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"The boss needs a desk in his office."
Translation:El jefe necesita un escritorio en su oficina.
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El jefe necesito un escritorio en su oficina.... Why is it telling me that necesita is correct and not necesito? All are masculine forms, so I'm confused.
These words (necesito, necesita) aren't masculine/feminine. They simply follow the "I need=Yo necesito" and "He needs=Él necesita" and "You need=Tú necesitas".
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Only the nouns have genders in Spanish (and their articles and adjectives, because they are linked to them). That's all.
Verbs aren't gendered.
They change their ending according to the person doing the action.
When you take "to be" in English, if it's "I" that is the subject, you change it into "am", if it's "you", you change it into "are".
In Spanish, "escribir" (to write) becomes necesito for "I" and necesita for he/she/it (and usted).
Necesito = Yo necesito = I write.
Necesita = he/she/it writes
(and usted: you write, singular formal you)
I am also confused by this. Can someone explain why necesito is not acceptable in this sentence?
According to a Spanish speaking friend: "I think it's because now you're getting into the "present indicative".
If your boss currently needs a desk, it doesn't matter whether the boss is male or female, you are going to use "necesita." "Necesito" with an accent on the o is past, so if the male boss 'needed' a desk in his office you would be right...except it needs the accent. Without the accent "necesito" would be "yo necesito"= I need (present). "
It seems to be the same as "trabajo" being the general word for job/work, not ONLY when referring to one's own work or job. For instance: "Este trabajo es importante." vs "yo trabajo en la oficina."
It's as simple as yo aprendo, yo hablo, yo bebo, yo quiero, etc. So in this case 'necesito' would have been correct if sentence had started with 'Yo'. But in case of he/she/you/your we need to use 'necesita' or 'necestitas' but not 'necesito'. Hope this helps:)
Yes, even if the sentence doesn't start with "yo". Because "yo" can be skipped in Spanish, as any subject-pronoun.
Strange. It said correct for 'la jefa' which is clearly wrong from the masculine pronoun used at the end of the sentence.
If "la jefa" was used here, it needs to be reported and fixed. It has to be masculine, as it's masculine in the English sentence, because they used "his" not "her".
There's a new option "My answer shouldn't be accepted", do you have it?
Verbs don't have a gender. You're probably confused because the verb necesitar, to need, is an -ar verb, so second person singular (which means he needs -- and also she or it needs) is "necesita" just like Daniela says.
the verb need "necesitar" i need "yo necesito" you "tu necesitas" he/she "él/ella necesita" they "ellos necesitan" we " nosotros necesitamos" to be honest it depends on the verb and the person for example the verb eat "comer" i "yo como" you " tu comes" he/she "el/ella come" they "ellos comen" we "nosotros comemos" you can see some diferences but it really helps to know the verb in infinitive
"Tú necesitas".
Because tú = you (singular informal you).
And "tu" = your.
And "él" not "el".
Because "el" = masculine the.
And él = he.
Su oficina, in this context, means his office, though it could mean her office, their (singular) office, or your office if we were speaking formally. Tu oficina would be your office.
Because "a" is "to". The boss needs a desk in his office vs to his office.
Why is necesita fem form? El. and desk are Fem. I'm confused what determines if it is fem or masculine form?
"necessita" is not feminine form. Verbs do not have gender. Yo necesito. (First Person) Tu necesitas. (Second person) El/Ella necesita. (Third person)
And every verbs are used like this. Only nouns have gender.
duo said "His" could be "su" or "el". What dictates if su or el is more appropriate for "his"
No. El = masculine the, él = he.
His is "su", and "her" is "su". They use the same possessive for males and females in Spanish, for a male or female owner, or for a masculine or feminine owned object.
"el" is not a possessive, it's "the", it's a definite article.
Necesito is not masculine, and "necesita" is not feminine, because words don't have gender.
Only nouns are gendered (and their article and adjectives, because they are linked to the noun, and take its gender)
Necesito means I need.
Necesita means he/she/it needs
(And used with usted means you need, singular formal you)
The verbs change their ending according to the person making the action, not according to the gender of the subject. You say "he writes", and "I write", the ending change with he/she/it, it changes according to the person...
Necesitar is a verb and verbs do not get a specified gender. Necesita is for él, ella, o usted.
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because what you said is wrong. when you say "tiene que" you MUST follow with an infinitive. Otherwise the sentence doesn't make sense. And the question is asking that the boss NEEDS, not HAS.
I wrote EXACTLY what it said the correct answer should be but it was marked wrong
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Oh cr _p! I am having a problem remembering how to spell ESCRITORIO. However, I do feel good about at least remembering the word.
I think of an oreo (almost orio) cookie on a prescription (a scrit) . e-scrit-oreo thus escritorio
The first time I answered en su oficina. Marked wrong. This time I answered en tu oficina. Marked wrong again. What do you want?
