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What is the function of "le" in the sentence "El nombre le venía de la Colonia"?
What is the function of "le" in the sentence of:
"El nombre [El Portal de los Escribanos] le venía de la Colonia"?
As I understand, the sentence means:
The name ("El Portal de ...
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¿Existen otras formas de referirse a uno mismo, aparte de "yo", registradas en el DLE?
Cuando me puse a estudiar japonés me llamó la atención la cantidad de formas que tienen para referirse a uno mismo: ore, boku, atashi, watashi, watakushi... todas significan yo pero cada una es ...
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When should I use pronouns? [duplicate]
Apologies if this has been asked before!
I know French fairly well and pronouns are mandatory. However, in Spanish, pronouns are dropped quite often. Is there a rule of thumb for this? E.g. are ...
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Using "están" vs "estás" when refering to "you"
I am practicing using memrise. In this site, the following means: "Are you ready to order?"
¿Están listos para pedir?
However, as far as I know, "están" refers to they and I argue that the correct ...
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Uso de "Ellos" como pronombre singular en tercera persona
He leído un articulo (They as gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun) que habla sobre el uso de They como gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun en la lengua inglesa.
Y ...
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Grammar of «tengo» and «tienes»
I am having trouble understanding how to use tienes/tengo and other related "have" words.
For example, in my current lesson in Rosetta Stone, the following examples are used:
Tengo anteojos ...
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Why is "Usted" grammatically a third person?
In English polite form of address is "You" which is second person singular and plural. In Russian it is "Вы" which is plural second person.
In Spanish (and probably French and Italian) polite address ...
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