Re: Word Lists-- The Bongo-Bongo sentences en ingles
| From: | Juana Martín <tervingo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 27, 2003, 7:31 |
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Yes, you have to use the article:
A los niños les gustan LOS libros.
Your teachers are right!! ;-))
(this sentence in Spanish is ambiguous: it can mean "Children - in general -
like books - in general -", "Children - in general - like THE books", "THE
children - we know - like books - in general -" or "THE children like THE
books". )
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Sent: Friday, 27 June, 2003 09:16 AM
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Subject: Re: Word Lists-- The Bongo-Bongo sentences en ingles
Luis Henrique wrote:
> >> 10. (A los niños les gustan los libros) The children like books
> >> (or, the books).Could also be, "children like books."
>
> The present tense of the verb makes me think it must be "children like
> books", though this sentence could perhaps be contrasted with
>
> A los niños les gustan libros.
Don't you have to use the definite article in this kind of
construction?
A los niños les gustan _los_ libros.
Or are all my teachers wrong? (Maybe they've told me
otherwise, but I've forgotten that :)
Jessica Husen