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Quizás creceré alas y aprender volar

Quizás creceré alas y aprender volar

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Does this make sense? Maybe I'll grow wings and learn to fly? Said like this: Maybe he'll show up on time, yeah, and Maybe I'll grow wings and learn to fly.

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updated Feb 3, 2011
edited by jeezzle
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You don't grow wings in Spanish. They grow out of /from you. Quizás me crecerán/me saldrán alas y aprenderé a volar.

updated Feb 3, 2011
posted by gone
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Crecer is one of those verbs that can never be followed by an object. So, it's what we call an intransitive verb.

You don't grow vegetables in Spanish, you plant them and they grow on their own. Sembré mis vegetales y crecieron en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.

Los niños crecen muy rápido. Children grow very fast (no object here).

updated Feb 4, 2011
posted by gone
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I get it, if you grew wings, you would grow them on somebody else, or in a wing farm something. Quizás me crecerán alas y aprenderé a volar.

updated Feb 3, 2011
edited by jeezzle
posted by jeezzle