Kedan 55.

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The verb Kedar, spelled Q-U-E-D-A-R, has a lot of different uses in Spanish. In particular, the P-D-D-A-R has a lot of different uses in Spanish.

In particular, the pronominal form,

Kedars-e, has some very important and handy uses.

But let's begin with the simple verb,

which by itself typically means something like to remain, specifically in this sense.

Only three pesos remain.

So, there are three pesos.

So notice what the specific meaning is here. We're saying that maybe there was more money

previously, but all that remains now is three pesos. In English, in situations like this, we

typically say only three pesos are left. Here's another example.

There is no gold left in the box.

This is literally not remains gold in the box.

But the sense here is that there was more, but it's running out.

This is the default use of Kedar when it's not reflexive.

Try it yourself with this next example.

There were 80 people at the party and 70 still remain.

There were 80 people in the party and 70 still remain. There were 80 persons in the So we would probably normally 70.

There were 80 people in the

feast and even

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