He remains in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: seh KEH-dah

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se queda info.

**Tips to remember “se queda”**:
– Associate the word “se queda” with staying in place, like “se” (himself/herself/itself) “queda” (stays).
– Connect it with similar phrases like “se queda tranquilo” meaning “stays calm” which can visualize a person or thing remaining in a calm state.
– You might also remember it by the English phrase “he/she/it remains” as mentioned.

**Explanations**:
– “Se queda” is a reflexive verb form of “quedar”, which means “to remain” or “to stay.”
– Reflexive verbs in Spanish are used when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.
– “Se” is a reflexive pronoun that modifies “queda” to indicate that the action is being done to oneself or itself.

**Other words that mean the same thing**:
– “Permanecer” (to remain, to stay)
– “Estar” (to be), when used in contexts that imply staying somewhere

**Conjugations**:
– **Present**: él/ella/usted se queda
– **Preterite**: él/ella/usted se quedó
– **Imperfect**: él/ella/usted se quedaba
– **Future**: él/ella/usted se quedará
– **Conditional**: él/ella/usted se quedaría
– **Present Subjunctive**: él/ella/usted se quede
– **Imperfect Subjunctive**: él/ella/usted se quedara/se quedase
– **Future Subjunctive** (seldom used): él/ella/usted se quedare
– **Gerund**: quedándose
– **Past Participle**: quedado

**Examples of sentences**:
– **Present**: “Él se queda en casa hoy” (He is staying at home today).
– **Preterite**: “Ayer ella se quedó hasta tarde en la oficina” (Yesterday she stayed late at the office).
– **Imperfect**: “Cuando era niño, se quedaba con sus abuelos” (When he was a child, he would stay with his grandparents).
– **Future**: “Mañana nos quedaremos en el hotel todo el día” (Tomorrow we will stay in the hotel all day).
– **Conditional**: “Si pudiera, se quedaría en ese lugar para siempre” (If he could, he would stay in that place forever).
– **Present Subjunctive**: “Espero que se quede tranquilo” (I hope he stays calm).
– **Imperfect Subjunctive**: “Si se quedara en la ciudad, nos podríamos ver más” (If she stayed in the city, we could see each other more).
– **Gerund**: “Está lloviendo y se está quedando el agua en la calle” (It’s raining and the water is staying in the street).
– **Past Participle**: “La puerta se ha quedado abierta toda la noche” (The door has remained open all night).

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