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- "¡Este banco no tiene dinero!"
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This is good to know in case, as a tourist, you wish to express your miscontent after robbing a bank
I feel like the more advanced you get in the language the weirder the sentences get
I gave up on trying to get a literal translation on some things and learn the phrases meanings. E G. Al cerca de and tengo que. Cerca google translates to near. So, "to the near of" makes cero sense. When i have time I scan the net for literal translations. I understand cerca is literally "side". Al cerca de works with this translation.
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Because you misspelled "doesn't".
"Doenst" is not an English word. (Perhaps it's a German word?)
Sadly, my cousin lives in Venezuela and has actually used this sentence in her daily life.
A food bank is a place where people who cannot afford food can go to get food.
No money you say. Hmmmm. I wonder why. kicks bag of money further under bed
If money doesn’t grow on trees, then why do banks have branches? So a bank must be a tree. If a bank’s a tree then are we squirrels?
I was marked incorrect for replying "This bank does not have money" which is a literal translation
It's subtly different. "...no tiene dinero" = "...has no money/doesn't have money;" "...no tiene ningún dinero" = "...doesn't have any money."
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Instead of stupidly giving down votes, why not answer the question?
¿por qué no es 'este bano no tiene ningún dinero'?
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First the hospital without a doctor and now a bank with no money. I suppose the one horse is also missing.
Would this more apply to ones bank account having no money? Like in english you can drop certain nouns like bank to refer to " my account has no money" and it still makes sense. Albiet a depressing moment of reality setting in as I decline the "pro version" offers for a reason
I know duolingo has awesome lingoisms. But I dont want to mistake something like the noun dropping spanish rule option by assuming it's like "the bear drinks beer" lingoism level.
If there's no money in my bank account, I'd say «No tengo dinero en la cuenta/en el banco». Literally, "I don't have money in the account/in the bank". So while the name dropping exists, it's not what is at play here.
This sentence would be useful to say that the bank, as an institution, is bankrupted. It doesn't have to mean no money at all, just not enough to stay afloat and credit its customers. On top of that, you have the alternative scenarios played with on this page: Western-style robbery, different kind of bank, etc.
The bank doesn't have cash. I wrote. I guess Duolingo isn't accepting informally written answers?
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Not really correct. It's not an issue of "formality."
"Cash" is a different word from "money". They (Duo) use "efectivo" for "cash.
It would be, yes, because we know the object (banco), and we know that it's masculine.
"Esto" is for ideas/abstract concepts or when referring to an unspecified object.
I speak american english.I'd say it the same as you do. Actually, I'd say," This bank does not have any money! What's the deal with that??"
I have a doubt...esta and este both are same meaning of this....where should we use these?
