edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
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“Si tuviera tiempo…”Building the three conditional patterns, and above all the unreal one: “si” plus…“Es aburrido” is not “está aburrido”The adjectives whose meaning changes with the verb: “aburrido”, “listo”, “rico”…False friends: “embarazada” is not embarrassedThe words that look like an English word and mean something else: “embarazada”…“Dijo que…”: reporting what somebody saidTurning direct speech into “dijo que…”, moving the tense, the person, the possessives…“Busco a alguien que hable inglés”Choosing indicative or subjunctive after “que” depending on whether the person or thing…“Tan”, “tanto”, “tal”: one “so”, three wordsUsing “tan” with adjectives and adverbs, “tanto” with verbs and nouns —agreeing— and…
Another oneKeep practising: SpanishThe rule, in three lines
Use ya for a change that has happened, todavía for a state that continues, todavía no for an expected change that has not happened, and ya no for a state that has ended.
The usual slip. English “still not” and “not any more” can lead to the same Spanish phrase, although one means an expected event has not happened and the other means a previous state ended.
Why it catches you out. English “still”, “already”, “not yet” and “no longer” distinguish continuing, achieved, pending and ended states. Translating all negative cases with one Spanish phrase loses the difference between not yet and no longer.
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- “Si tuviera tiempo…”Building the three conditional patterns, and above all the unreal one: “si” plus…
- “Es aburrido” is not “está aburrido”The adjectives whose meaning changes with the verb: “aburrido”, “listo”, “rico”…
- False friends: “embarazada” is not embarrassedThe words that look like an English word and mean something else: “embarazada”…