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Sep
2
2010

Spanish Lesson Intermediate 4 How to use Presente de Subjuntivo when expressing hopes and wishes

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En lecciones anteriores hemos visto la forma del Presente de Subjuntivo. Hoy vamos a explicar uno de los usos de este tiempo.
In previous lessons we have seen the form of the Presente de Subjuntivo. Today, we are going to analyse one of the uses of this tense. [...]

Sep
2
2010

Tan and Tanto

Tan and tanto are obviously related to each other, and they are both used in making what are known as comparisons of equality. However, they are not used the same way: Tan is used with adverbs and adjectives, while tanto (and its variations) is used with nouns.

Sep
1
2010

Grüne Hand

 My sister has a beautiful garden as you can tell by the photograph. My garden on the other hand looks pitiful in comparison. I definitely don’t have eine grüne Hand. I much prefer the German way of this idiom since one tends to use the whole hand when gardening. Click on German Hand Idioms to see [...]

Sep
1
2010

Prepositions that require the DATIVE CASE

In one of my previous posts I started discussing about prepositions and which grammar cases they require for the following noun. In this post I am going to give some examples sentence with very common prepositions that require the DATIVE CASE.

The German prepositions, which require the dative case are: aus, bei, mit, von, seit, and [...]

Sep
1
2010

Japanese Directors

The Japanese film industry and its film directors are a force to be reckoned with. These directors have received critical acclaim and a place in film history as great directors.

Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫) is responsible for directing Ring (リング) and Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から). His movies have been so popular, they’ve been remade for English speaking audiences. [...]