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¿Veis las películas con o sin subtítulos?

¿Veis las películas con o sin subtítulos?
Do you guys watch movies with or without subtitles?
From Lesson 207:On screen and in the paper (el subtítulo, la sección, actual)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Veis las películas con o sin subtítulos?

Why is there an article before películas when the English translation just says 'movies'?
In Spanish, when you talk about things in a general sense, you usually need the definite article. While English simply says 'Do you watch movies?', Spanish requires las películas to refer to movies as a general category.
Who exactly is the speaker addressing with the verb veis?
The verb veis is the vosotros form (plural 'you', informal) of the verb ver. Since this is Spanish from Spain, the speaker is asking a group of friends or people they know well. If they were speaking formally to a group, they would use ven.
Why doesn't the word veis have a written accent mark?
Many vosotros verb forms have an accent mark, like coméis or vivís, to show where the spoken stress falls. However, veis is pronounced as a single syllable, and Spanish spelling rules state that one-syllable words do not get an accent mark unless it is needed to distinguish between two otherwise identical words.
Why does subtítulos have an accent mark on the 'i'?
The spoken stress in subtítulos falls on the third-to-last syllable (sub-TI-tu-los). In Spanish, words stressed on the third-to-last syllable always require a written accent mark to show the unusual stress pattern.

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