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    o que é isso? vs que é isso? porque a pergunta: "o que é isso?" tem "o" e não é só "que é isso?" ?
    February 22, 2014
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    Quizás con ejemplos se vea la diferencia: 1. Viajé a Shanghai la semana pasada. (Ir al lugar) 2. Quiero conocer Shanghai, viajaré por ella durante dos meses. ( Recorrer el lugar )
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    February 22, 2014
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    llamar is a reflexive verb, so it needs the pronoun me: me llamo Elisa me gusta is reflexive and it is in passive voice Las manzanas me gustan. you could change the order to: Me gustan las manzanas ; but you can see the verb is in plural, and Yo (I) is not the subject.
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    February 20, 2014
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    Es correcto de ambas maneras: vi al perro - sea porque es macho o porque te refieres al animal de forma genérica. Sin embargo, como conozces el sexo de la perra, bien puedes referirte a ella en femenino. Que sea perro, gato u otro animal no tiene ninguna importancia. En cuanto, a la preposición "a" me parece que es porque es un ser vivo: vi a María, vi al perro.
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    February 19, 2014
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    mi hermana mayor, mi hermana menor. Comparative adjetives don't have gender. mi hermana mejora = my sister gets better.
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    February 17, 2014
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    For me, in a general context the article is not needed because you can't count the rice. It is the same case with paella. Although, both cases can accept the article. Let me consider some cases. If you already mentioned it, the article is required to know that you are talking about the same rice. For example, Preparé arroz, ensalada y pescado. El pescado lo hice a la plancha, cociné el arroz con poca sal. In additional, you have to be careful with the stress at the article el. If you say: cociné El arroz, it will be understood that your rice was very delicious or it has some unique feature. On the other hand, "cociné un arroz" or "cocine arroz" won't never have that meaning.
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    February 17, 2014
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    There are some confusing adjectives which change the form according the context. I guess that what you meant. For example, adjective. comparative form late (time). later late (order). latter
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    February 17, 2014
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    Depende de la situación. Normalmente, se coloca el adjetivo después del sustantivo, sin embargo es un recurso literario invertir el orden.
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    February 17, 2014
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    I read an article about it some time ago where it were named some way of thinking depending on the mother language. I agree that the culture affects how people perceive and organise the ideas. In the article mentioned about the gender of the words that makes to relate some concepts with a gender, while in other cultures there is no that relation or is related with the other gender. I would also mention about how people organized the ideas. For example, in my language the subject can be in any place of the sentence or even it can be omitted, so at the beginning I perceived that other languages where the subject is always needed some annoying. In additional, some people have told me: you think in the reverse order. he he I don't know but I found those language differences like interesting and positive. 

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    February 17, 2014
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    Tengo entendido que en España hubo un movimiento lingüistico, mucho después de la conquista. En ese movimiento se buscó que hubiese distinción entre la c/s, la b/v y la ge/je. Desconozco si con y/ll, porque también sé que, en algún momento, hubo un intento de que la "y" fuese totalmente vocal. Adicionalmente, los españoles conquistadores provenian del sur de España. Esto quizás influyó, ya que algunas zonas de España sufren de seseo, otras de ceceo. 

     

    Sobre yeismo, no tengo realmente información. sin embargo me da la impresión que ha sido, más bien, un sonido que se fue perdiendo en la mayoría de lugares, y los lugares que la mantienen pareciera que fuese por influciencia del portugués, lengua que si conserva la diferenciación.

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    February 16, 2014
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