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Wouldn't the translation be "the women talk in the library" because there is no 'are' in the Spanish sentence?
Yes, to say "the women are speaking" it would be "las mujeres estan hablando" not "las mujeres hablan"
Remember that the present tense (indicative) in Spanish means three things.
Tú hablas inglés. You speak English. You do speak English. You are speaking English. Tú comes pan. You eat bread. You do eat bread. You are eating bread. Tú vives en Buenos Aires. You live in Buenos Aires. You do live in Buenos Aires. You are living in Buenos Aires.
Thanks for the answer, so is it right that both "Tu hablas Ingles" and "Estas Hablando" can mean "You are speaking English"?
It is a little confusing tho, why there are 2 different tenses for the same saying?
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There are in English as well. Those translate to them: You speak English and You are speaking English.
What gets most English speakers is that we can utilize the Present Progressive (the 'ing' verb) in situations like this. Spanish does not. So the Simply Present tense in Spanish can translate to either tense in English.
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Only if you mean they are speaking right this moment. Otherwise, hablan can mean speak or are speaking.
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Both translations are correct. If yours wasn't accepted, you can use the Report button to bring it to the attention of the course contributors.
It accepts it now 12/1/19. At first I thought it didn't but I had a typo replacing "women" with "woman" accidentally.
It technically means the same but like in the Spanish language which I speak some like the arse mean the same as other words but doesn't necessarily have 2 be there
Why would "The women are speaking in the library" be wrong? Doesn't hablar mean to speak?
I entered "The women are speaking in the library" and it was marked wrong. Is this incorrect? :(
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speaking tends to be used for one-sided communications (e.g. "she is speaking at the conference"), whereas talking implies a conversation or discussion between two or more people, which is probably what is meant in this case.
This actually means "The women talk in the library". If you wanted to have the verb as a present progressive, such as "talking", it should be, "Las mujeres estan hablando en la biblioteca". The conjugation for present progressive (verbs ending in -ing) require and estar verb prior to the following verb which will end in either -ando or -iendo depending on the -ar/-er verb.
For the pronunciation exercises isolating difficult words like biblioteca would be helpful.
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That works too. Though I feel it has the context of them giving a lecture in the Library instead of talking when they shouldn't be.
How can I differentiate between "are talking" and "talk"? How do I know when which is which?
the woman are speaking in the library..... please tell me why this is not accepted
Give me back a heart I did not finish my answer. Two words...I did not hit the check button.
I thought this would be "los mujeres están hablando en la biblioteca", I would think un English DL's answer would be "the women speak in the library", I know it could sound odd but, context is important, it could be an answer to a question? Like "So when Danielle and Gina meet up and talk, where do they go?", "They speak in the library"
Speaking "in" the library and "at" the library mean the same thing in English. It's ridiculous that "at" the library is given as incorrect.
I wrote The Women are talking in the library and the answer is the same . Why is this showing I am wrong?
I wrote that too and got marked wrong. Came here to check if anyone else asked about it, so I will report it.
Twice i answered correctly and you said i was wrong the same answer
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Hablar means at the same time *to speak" and "to talk"!
Please, take a look at Leo.org spanish<=>english dictionary!
Therefore "The women are speaking in the library" should be correct!
dont these women know this is a library someone tell them to stfu
Woman/mujer (singular), women/mujeres (plural)
Man/hombre (singular), men/hombres (plural)
