viernes, 12 de abril de 2019

Usually, used to, get used and Spanish equivalents

I usually get up at ten (Every day.)
I used to get up at ten (No longer.)
I am getting used to getting up at ten (acquiring the habit.)

We forget that Spansih also has defective verbs (anomalous finites) and in this case we will employ soler to translate the above. Soler has a present and a past:

Suelo levantarme a las diez.
Solía levantarme a las diez.
Me estoy acostumbrando a levantarme a las diez.

And we have solved the problem. Easy as pie.

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