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karka30
Poland

Dear Spanish teachers
 
I �m a teacher of English but a student of Spanish:)
Noone can make it clear to me what is the difference between adonde/donde, afuerte/fuerte, dentro/adentro.
Is there any? Seems to be if there are two expressions for seemingly the same thing

Thanks in advance

Karolina

19 Nov 2012      





lolailolola_
Spain

Karolina, first of all it is very important that you understand that *adonde and *afuerte DO NOT EXIST in Spanish, "donde" means "where" and "A donde" means "where to", fuerte means strong and dentro means "inside", "adentro" is almost the same though it is very colloquial and should never be used in writing!!

Regards!!

19 Nov 2012     



aliciapc
Uruguay

Hola Karolina ! 
"afuerte" doesn �t exist , it �s only "fuerte"
"dentro" y "adentro" are the same
"d�nde" y "a d�nde" is a little more complicated, you say "d�nde est� el ni�o" but " a d�nde se fue el ni�o", it �s like "a d�nde" is used with dynamic verbs (implying that X went from point A to point B) and "d�nde" with stative ones.
"D�nde queda la casa?", "D�nde vive Juan"? but "A d�nde viajan ma�ana?" " A d�nde van el fin de semana?" .... In case you worry you are not using it correctly ... don �t ! Many many Spanish speakers use this the wrong way !
Hope it helps!

19 Nov 2012     



karka30
Poland

Thank you:)
It �s more clear now:)

19 Nov 2012     



aldonza
Spain


Las formas adonde y a donde suelen aparecer con verbos de direcci�n (ir, venir, dirigirse...) en estos casos alternan con donde.

Sin embargo, con verbos que no indican direcci�n, solo se utiliza donde.

El pueblo adonde voy de vacaciones es muy tranquilo.
La casa donde nac� ahora est� en ruinas.

adentro. adv. 1. �Hacia lo interior o en lo interior�. Suele posponerse a sustantivos (mar adentro). Se usa tambi�n para ordenar o invitar a una persona a que entre en alguna parte; en este caso, acompa�a a verbos de movimiento (�Venga adentro!). No se construye seguido de preposiciones. Incorrecto: El paquete est� adentro de la bolsa. Correcto: El paquete est� dentro de la bolsa (con la locuci�n prepositiva dentro de). El adverbio adentro puede ir precedido de las preposiciones hacia, para y por (hacia adentro, para adentro, por adentro). Nunca se le antepone la preposici�n a, pues el adverbio ya la contiene. Incorrecto: Corrieron a adentro. Correcto: Corrieron adentro.

dentro. adv. 1. �En la parte interior�. Con las preposiciones de, desde, hacia, para, por, forma locuciones adverbiales. dentro de. loc. prepos. (Est� dentro de la casa). de dentro. loc. adv. ant. por de adentro (salir de dentro). Con la preposici�n a (a + dentro), debe escribirse en una sola palabra: adentro.

"afuerte" doesn�t exist. Did you mean "afuera"?

19 Nov 2012     



karka30
Poland

Si, I must have misspelled it;) I �ve come across afuera y fuera de...

19 Nov 2012