Hi Carolina! Since you're native in Spanish, just like me, I think that the best way we find to describe the difference is more or less like this: In Spanish we have a use of the infinitive verb that in English is actually a noun (which is the ing, when is not in a present continuous, like "I am doing smth"). So Viajar es hermoso = Travel(l)ing is beautiful; do you notice that the action here is expressed with the verb to be ("es")? So what's "Viajar"? Technically a noun. Why? Well, verb can be "sustantivado" (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantivaci%C3%B3n), like in this case, in which case in English the formula is the ING, and in Spanish the infinitive. Both languages chose different ways to distinguish that. Following that logic, so you know the use of substantivación: Viajar es hermoso/El auto es hermoso (Traveling) Voy a ver si puedo viajar/Voy a ver si puedo el auto(??) (Travel) In English that would be: Traveling is beautiful/The car is beautiful (viajar/traveling = substantivado) I will see if I can travel/I will see if I can travel (viajar/(to) travel = no substantivado). HTH! :)

Hi Artem! In my opinion, that's not the most common case (although you can see it sometimes happening), but the most frequent scenario is that learners don't embrace their mistakes. Thus, they want to get rid from embarrassing mistakes as soon as possible. Of course, that's also the most frequent cause of discouragement and finally abandonment. Just a thought, making mistakes while learning is funny and enjoyable, isn't it? Me, I love that part :) This is an excellent article that analyzes it: http://www.fluentin3months.com/embarrassing-mistakes/ In case you didn't read it, you'll laugh and love it :)

Miércoles

Pronto, voy a ser ir a una fiesta de la escuela. Siempre estoy me ponen nerviosa para este tipo de eventos. Soy una persona tímida, pero tiene tengo que poner en un frente mostrarme valiente. Pero también sé que tengo que mostrar enfrentarme a para este tipo de cosas para superar mi miedo de a estar en una multitud [más natural = "<em>mi miedo a las multitudes</em>"]. Woody Allen dijo una vez que el 98% de la vida es consiste sólo nada más que en para aparecer. Es difícil para mí, pero a veces pensar pienso demasiado. Yo solo voy a mostrar y disfrutar de mí misma.

 

¡Muy bien, Yi!

¡Sigue así!

Hi Juan!

 

 That depends on the verb. For instance, notice these verbs and you'll instantaneously find the pattern:

 

-bañarse (oneself)/bañar (someone else)

-cambiarse (oneself)/cambiar (someone else)

-irse (from some place)/ir (somewhere)

-caerse /caer (from a practical point of view, both are interchangeable)

-irse/ir (again)

-caminarse (not possible, would be smth like walk on oneself)/ caminar (just walking)

 

The verbs you used in the examples were in their reflexive form (with their subtle meaning difference in most cases), a form that the verb "caminar" lacks.

 

HTH! :)

 

Hi Charles, The "se" makes the verb pronominal. In other words, it's specifying to which person is the action done (like a pronoun would). If you say: *1) Me ha decepcionado muchísimo que se lo hayas dicho (your disappointment comes because the person you're addressing said that to him/her) *2) Me ha decepcionado muchísimo que me lo hayas dicho (because that person said that to me) *3) Me ha decepcionado muchísimo que lo hayas dicho (simply and merely because that person said that, regardless of to whom) Please notice in case 1 you may be sad, for instance, because that person (the receiver of "se") would be offended if that is said to him/her, or because you can no longer give him/her a surprise (just examples), whereas in case 3 the single fact that the person expressed that words/thought/etc. is what makes you upset. HTH! :)

Wow si_kano!! Magaling!!

 

I couldn't thank you enough for this one!! That is exactly what I've been looking for and couldn't. I have material there to practice for a long while. :)

 

Marami na marami salamat!!!