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Can any one explain thoroughly Tendrás que escribirme cartas de amor para que las vean mis padres. Te escribiré, aunque te aviso que no se me da tan bien como a ti. I would like to know what ( se me da ) stands for If anyone can explain it to me thoroughly I have another question la guardia it is feminine Then why i see it always as ( varios guardias ) Thanks in advance

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hola! la expresión "se me da" es como decir "lo hago" o "soy". te pondré algunos ejemplos: -se me dan bien las matemáticas. soy bueno con las matemáticas. - se me da mal cocinar. soy mal cocinero. cocino mal, lo hago mal. y con respecto a la guardia, puede ser tanto femenino como masculino. cuando es el sustantivo "guard" siempre es en femenino. "montar la guardia" "el cuerpo de la guardia civil" "esta noche me toca hacer la guardia a mí" son algunos ejemplos. En cambio, cuando te refieres a una persona, existe "el guardia" y "la guardia" dependiendo de si estamos hablando de un hombre o de una mujer. Espero haberte ayudado, saludoss
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Hello. "Darse bien" comes from "dar" which means "to give". The form "darse" is the pronominal form (also known as reflexive). This means "to oneself". For example "Ella se da el tiempo para hacer todo bien" (she gives herself the time to do things well). Now "bien" means "well". So "darse bien" literally means "to be given well". Now, "me" means the same thing as in English "me". So "darseme bien" means "to be given to me well". That means "I do it easily", "i can do it without thinking about it", "it is easy for me". Se me da bien jugar tenis (literally "tenis is given well to me"). I can play tennis without difficulty. Se te da bien hablar ruso (literally "Russian is given to you easily") It is easy for you to speak Russian. As for "guardia". There are nouns which will mean a different thing if you change the gender or add an article. Mañana = tomorrow. Mañana iré a tu casa = tomorrow I will go to your house. La mañana = the morning. Iré a tu casa mañana en la mañana = I will go to your house tomorrow morning. El guia = the guide (a man) Andrés es el guía = Andrés is the guide. La guía = the guide (woman), the guideline brochure. Andrés me pasó esta guía = Andrés gave me these guidelines. Andrés el es guía de mi grupo y Sofía es la guía de tu grupo = Andrés is the guide of my group and Sofía is the guide for your group. El guardia = the guard (a man) Es guardia leía el libro = the guard read the book. La guardia = the guard (a woman), the guard (abstract noun). La guardia encontró a los heridos = the (female) guard found the wounded. La guardia dura 12 horas = the guard lasts 12 hours. I hope this is useful for you.
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The verb is 'dársele bien algo a alguien.´ It is an extremely useful verb! It means to be good at something and it is conjugated as above. There is also 'dársele mal algo a alguien' which is naturally the reverse, to be bad at something. Por ejemplo: Se me da bien bien el español. I am good at Spanish. Se me da bien dibujar. I am good at drawing. Se me dan bien las matemáticas. I am good at maths. Aunque te aviso que no se me dan tan bien como a ti. Although I want you to know that I am not as good at them as you. Varios guardios... The word guardia is an invariable noun, that is the ending does not change. The word 'guardio' does not exist. If the word refers to a singular entity, like 'la Guardia Civil' then naturally the noun is feminine. However, when referring to the individual, like a police officer or a security guard it naturally can be masculine or feminine (depending on the gender of the person.) El guardia - one male guard La guardia - one female guard Los guardias - many male guards or a mix of male and female guards. Las guardias - many female guards.

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