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Topic: Spanish

"Pero me parece que es hora de partir."

Translation:But it seems to me that it is time to leave.

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5 years ago

32 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/markbooth
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Is the "to me" necessary? It wasn't in another sentence that used "me parece" and it is essentially the same thing in English.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/John__Doe
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I am not native English speaker so I might be wrong, IMHO the word "but" here indicates "I" am having a discussion (argument?) with someone that they have different opinions, so the "to me" is necessary to show who's point of view it is and for emphasizing.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/elizadeux
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I think it is. Me parece can be either "it seems to me" or I think. If it were just "it seems" then there would be no me just "parece."

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Reply•2 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rvolti
rvolti
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why is 'hour' considered incorrect in this sentence?

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Luis
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"es hora" really means "it's time", not "it is the hour".

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/vega867
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can we also say es hora de salir?

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/quefaselbotch
quefaselbotch
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in my opinion yes, salir is to go out, therefore has the same meaning

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jmiker54
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I am not real sure i understand the use of the third person for Parecer. I wonder why we would not use "parezco" instead of "parece" since it is "me" who it seems.

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JuevesHuevos
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IT seems. "It" is 3rd person singular.

Parezco would be "I seem" Me parezco would be "I seem to me"

Parecerse is a verb like gustar - it is not conjugated based on the subject, but rather the object.

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Reply1•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Craig877964
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I had the same question as jmiker54. I thought because it seemed to ME that one would use parezco also. Thank you for explaining that IT is 3rd person singular.

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/guitarscape
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Sort of like "me gusta" (to me IT is pleasing)

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Reply1•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Craig877964
Craig877964
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Gracias, amigo. Have a lingot.

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Babih10
Babih10
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No Duo, quédate aquí!

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/BartMilner
BartMilner
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Sí, nosotros todavía vos queremos profundamente!

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Allen_Jones
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I wrote "But it seems to me that it is time to split." and was counted incorrect. I suppose that they mean the same thing although in English I think the use of "split" to mean "leave" would be considered very informal (I am from USA). Anyone have thoughts on this? Is the connotation the same in English and Spanish. OR is the use of "partir" used just like this as well as to mean "to split/slice/cut in half/etc."?

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/camrynsak
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what is the need for 'de'?

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JuevesHuevos
JuevesHuevos
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I think it goes with the "es hora" -- "es hora de _" means that "it is time for " or "it is time to ___"

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Kirsten637255
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Es hora de = It's time to __. Ex. It's time to sleep. Es hora de dormir. It's time to eat. Es hora de comer. It's time to dance. Es hora de bailar.

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Reply•6 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Dr-Pen
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I had "But it seems to me that it is NOW time to leave". Would that count?

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Luis
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I would not count that, since "now" is not there.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/learnTACO32
learnTACO32
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Is the ME before Parece an Indirect Object? And is any pronoun before PARECER going to be an Indirect Object? Ex. "It looks (to me), It seems (to you) etc...

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/suanyang
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Yeah, the "me" is an Indirect Object Pronoun. http://spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/parecer.htm

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/trunketti
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When do you use "de" as "to"? Is it if the following word is an infinite?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/OrchidBlack
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I wrote "it looks to me like time to leave." Can someone please tell me why that's wrong?

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Luis
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You're missing the "but" (pero).

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/OrchidBlack
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Ah. Now i feel dumb. ;) Thank you!

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Reply•4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JuevesHuevos
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Also you left out "it is" -- it looks to me like IT IS time to leave

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Reply•4 years ago
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