"Yo quiero comprar una chaqueta."
Translation:I want to buy a jacket.
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Not particularly. In the first sentence you actually want to buy it, and in the second you're just expressing that you want it.
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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 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
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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.
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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.
Wouldn't it be: Yo quiero COMPRO una chaqueta. Since it's an ar verb don't you have to conjugate it?
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When you have two verbs together only the first one can be conjugated. The second one has to use it's infinitive form.
