How do you say something like "Bob cannot drink beer"?
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I'm really confused with this. I'm trying to figure out if I can conjugate it like this "Ana no puede tomar cerveza" but I'm not sure if tomar should also be conjugated or not. Any help would be greatly apprecaited!
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updated Dec 11, 2012
posted by saytow
Welcome to the forum! - --Mariana--, Dec 11, 2012
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Just like English, in Spanish you don't have two conjugated verbs together.
English -- Mary can't drink beer. ("can't" is conjugated but "drink" is not)
Spanish -- María no puede tomar cerveza. ("puede" is conjugated but "tomar" is not)
updated Dec 11, 2012
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
Ok gotcha, thanks! I thought that was the case, but I guess I just kept thinking of "tomar" as being translated as "to drink" and it didn't sound right in context. - saytow, Dec 11, 2012
