But in that case it wouldn’t be “lo mal que estamos” but “lo mal que estuvimos”, I think. “Estamos” is present tense.
Yes, “estamos” is present tense, but “lo pasamos” could be both present or past tense. Both
we are in a horrible situation, but we are having a lot of fun
and
we are in a terrible situation, but we had a lot of fun
are possible. Ambiguous, and I see no way to resolve the ambiguity without asking the artist. My first reading went for the second meaning, your first reading for the first. Both being native speakers, by definition we are both right.
The other side of my entry:
https://i.ibb.co/KcbWsFjK/IMG-20260517-125233929.jpg
As always with such things, I hope I picked the right one to enter.
Amen to that. (In re my own doubts).
j
At least you folks have excellent candidates to choose from. This month, I got nuthin.
I love the “hearts for Covid victims” wall. I can’t say anything about the quality of the photo as such, but the choice of subject is impeccable.
Tough choice this month. I decided if I saw something new I liked, I’d go with that, but this one from 2022 is one of my all time favorites. It’s from Florence Italy and was probably done by Clet Abraham:
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls.
The May poll is live.
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Aw, man, no votes for mine yet.
Maybe I should wait until someone else besides me votes.
As an aside, it’s always a pleasant surprise for a mod to have a flag that’s easy to deal with and doesn’t involve anything wrong.
Ha ha, I always feel like I’m being a pain in the arse with my monthly mod notes.
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