"I have a reservation."
Translation:Yo tengo una reserva.
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Es válido decir "Tengo una reservación", de hecho es más común. "Reserva" se refiere más a algo que tenemos ahí, sin usar, por si acaso lo ocupamos alguna vez. También se usa para el tanque de gasolina del carro, cuándo casi se queda sin gasolina decimos "oh no, ya estoy usando la reserva, necesito poner gasolina"
It is valid to say "Tengo una reservación", in fact it is more common. "Reserva" refers more to something that we have lying around, unused, just in case we ever occupy it. It is also used for the gas tank of the car, when it almost runs out of gas we say "oh no, ya estoy usando la reserva, necesito poner gasolina"
If yo means l and tengo means l have, why do we write yo tengo and not just tengo?
It's optional to include a subject pronoun and normally only used for clarity or emphasis, so most commonly it is dropped.
Duo accepts answers with or without the pronoun for this sentence.
But I don't know if that is always the case... Is a word ending in an "a" ALWAYS feminine because words that end in "e" could be feminine OR masculine.
Tion->ción Reservation in english is trasnlated to reservación in spanish.
Ya, I keep getting that one wrong but I have been told that reserva is more like "caution" and it is way more common to say "la reservacíon"... I wish Duo Lingo would fix this!
I have put both un and una and the app has said its both wrong, took 5 lives off me!!!!!
As you can see from the Duo displayed answer, "una" is correct, so you must have had it in the wrong place in the sentence, or you had an error somewhere else.
When is resevacion and reserva is used? I used reservacion un 'i have a reservation' and it was wrong. U don't understand why?
That is a correct and accepted answer, and I have no explanation for why you were marked as incorrect.
I'd love to see a screenshot of what you submitted along with Duo's response so that we can try to see what went wrong.
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If that's not possible, at least be assured that your translation is good.
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I was going to put una reserva because end in a but the hint said un reserva thats unfair
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How am I supposed to know if sentance "I have a reservation" is masculine or feminine? They expected it to be feminine when translated into spanish but in english it is neither.
If I leave the "yo" off the beginning of a sentence about myself, is it considered rude? "Yo tengo un libro" vs. "Tengo un libro." Help me be polite.
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I don't think so, Amy. Most people would leave off the first-person pronoun, because it's pretty obvious who's speaking. It's not rude.
But do remember to use the "formal" usted or ustedes (with the 3rd person conjugation) when speaking to someone you don't know, or have just met. It is actually considered rude by a lot of people you will meet to say something like, "Hola, mucho gusto, ¿tú hablas ingles?" You would really want to say, "...habla usted ingles?"
Have a look here:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/formal-and-informal-spanish-grammar.html
I said, "Tengo reserva", and it was marked wrong. The hint said feminine nouns go with "una", and I get that, but in this case she was going unescourted.
When there is female gender we use Una and when there is male gender We use un
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Yo tengo una reserva. is the top accepted answer. What else did you write? I realize you probably don't remember exactly...
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Tengo reserva ought to be accepted.
https://www.thoughtco.com/singular-indefinite-articles-3079098
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/using-the-indefinite-article-in-spanish
What if we found a way to say that it was a mistype so we could get the question right?
I have a doubt that how can we identify that this object is male or this is female word like this reserva or bread or milk how???
Spanish is so confusing! Why does it have to be different for boys and different for girls!
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In some languages, Spanish included, nouns (like reserva) have "gender", either "masculine" or "feminine." This is called "grammatical gender." It is not at all related to gender in people.
Now, most nouns that end in -a are going to be "feminine," and use "la" for "the." Most nouns that end in -o are going to be "masculine," and use "el" for "the." You'll also learn "le" and "lo" a little later.
The definitions of the words have absolutely nothing to do with whether they are "masculine" or "feminine." That's important to remember. The easiest way to see if a Spanish word needs "la" or "el" is to search for it on Google. Try "the chair in Spanish" as your search term, and you'll get "la silla."
There are a lot of exceptions, like "el mapa," and you'll just have to memorize them. Fun times.
How can I differentiate between where to use la and el even if they mean The. ( If the object is not referring masculine or feminine ).
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Accents are the little marks over a letter that tell you which syllable is stressed, usually when the stress is not in the normal place. They're also used to show two words that are spelled alike are actually different.
So, "el teléfono," has an accent over the "e", because normally the stress would be on the second to last syllable. And also most verbs in the singular preterite are stressed on the last syllable: "encontré, I found," "encontró, he found."
Words that are different but spelled the same:
"El" means "it", while "él" always means "he, him".
"Sé" means "I know", but "se" means...a lot of different things. There are probably lists of words like that, otherwise you'll just get them as you go through the exercises.
If you're using a phone, just hold down on the letter for a moment, it should let you choose an accent. If you're using a keyboard, you can search google on how to add a Spanish version.
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Tiene and tengo are conjugated forms of tener, "to have". Whenever you have a new verb, you can go to Google, and type "conjugate verb", and usually Spanishdict.com will pop up with a handy chart. Unfortunately here, tener is irregular, so you'll have to memorize it. Most verbs are regular, however, so you'd just need to memorize the basic forms.
In my spanish class we learned reservación instead of reserva. Are both correct?
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Well, I just need remember 'la niña' and 'el niño'. 'niña' is feminine, thus they use 'la' which have same 'a' ending. So if ended with 'a', we use 'la', if not 'el'
I am a Dutch woman, so I have to translate everything either in English or in Spanish. Why not in Dutch or Spanish
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On the right-hand side of the screen, next to your crown number, there should be a Spanish flag, if you click on that it should give you a choice, "Add a new course." If you click on that, it should say which language you're learning from. Perhaps you can change it to Dutch, though you may end up losing your progress.
It's doesn't make sense , how its 'una' when its 'un' , they look the same i can't find the different.
It's doesn't make sense , how its 'una' when its 'un' , they look the same i can't find the different.
I used Un, instead of una, how do I get the Un and Una correct every time?
Why sometimes they start a sentence with "yo", but sometimes not? Like "yo tengo" and "tengo" are the same meaning.
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With my head back in Japanese, I typed 'Tengo reservación' without 'un', but it was marked right. I imagine that's just an error of kinds?
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Una is for girl words, and un is for boy words. Mostly.
The easiest way to find out if a word is a boy or a girl is to google it. Always put "the" in front of the English word:
Most words that end in a are girls. Most words that end in o are boys. Girl words use la. Boy words use el. Some words, like agua, are girls, but use el. Some words end in a, but are actually boys, like el mapa. And the other way around, like la foto. You just have to memorize it.
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