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Topic: Spanish

"Tomorrow I am going to eat six apples."

Translation:Mañana me voy a comer seis manzanas.

5 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/Fluent2B
Fluent2B
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Tomorrow I'm going to overdose on fructose.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Thasvaddef
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Perhaps the speaker is afraid of being attacked by six doctors?

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/frankie197
frankie197
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tomar means to take

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ZheGreatest
ZheGreatest
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yes that's right :)

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/z3ddicus
z3ddicus
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Isn't tomar sometimes used to describe eating or drinking something?

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/arturohiero
arturohiero
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More like to drink.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Lavmarx
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You use tomar for drinks and medicine in most cases.

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ElHeim
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I'd say tomar is mostly for anything you don't have to chew (eg. a drink, but also a pill).

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mordizzle
mordizzle
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in spain it's normal to say "mañana me voy a comer seis manzanas", right? to me it sounds better given that it's a fixed number

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Santi_Minstrel
Santi_Minstrel
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Yes, many times 'comer' becomes reflexive if a direct object is stated.

5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rmcgwn
rmcgwn
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I looked up comerse in a dictionary and it seems to suggest 'eating all of one's own food'. Is that what you mean by eating all six apples? As opposed to just eating apples then use comer??

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Santi_Minstrel
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Really, both forms are valid. The reflexive form just puts some emphasis on the direct object, but that is all.

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/glenn.ashley
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...and gives some informal emphasis: I'm gonna eat me some apples.

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jwolfjensen
jwolfjensen
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Wait, I thought that comer could mean "to eat" and the a wasn't necessary?

4 years ago
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