Could someone please explain when its approprate to use the indicative & Subjunctive forms in the spanish lang
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I believe the subjunctive conjugation is for possible actions "that I may eat", "that I may have eaten" "might eat", etc. whereas the indicative is for sure: "I will eat", "I ate", "I did eat," "I am eating"... those are indicative. There is present indicative (I eat), Imperfect Indicative (I was eating), Present subjunctive ("that I may eat") and Imperfect/Past Subjunctive (that I might eat)...
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Because its grammer is logical.\nIt is very well specified and it is phonetic so whatever is written is spoken.
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It is a question of style\n\nThe use of the definite article "the" gives more emphasis on the prepositional phrases.\n\nconsider\n\n"it prevents elimination"\n\nand "it prevents the elimination" (of what?)\n\nprepositional phrases function much the same was as an adjective, they modify a noun in this sentence.  By emphasizing the noun with "the" you emphasize the prepositional phrases, relative clauses, and adjectives that go along with it.\n\nuse of "the" also emphasizes that the words assimilation and elimination are nouns and not verbs.\n\nIf you are descibing a process such as digestion, I would not use "the", because you have more emphasis on the process, a verb.  If you are describing the effects of a drug or the results of an experiment, the emphasis is no longer on how something happend but on what happend.  I would use "the" in this case.
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You've got a pretty complete list here, I think.  I'll just add that I've also heard "youse" in a small town in Northwestern Ontario where I used to live.\n\nI guess my only comment in addition to what you've written above is that Standard English seems to be rare among European languages for having the same form for second person singular and plural.  The "deep-seated need" you mentioned is an obvious one: sometimes when you're talking to a group of people, it's hard to let them know if you're talking to just one of the group or the entire group when you say "you".  It happens all the time.\n\nA similar phenomenon to the one that you're describing also happened in Spanish some time ago with the creation of "usted", which is now used as the second-person singular formal form.  My understanding is that "usted" descended from the phrase "vuestra merced", meaning "your mercy" or "your grace".  The "vuestra" in this expression is a plural form and was originally used to address royalty (in English, for example, royalty has sometimes used plural forms like the "royal we").  Over time this form got shortened and was used for singular persons of all social classes.  So an originally plural form migrated to the singular in Spanish too.\n\nIsn't it interesting that language change can happen even on the aspects of language that we use so frequently, like the pronoun system?  No wonder I love it!\n\nToo bad the previous answerer thinks this is an example of "lazy" English.  I think this is an excellent example of a situation where "nonstandard" dialects are actually more precise than the standard option.
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Recomendar it's used more often when you're sure of the effects of taking that decision. e.g: Te recomiendo ir a McDonald's. (I recommend you to go to McDonald's). You are sure McDonald's is a nice place, and s/he will like it.\nAconsejar is used when you're giving advice, but you wouldn't do it or consider it risky. e.g: Te aconsejo tomar el puente del norte, aunque... (I advise you to take the North Bridge, but...). S/he may found that the north bridge is actually the better way, or not!
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Perfect in grammar means past. So the past subjunctive would be the only one of your choices not having a multiple word verb.
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If you are talking about Spanish, which is the language in which I learned these terms, the imperfect tense is used to describe something that happened in the past with no specifically stated time. For example, the sentence "When I was a young child, I went to the mall," when translated into Spanish would require you to conjugate the verbs "be" and "go" (used as "was" and "went" in English) to the imperfect tense.\n\nThe preterite tense is used to describe something that occurred in the past at a specific time. For example, the sentence "I went to the mall last Wednesday" when translated into Spanish would require you to conjugate the verb "go" (used as "went" in English) to the preterite tense.\n\nHope this helps.
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Guilty. Además se dice, guilty or not guilty.\n\nSi fuera inocente, no hubiera huído, lo que pasa es que tuvo mucho dinero y contrató un buen abogado.\n\nSorry que te conteste en pocho, pero me es más fácil.\n\nUna pregunta, sin que me lo tomes a mal, veo que preguntas en inglés y tienes respuestas, pero ¿no sería mejor que para tus preguntas entraras a inglés, hay muchas opciones, de EUA, de Inglaterra, etc. y contestas en español? así tendrías máqs de lo que aquí tienes.
