Question on lesson 4.1

Question

It says: Mis amigos nunca habían cazado ciervos y jabalíes en la selva on the screen... but Paralee says Mis amigos nunca habían cazados ciervos y jabalíes en la selva. The next card says Los murciélagos ya habían salido la cueva cuando la encontremos... but Paralee says Los murciélagos ya habían salidos la cueva cuando la encontramos.

I thought that the past participle here would be cazado and salido, but she clearly says cazados and salidos, and also I am not sure about the encontremos because she clearly says encontramos and I'm not sure which is right.

Thanks.

Answer 1

HI jeez, you are quite right, it must be salido and cazado. I don't know if this is a misunderstanding, I am calling Paralee to this thread

And encontramos (past) would be correct, not encontremos.

Los murciélagos ya habían salido de la cueva cuando la encontramos

The preposition is missing.

Damn I'm a slow typer, Heidita! - DR1960, Dec 17, 2009

Answer 2

You are right. You don't pluralize the participle. Maybe on the first, Paralee ran "casado ciervos" together, making "casado" sound plural. Don't know about the second one. I haven't progressed that far in the lessons, so I haven't heard it.

"Encontremos" is the present subjunctive. Not sure why that would be used. In the lessons, the statements are made as stand alone statements, so there isn't any context to be evaluated here. Wait on the pros for a better answer. Or better yet, I'm sure Paralee will respond.