjunctive Up Close by Eric Voght. It is part of the Practice Makes Perfect series and it's a good book. It can be found at Amazon for a very reasonable price.
Saludos,
Rich
John-H11
September 21, 2012
Muchas gracias Rich
I have acually bought this book and it is very helpful and very detailed.
I'm hoping Cristian will pick this up. Not an easy area of the language to master.As you said "The Twilight Zone".
Maybe you can help with any easier one I've come across this week. Is sobre an envelope for posting. I also see it can mean "about".
Saludos ,
desde Escocia
ricardo-rich
September 21, 2012
Hola John,
¡Ya te recuerdo John ! Sí " The Twilight Zone". Sobre tu pregunta. As a noun it is an envelope or a packet. As a preposition it is "about" also it is: on, on top of , over.
Saludos amigo,
Rich
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
October 16, 2012
Hola Amigos
It is Enseñé with a é, they might end up with a mistake! so it is in preterite...Taught, enseñé!
without the accent on the e, it would not make sense...
Saludos!
ricardo-rich
October 16, 2012
Hola Cristian,
¡Por fin has respondido! Como siempre me has ayudado a mi y otros. Espero que estés bien amigo y otra vez , muchas gracias por tu ayuda.
Saludos,
Rich
gayan--
October 17, 2012
John-H11
October 17, 2012
Hola Cristian y Rich,
Muchas gracias por tus ayuda con mi problemas en español.
Gramatica es muy dificil, pero cada dia es mejor.
Algun dia me gustaria hablar español perfectamente.
Saludos,
desde escocia
John
ricardo-rich
October 17, 2012
Hola John,
De nada amigo. Algún día me gustaría hablar español con soltura también. Para mi es una meta muy importante. Sí, cada día , poco a poco es mejor. Cuando hablando a dos personas, se dice "su" ayuda. No se dice "tus" ayuda.
Hasta la próxima,
Rich
John-H11
October 22, 2012
Hola Rich,
Gracias por tu ayuda otra vez.
La mejor manera de aprender español es hablar con otras personas.
Muchas gracias.
Hasta la próxima
John
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
October 23, 2012
Hola amigos!!!
Asi es, la mejor manera de aprender es hablando con otros que hablen español!
saludos!