The Spanish equivalent to "I can smell"
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When in English you say sentences using "to be able", but in certain ways like
"I can see the horizon"
"I can smell roasted chicken"
"I can hear the birds"
The Spanish equivalent would be to drop this "can" right?
Veo el horizonte
Huelo pollo asado
Escucho los pájaros
In English it isn't really necessary to use the "can" but we use it anyway.
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updated Jul 31, 2011
posted by dewclaw
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I know what you mean and I agree that it's spoken differently.
When we suddenly see, smell, or know something we exclaim in English, "Ooooh, I can see it!" etc.
In Spanish I think that you can use both, but without the "can" seems to be more common to me, e.g., ¡Oooh, veo el horizonte!
updated Jul 31, 2011
posted by --Mariana--
Yeah, I noticed that it's more common without it too... Thanks. OOoh! haha I like how you wrote that - dewclaw, Jul 31, 2011
I agree Marianne veo would be more common that puedo ver in spoken spanish - FELIZ77, Jul 31, 2011