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1.  It's "misuse".  (Sorry.  I _had_ to.)  :-)\n\n2.  As the language changes, the vernacular often includes experimental use of verbs.  It's always been like this with a growing language.   We turn nouns into verbs, use verbs in unusual and "incorrect" ways, and experiment with tenses, possessive forms and plural/singular forms.  It's the sign of a growing, living language.  A language that remains structured and formal is a dead language.  I'm pretty sure nothing has changed in Latin for at least 1500 years.  ;-)\n\n3.  However, you will note that I didn't endorse this as desirable.  Personally, I wish that people would at least learn to speak the language correctly before experimenting.  There is evidence that many people today see absolutely nothing wrong with "creative spelling", illogical sentence structure or terrible grammar.   If you're going to play around with an established system, you should first learn its rudiments.\n\nThanks for asking; I also needed to vent my "closet grammarian" side.   ;-)
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Spanish: Tengo que responder D. Soy guatemalteco y mi lengua materna es la española, aunque confidencialmente, muchas veces no utilizamos una gran cantidad de terminologías correctamente, pero bueno, eso sucede en cualquier idioma.\n\nEnglish: I have to answer D.  I am guatemalan and my mother language is the Spaniard, although confidentially, many times we don´t utilize a large quantity of terminologies correctly, but hey, that happens in any language.
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Are you asking how to write "I don't understand" in spanish, or are you asking how to say "I don't understand how to write in spanish"?\n\nI don't understand: No entiendo or No comprendo\nI don't understand how to write in Spanish: No sé escribir en español.
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With the verbs for "to be" in Spanish, namely "ser" and "estar", depend on what you want to imply. Derived from there "they are" will be "Son".
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Um.. the tenses are kinda of.. i think if you sed \nJuntos cocinamos la cena, vamos de compras y al cine.. that might b better..
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I don't know why people are responding to this on the iambic pentameter etc front. Are you not asking a question about the multiple negatives? If so, I would respond that people still use this (it isn't unknown for people never to use a purely singular negative form), wasn't he doing it for effect, don't nobody do it no more?
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We use "sobre", but I guess the expression "acerca de" is more common.\nHere are some examples. I realize it may be confusing, but there is no rule apart from usage (and it varies from one country to another). \n \nUsing "sobre":\nTell me about you = Háblame sobre ti (but also "Háblame de ti").\n\nUsing "acerca de":\nWe were talking about Sue = Estábamos hablando acerca de Sue (= Estábamos hablando sobre Sue = Estábamos hablando de Sue)\n\nWe often use shorter prepositions ("de", "en", "por"), for instance when referring to a broad subject:\n\nWhat do you know about maths? = ¿Qué sabes de matemática? \n\nIn this case ¿Qué sabes sobre matemática? would not be wrong either, but the first form is better.\n\nI think about you = Pienso en ti \nIn this case, the hypothetic "Pienso sobre ti" is NOT correct.\n\nYet another variation:\nShe's worried about her son = Está preocupada por su hijo. \n\nThis is Argentinian/Southern Cone Spanish :-)\n\n---------------\nHi, thanks for the compliment :-)\nWith respect to your last question: "Se trata" can be used alone or, without the reflexive particle ("se"), be combined  with prepositions to construct longer expressions, such as "trata acerca de..." or "trata sobre...". Any of these is a good translation for any English expression that implies description of subject matter. For example: \nThe book deals with guilt = El libro trata acerca de la culpabilidad = El libro trata sobre la culpabilidad.\nIt's about you = Se trata de ti.\n\nBecause "Se trata" includes the reflexive particle, it becomes a verb without an explicit subject, and therefore it's particularly suited to examples like the second, where in English you use "It's about".\n\nbut you cannot use "se trata" in this case: \nOn fairy tales (sorry, Tolkien!) =Sobre los cuentos de hadas = Acerca de los cuentos de hadas.\n\nOf course, the verb "tratar" also means "behave towards a person or thing" as in "Me trató mal" = He mistreated me. But you'll recognize those because they're followed by an adverb, not a noun.\nAnother meaning of tratar is "attempt". So in the following phrase: \nEl libro trata de explicar esos fenómenos = The book attempts to explain those phenomena\nit can be confusing! but the context of the phrase will help you. These expressions are used in all Spanish-speaking countries that I know, although there may be local variations.\n\nIM me if you have doubts :-)\n\n------------------\nOh, and Bubbles below me has no idea what she's talking about ;-)
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i are in class avansed of algebra i have algebra2 if you traslate this to english is that i don't speak much english please my homework is for tomorrow or have a F : yo habia olvidado limpiar los muebles de mi casa y me enferme yo y mi hermanito es por eso que no voy a dejar ni una sola cosa sin limpiar
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You should say...\n\nYo no lo tenía permitido pero de todas formas vi el show.\nor\n\nYo no lo tenía permitido pero de todos modos vi el show.\nor\n\nYo no lo tenía permitido pero de todas maneras vi el show\n\nyou can invert to the order in all 3 sentences, for example...\n\nyo no lo tenía permitido pero vi el show de todas formas.