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Escribir=to write Escribo=I write
The sentence works this way:
"Yo necesito"=I need
"escribir"=to write
"en clase"= in class
I hope that helps!
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Try looking up Spanish verb conjugations. It helps a lot. The verb changes depending on the pronoun and the tense. For example, verbo 'escribir' means 'to write'.
Yo escribo ¦ Tú escribes | Él/Ella/Usted escribe ¦ Nosotros escribimos ¦ Vosotros escribís ¦ Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes escriben ¦
Note:this conjugation is only for the indicative present tense. It is different for other tenses.
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Generally, the rules for definite articles in English and Spanish are the same but with a few specific exceptions. This isn't one of those exceptions, so you don't use "la" since "the" isn't present in the English sentence.
Using the Definite Article in Spanish https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/using-the-definite-article-in-spanish
Use and Omission of the Definite Article in Spanish https://www.thoughtco.com/use-and-omission-of-definite-article-3078144
FULL DISCLOSURE: Native English speaker - US, Southern Appalachian dialect. Other uses of English may vary. Advice about Spanish should be taken with a grain of salt.
This should translate as, "I need to write in the class" not "in class". I don't think anyone would say, "in class".
Yes, most American students would say "in class". That's what you commonly hear in schools here.
do you think saying la clase is correct outside the context of this question? or is it grammatically incorrect anyhow?
As an American student, I can affirm that, yes, that is what most people say.
Why is it escribir instead of escribo which is the proper conjgation for yo?
"necesito" is already conjugated for yo, and you use infinitive of "escribir" (you don't conjugate write either in English)
Escribir literally means "to write". You conjugate "necesitar" in yo form instead. If you need to put a verb after a conjugation, it is an infinitive. Hope that helps...
"Necesito escribo" would translate to = I need i write.
"Necesito escribir" = i need to write.
Omission of "la" before "clase" is okay in Spanish, but the English translation does the same :)
Why not "in the class", but "in class"? You can't leave alone "class" without a, an, the..
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Class, when used to mean "an occasion when a group of students meets to be taught", can be either countable or uncountable, so it can be correct with or without articles (a, an, the).
Class https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/class_1
FULL DISCLOSURE: Native English speaker - US, Southern Appalachian dialect. Other uses of English may vary. Advice about Spanish should be taken with a grain of salt.
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By the way, you must use the pronoun yo only if you want some emphasis on the subject. The most natural wording would be: Necesito escribir en clase.
I wrote "I need to write in the class.". I lost one ❤ for adding THE. CRAZY
I was told I was wrong to use necesito instead of yo necesito, but other times I wasn't counted wrong for that. Why??
I would have thought, it would have been. I need to write in the class
I wish that the English words were blurred temporarily on first presentation so i could struggle to translate in my head first
I pressed the enter button by mistake whilst trying to make a correction
I had a problem with answers. Sometimes it says you answered wrong.. and i was wondering why because i asked DuoLingo which translate is i typed as it says, and in correction I've got answer like : "....." Is correct which is not the translation they gave me when I asked for translation...
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In a tap what you hear exercise we must do just that and not try to make a better version, e. g. la clase. That is just Duolingo rules.
Again i just quit for a while because i cant see my mistake , just tell me I'm wrong .
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So most other examples translate "in class" as "en la clase" but here it's not? What's the difference between them? Is "at school" always "en la escuela" too? I just want to know what most Spanish speakers really use in normal contexts.
I answered "I must write in class." "Must" and "need to" have the same meaning in English. Why is this not correct??????
Me too. I think its just that the app isn't quite as clever as we are haha
