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  • 09/18/2014 at 3:46 pm #3039
    Jstackiv
    John
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    Why is it to say “your turn” in Spanish one says “te toca” instead of saying “tu toca”?

  • 09/20/2014 at 7:29 pm #3041
    The Language Tutors
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    Good question, that’s because the verb tocar literally means ‘to be someone’s turn’ with the underlying meaning of  tocar ‘to touch’  and you can’t automatically turn that into the noun ‘turn’.  Instead you would have to use the noun ‘turno’.

    So you have two options, both fine; ‘tu turno’ or ‘te toca’.

    I hope that helps 🙂

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