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I agree with Ryagon. Yo is more common. Jo is more of a regional pronunciation. The Argentinians also pronounce ll differently.
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No, that's how most of the Spanish-speaking world pronounces it. The [ʒ] sound (English 'j' sound) for the Spanish 'y' is typically an Argentinian/Uruguayan dialect.
Wait i can keep pronouncing it as "jo?" Because everyone says im wrong :( i do the same for yogur i pronounce it "jogur" not "yogur"
I hovered over "comprar" and it gave translations to "buy" and "get" but "I want to get a jacket" was marked wrong. Is this a hint issue or a sentence issue? When does "comprar" translate to "get", if ever?
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Comprar is always "to buy, to purchase". But in colloquial English you often use the catch-all verb "get" for the same meaning:
- Voy a comprar algo de vino. - I'm going to get some wine.
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Whee - our summer in Rome comes in handy again. To buy is very similar in Italian (comprare) and Spanish (comprar) - this will help me remember
I've had that happen. Alas, there is but to refresh and keep going in that case. :/
I literally typed the exact same thing as the correct solution, and still got it incorrect.
I've been learning jacket as casaca. Seems like the term is regionally associated with Perú. Any other countries use casaca instead of chaqueta?
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In standard Spanish, casaca refers to a dress coat, a jacket with tails that go past the knees.
Usually this table helps a lot with figuring out the different words used in different countries, but the closest to a "jacket" it contains are the words for the jacket for a suit. Peru also uses the word casaca for it and is the only country that uses that word.
Except in compound forms, which haven't been taught yet, if there are two consecutive verbs, the second one is not conjugated. Hence: Quiero comprar -- I want to buy, not Quiero compro -- I want I buy.
I spelled it wrong and Duolingo still said that it was correct. I guess it was being nice!
Hello there! I was just wondering if anyone had some good simple to read literature for learning Spanish, this meaning beginner chapter books in Spanish or more technical books about grammar and pronunciation?
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You can try out the Duolingo stories if you haven't yet. They are pretty good for beginners and get harder with time.
I got it wrong because instead of saying, I want to buy a jacket, I said, I want to but a jacket. Its an honest mistake! If you have the qwerty keyboard, you'll know Y is right next to T. Why can't I type right?
The reason its "I want a jacket" and not "I want this jacket" is because of the use of una and not esta right?
It would be nice if would give you another chance to fix spelling of off only one letter or if you forgot an obvious word which without cannot make a correct sentence. '
It usually lets you redo the ones you got wrong at the end. It gives it to you a second time, after you finish the rest in the sequence.
In some countries. I use pardo. Marón is used in some countries. To me: pardo is brown, café is lighter, and marón is redder, like maroon. But again, usage varies by country generally.
Cafe is coffee. Brown is marron. I remembered cafe is coffee because coffee is my favorite beverage. LOL.
SpanishDict shows "café" with multiple meanings. Both coffee and brown are among them. Also both "café" and "marrón" are shown as definitions of brown.
I was using voice to text for the English translation and then repeated the Spanish for practice. Do I lose a ♥️ for that?
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Wouldnt let speak this time. Glitchy. The mic dinged on, then the red try again message appeared immediately before i even said a word. Please look into this.
I actually wrote a right answer, and you corrected me with the exact same answer, I dont get it..
cause it exist the grammatical gender in spanish nouns and adjectives, un means "the" for masculine words and "una" is for femenine words. But don't try to find the logic, a table is femenine and a boat is masculine.
So jacket is chaqueta and should we say yo or jo. And also should we say Comprar or compra it's super hard
you can pronounce yo as yo, jo and even sho un the south of south america, and the verb in spanish are really different than english. yo compro (i buy) tu compras/vos comprás (you buy) él ella compra (she he buys) nosotros compramos (we buy) ustedes compran/ vosotros compráis (you all buy) and ellos ellas compran (they buy) and the infitive verb (to buy) is comprar.
I wrote Quiero instead of Yo quiero, and i got it wrong. It means the same thing, right? It hasn't counted it wrong on amy other lesson before
Chaqueta is jacket. Esposo or marido is husband. That is why it is wrong.
No. Quieró isn't to it's spelled. It's quiero. Also, pagar is pay, comprar is buy.
Yes, it's important to check for autocorrect before submitting. It sucks, but is part of doing Duo on Mobile.
