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Old 12-09-2005, 05:37 AM
Marianopolita Marianopolita is offline
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Arrow Grammar issues...

One aspect I must point out is that grammar is so important in all languages. However in Spanish grammar errors are readily visible if not followed.

Mofi- las luces prendidos is not a correct grammatical phrase because you did not follow the rules of concordance. If you are suggesting this phrase it s/b las luces prendidas.

Mofi- your suggestion Vuelta te may be your attempt to use the phrase darse la vuelta instead of voltearse which is a synonym but your command form is incorrect- date la vuelta is what I think you are trying to say.

Wildnfree- Making the verb plural (dejan) as you suggested instead of (deja) because las luces is plural is absolutely incorrect because the command forms of verbs depend on who (how many people you are speaking to) One person= deja (tú) more than one person= dejen (uds).

BTW- Dragonfly is one of my favorite Spanish speakers on the board. Always great grammar, she is very careful with her choice of phrases, beautiful sentence structure and very neutral as well which is important when giving suggestions on how to say xxx to people of diverse backgrounds.


LDG.

Last edited by Marianopolita; 12-09-2005 at 04:29 PM..
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