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| eetusjo Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 4260 days ago 7 posts - 15 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Swedish | Message 25 of 26 08 September 2013 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
The first sentence you wrote would be the proper translation. I can understand why you're struggling with "se" as it is used in variety of constructions (reflexive, passive, etc.) In this case it is necessary because the verb used is reflexive, "ocurrirse".
This is an example of it used in passive construction.
Contases is a subjunctive like you said (Subjuntivo imperfecto). However, a more used form is contaras. They are both correct and mean the same thing.
Maybe it didn't make sense if you searched for the verb quedar and not it's reflexive form quedarse, which usually means "to stay". Hope I could help you at least a bit :) Edited by eetusjo on 08 September 2013 at 6:10pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Heliion Newbie United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4318 days ago 25 posts - 32 votes Studies: English*, Spanish | Message 26 of 26 08 September 2013 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Ahhh, yeah thanks man! I didn't look up the reflexive in either case. "Me quedé" suddenly makes a lot more
sense! The actual passage was "lo impresionada que me quedé" which I now believe means something like (in a non literal way).. "It that had the most lasting impression on me." Or "the thing that impressed me most and stayed with me." Thanks a lot, I can't tell you how stumped I was with that haha. As stupid as it sounds I forgot that some verbs are used reflexively, I only learnt what a reflexive verb was a few months ago and I guess I haven't thought about it for a while, even though I keep reading and understanding other reflexsive verbs without realising they're reflexsive I guess. I'm relying on more of a natural acquisition than grammer based, as I'm a complete grammerphobe haha. Thanks again, it's like everything is actually really simple to see but it's like I'm walking around in the dark feeling my way around to get to the light switch, once flicked, it all becomes clear and obvious. I'm sure that's how it goes for the most part with learning languages. Lots of little light switches along the way, where a cat might wonder why it is you can't just see like they can in the dark, someone who knows the language might feel the same way, that's how it feels to me, you constantly feel dumb, then you flick another switch, you see a bit more, but you feel even more stupid for not seeing it sooner haha. I hope that's how it works anyway. Edited by Heliion on 08 September 2013 at 6:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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