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Tigers prefer to hunt the calves. --> Los tigres prefieren cazar los terneros. Is this correct? Would I have to conjugate "cazar" as well? Thanks

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Answer 1

A pretty good rule to follow, is that in a sentence where one verb immediately follows another, the second verb will be in the infinitive.

Los tigres prefieren cazar terneros. (los not needed)

The only exception to this rule that I can think of is when the first verb is a form of "estar" the second verb will be in the present participle form.

EX. Los tigres están cazando los terneros. The tigers are hunting the calves. (For some strange reason, when using the present progressive, adding the definite article does sound more natural--in both languages.)

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