Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

¿Cómo es que aún no lo termina? Why is it he/she still hasn’t finished it? ¿Cómo es que ha sido seleccionado? How come he was se ...

Porque is followed by a subjunctive when it is preceded by a negative. Lo hago no porque me lo pidas, sino porque quiero. I’m no ...

common and colloquial than puesto que... Unlike como ... , ya que ... and puesto que... can be placed before or after the main s ...

43.3.2 Using noun phrases like the following ones: La razón por la que... ‘the reason (that).. .’, por razones/motivos+ adjectiv ...

¿Para qué me llamaste? What did you call me for? ¿Para qué le dices eso si sabes que a él no le gusta? What are you telling him ...

43.5.2 Para+ infinitive Para will be followed by the infinitive when the subject of the main verb is the same as that of the com ...

Hemos convocado una reunión a fin/con el fin de que nos informen sobre su viaje. We have called a meeting so that/in order that ...

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44 Expressing knowledge To express knowledge, Spanish uses two different verbs, saber and conocer, ‘to know’. Their uses are cle ...

44.2 Saying that one knows a person, a place or an object To say that one knows or does not know a person, a place or an object, ...

Cuando nos conozcamos mejor. When we get to know each other better. Se conocieron en Nueva York. They met in New York. Nos conoc ...

45 Remembering and forgetting This chapter examines the use of verbs such as acordarse de, ‘to remember’, recordar, ‘to remember ...

Nos acordamos muy bien de él. We remember him very well. No me acuerdo de eso. I don’t remember that. No me acuerdo de nadie. I ...

45.1.2.4 (No) recordar que... Recuerdo que... , ‘I remember that.. .’, is followed by a clause containing an indicative verb, wh ...

45.2.1 ¿Se acuerda usted/te acuerdas de+ noun or noun phrase? ¿Te acuerdas de ese lugar? Do you remember that place? ¿No se acue ...

¿No recuerdas que fue Luis quien te lo dijo? Don’t you remember that it was Luis who told you? Note that unlike negative stateme ...

No se te olvide que la reunión es a las 6.00. Don’t forget that the meeting is at 6.00. Por favor, no se olviden de apagar las l ...

46 Expressing obligation and duty This chapter deals with the ideas of obligation and duty and the verbs and expressions associa ...

subjunctive. Of these, the present and the conditional are the tenses most frequently used. Debo hacerlo. I must do it. Deberás ...