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Spanish, also referred to as Castilian to differentiate it from other languages spoken in Spain, is an Indo-European language of the Italic branch. [1] Belonging to the Romance family, it is a daughter language of Latin, evolving from its popular register that used to be spoken on the Iberian Peninsula. [2]
Que se cierren las puertas. = "Let the doors be closed.", "Have the doors closed." With a verb that expresses wishing, the above sentences become plain subjunctive instead of direct commands: Deseo que venga el gerente. = "I wish for the manager to come." Quiero que se cierren las puertas. = "I want the doors (to be) closed."
How is my Spanish: Spanish conjugation charts Spanish conjugation chart. Chart to conjugate in 7 different Spanish tenses. SpanishBoat: Verb conjugation worksheets in all Spanish tenses Printable and online exercises for teachers and students... Espagram: verb conjugator Spanish verb conjugator. Contains about a million verb forms.
Normative: Le dijeron que se callara. The person who is told something is an indirect object in Spanish, and the substituting pronoun is the same for both genders. Loísmo: Lo dijeron que se callara (They told him to shut up). Normative: Le dijeron que se callara. See above.
Al hombre le dimos un regalo but never Al hombre dimos un regalo = "We gave the man a gift" Al perro le dijo que se siente but never Al perro dijo que se siente = "He/She/You told the dog to sit" With indirect objects that come after the verb, however, clitic doubling is usually optional, though generally preferred in spoken language:
When que is used as the object of a preposition, the definite article is added to it, and the resulting form (el que) inflects for number and gender, resulting in the forms el que, la que, los que, las que and the neuter lo que. Unlike in English, the preposition must go right before the relative pronoun "which" or "whom":
Area of leísmo and loísmo/laísmo in central Spain. Leísmo ("using le") is a dialectal variation in the Spanish language that occurs largely in Spain.It involves using the indirect object pronouns le and les in place of the (generally standard) direct object pronouns lo, la, los, and las, especially when the direct object refers to a male person or people.
The Spanish government showed appreciation for the reaction of the King and for Zapatero's defense of the dignity of Spanish elected representatives like Aznar. [ 8 ] Several days after the event, Chávez demanded an apology from King Juan Carlos and warned Spain that he would review diplomatic ties and take action against Spanish companies ...