i need help with the grammar
i need help with the grammar.is there anyone who can help me'
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Well I disagree. If Brandon hadn't revived this thread, my "Passive Comment", which was an obvious mistake would never have been brought to light. Doh!
Brandon, I would like to congratulate you on this method of looking for a thread which might be useful for you. This should actually be done more often.
I hope it has been helpful and I would like to give you a warm welcome to this site. We hope you like it here.
Amazing how this thread got resurrected. It is over a month old.
To further amplify, I think that when the past participle is combined with estar, it denotes condition.
La puerta está cerrada - The door is closed (ie condition, not open)
I think that is correct.
I can't be at the computer and watch television at the same time.
I stand corrected. The passive is formed by combining the verb "ser", with the past participle.
La puerta es cerrada por la criada - The door is closed by the maid.
In my defense, I learnt grammar over thirty years ago. Must get down to reading my old books as a refresher.
It is more specific, true. But if someone asked ¿Dónde está Eddy', a natural reply might be "Ve/mira la tele." This conveys all the information the questioner needs in Spanish, and it has the advantage of being a lot shorter! You are a native Spanish speaker; what would you reply to the above question?
We English speakers have a hard time with this. I often find myself over-using the present progressive when I speak Spanish.
spanish can vary with the region, maybe it means the same, but for me is more specific say "eddy esta mirando/viendo la tele"
Hi Analia, James is quite right, in Spanish the present simple is often used for present progressive.
Eddy ve la tele can mean:
he is watching tv
he watches tv
Eddy, where are you, we are talking about your habits!!
I think "eddy mira la tele" means "eddy watches tv"
and "eddy esta mirando la tele" means "eddy is watching tv"
"La television es vista por mi" is other passive form.
Yep, that's right, although I can't imagine a scenario in which anybody would actually say that...
Unas cositas:
The OP asked about "I'm watching TV," and since TV is an abbreviation, I think tele would be a better translation than televisión here.
"To watch TV" can be expressed in Spanish using either ver or mirar.
Although Eddy got his grammatical terms confused, his point is valid. That is, you can said "Eddy mira la tele" to mean "Eddy is watching TV (right now)"
i think the passive form is "la television esta siendo vista por mi"
Sally is perfectly correct. I think, however, you should know that this is the passive tense. you can say "veo televisión" which is the present indicative tense. Just thought I would give you another option. As we say in England, there is more than one way to skin a cat.
si...pues yo aprendi un poco español de novelas+me gustan mucho las canciones en español
