Breakdown of Marcamos las fechas importantes en el calendario y en el sitio web familiar.
nosotros
we
en
on
y
and
las
the
importante
important
la fecha
the date
el calendario
the calendar
el sitio web
the website
marcar
to mark
familiar
family
Questions & Answers about Marcamos las fechas importantes en el calendario y en el sitio web familiar.
Is Marcamos present (we mark) or past (we marked)?
It’s ambiguous in writing. For -ar verbs, the first-person plural is spelled the same in the simple present and the preterite: marcamos.
- Present/habit: You’d clarify with adverbs like siempre, normalmente, or with context: “We (usually) mark…”
- Completed past: You’d clarify with time markers like ayer, la semana pasada, ya: “We marked… yesterday.”
- Right-now action: Use the progressive: Estamos marcando…
- Habitual past: Marcábamos… Note: In Latin America, the preterite (e.g., marcamos ayer) is preferred over the present perfect for completed past actions.
Do we need the article las in las fechas importantes? Could it be just fechas importantes?
Why is importantes after fechas? Can it go before?
Why is it en for “on” (as in “on the calendar/website”)? Could I use sobre or a?
Do I have to repeat en before el sitio web familiar, or can I say en el calendario y el sitio web familiar?
What does familiar mean here? Does it mean “well-known/familiar” or “family-related”?
Is sitio web the same as página web?
Why is it el sitio web and not la sitio web, even though I’ve seen la web?
Would el sitio web de la familia or nuestro sitio web be more natural than el sitio web familiar?
Could I use a different verb instead of marcar?
Yes, depending on nuance:
- Anotar / apuntar: “to write down, note.” More about recording text. Example: Anotamos las fechas…
- Señalar: “to indicate/flag.” Slightly more general; can be marking in a list or pointing out.
- Registrar: “to register/log.” More formal/administrative. Marcar suggests physically marking/highlighting or otherwise tagging them as important.
How would I say “Let’s mark the important dates…”?
Use the inclusive imperative with the present subjunctive:
Any spelling changes I should know with marcar?
Yes. To keep the hard “k” sound before e/i, c changes to qu:
- Yo (preterite): marqué (not “marcé”).
- Imperative/subjunctive: marque, marquemos, marquen. No spelling change is needed before a/o/u: marcamos, marcabas, etc.
Why fechas and not citas or datos?
Could I say calendario familiar instead of mentioning the family only with the website?
Yes. For example: Marcamos las fechas importantes en el calendario familiar y en el sitio web de la familia. That clearly ties both the calendar and the website to the family.
Is agenda a good substitute for calendario?
It depends:
- Calendario = a calendar (wall calendar, app calendar view).
- Agenda = a planner/diary (the thing you carry to schedule tasks/appointments). If you mean a planner, agenda works. If you mean the calendar itself, stick with calendario.
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