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Topic: Spanish

"Desarrolla eso."

Translation:Develop that.

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5 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/sandyt
sandyt
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"Develop that" is imperative; this is a lesson in present indicative, so "You develop that" should be accepted.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mitaine56
mitaine56
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I think that you are right.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jdabell
jdabell
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I agree; no mention of the imperative has yet been given or taught and the conjugation given makes no mention of the imperative either.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/klaakan
klaakan
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This is just another disgusting instance of springing something on us , out of nowhere, without any prior explanation! I'm so discouraged!

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Cheryl1
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Desarrolle is the 3rd person imperative form of desarollar. Desarrolla is 3rd person present tense. So, it's not the imperative. You can say ''Develop that'' without it being a command. Perhaps this is just a polite request to someone to ''Develop that''? Hard to know as it stands w/o the benefit of context.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mitaine56
mitaine56
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Are you sure for desarrolar? The imperative affirmative is, desarrolla (tú) made with 3rd pers indicative presente sing.. and desarrolle (ella), desarrolemos (nosotros), desarrollad (vosotros), desarrollen (ellos) , But in a negative sentence, you have to use subjonctive present to form imperative, negative. desarroles, desarrole, desarrollemos, (with no) etc. http://conjugueur.reverso.net/conjugaison-espagnol-verbe-desarrollar.html

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/sandyt
sandyt
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The English sentence ("Develop that") is imperative, the Spanish sentence ("Desarrolla eso") is present tense. That difference (imperative vs. present) is what I'm talking about.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mitaine56
mitaine56
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You can say, ella desarrolla eso, she develops that, indicative present. You can also say, desarrolla eso, (tú) imperative, for develop that. Without the context, how can we know for sure. In the link Reverso, it says desarrolla tú. I don't understand why you say that the sentence in Spanish is present tense, because in imperative , it's written the same way in reverso. Please someone, explain that to me.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mitaine56
mitaine56
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I think of something. In Duolingo, they always put the pronoun in the sentence in Spanish, so I think, if the sentence would have been in ipresent of ndicative, they would have written : Ella desarrolla eso.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Talca
Talca
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Develop--in what sense? Develop film? Develop an idea? Develop a resort in Mexico? It would be a lot more useful, if Duolingo gave us complete sentences. Standing alone, this is a fairly useless expression to study.

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