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B2

Fließend

Hier verschwindet die Anstrengung aus dem Zuhören. Ein Vortrag, eine Diskussion, ein Zeitungstext im eigenen Fachgebiet gehen ohne ständiges Nachfragen durch.

Beim Sprechen kommt eine Wahl dazu, die es vorher nicht gab: Für dieselbe Sache gibt es jetzt mehrere Formulierungen, und sie klingen unterschiedlich höflich, unterschiedlich sicher, unterschiedlich formell.

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The past

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B2The form that is not a pastIt looks exactly like « I have spoken » and means « I keep speaking ».

The future

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B2The future that is not one« Onde estarão as chaves? » is a question English cannot ask this way.B2The Futuro compostoTwo jobs: what will be done by Friday, and what probably happened yesterday.

Can, want, must

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B2Modals in the past« Wouldn't » means refused in English too — and here it is a tense.

The passive

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B2The third way: they with no who« I was told » cannot be built here; « they told me » stands in its place.

The Conjuntivo

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B2The future subjunctiveThe one form to be learnt from nothing: no English word corresponds to it.B2The Conjuntivo in the past« If I were » is the survivor; here that same mood has a full set of forms.

Conditions

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B2The unreal condition« If I were » extended to every verb — and the main clause has two right answers.B2Conditions without seOnly se takes the future subjunctive; the others take the present one.B2Mixed conditionsThe condition is in the past and the consequence is now — English mixes them too.B2Wishes and regretsThere is no verb for « I wish »: two phrases do the work, and one is Arabic.

Subordinate clauses

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B2The personal infinitive« Before we leave » is one word here — an infinitive with a person on it.B2The relative pronouns beyond que« Whose » agrees with the thing owned, not the owner.

Reported speech

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B2The tense steps backThree of your past forms arrive here as one.B2Passing on a questionOne se does two jobs, and only one of them takes that tense.B2The reporting verbs« Say » and « tell » are one verb, and a pronoun carries the difference.

What follows a verb

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B2Having it done and letting it happen« Let » and « leave » are one verb here.