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Is this correct? ¿Dónde has perdiste tu bolso?

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Question: ¿Dónde has perdiste tu bolso?

Answer: Pensé que dejé sobre la mesa en el restaurante, pero cuándo volví había desapareido.

Is this correct?

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updated May 6, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by zeekoevlei
"desaparecido" - geofc, May 6, 2010

5 Answers

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  1. Dónde perdiste...
  2. Dónde has perdido...
  3. Creo que lo dejé sobre la mesa del restaurante.
updated May 6, 2010
posted by AntMexico
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Doesn't work at all. If she knows where she lost it she didn't lose it.

Grammatically, the existing answers say it all.

updated May 6, 2010
posted by geofc
No she left it somewhere and it went missing (was stolen) - ian-hill, May 6, 2010
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¿Donde perdiste tu bolso?

Pensé que lo había dejado en la mesa del restaurante, pero cuando volvi había desaparecido

-not "se habia desaparecido" because it did not do it to itself -"Pensé" in Past, because it happened before finding out it was missing -"Había dejado" happened before thinking

updated May 6, 2010
posted by Malucian
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Creo que lo dejé en la mesa en el restaurante, pero cuando volví se había desaparecido.

pensar = to think, creer = to believe

sobre = over

Don't forget the last ''c'' in ''desaparecido''. I used the reflexive form mostly out of habit.

updated May 6, 2010
edited by KevinB
posted by KevinB
is the reflexive form correct in this instance? - zeekoevlei, May 6, 2010
Yes, I belive that Kevin is correct here "cuando volví se había desaparecido." - --Mariana--, May 6, 2010
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So the correct way of saying it would be:

Question: ¿Dónde perdiste tu bolso?

Answer: Creo que lo dejé sobre la mesa del restaurante, pero cuándo volví había desapareido.

This is totally correct now? smile

updated May 6, 2010
posted by zeekoevlei
"desaparecido" - --Mariana--, May 6, 2010
Thank you Marianne, is it correct apart from that one error? - zeekoevlei, May 6, 2010
"Has perdido" is fine, too. In Spain, the present perfect can be used to indicate events that just happened very recently. - MacFadden, May 6, 2010