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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confusing translation

I'm confused by the translation of ¡Que me ensucias la camisa! (You will get my shirt dirty). Can the following structures be translated similarly (e.g., you will get my shirt dirty).

¡Que ensucias la camisa mia! o ¡Que ensucias la camisa de mi!

Gracias por todo.

Pati

Asked 6 years ago

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R W.A2Kwiziq community member

Why do these verbs need the irregular stem change?The pronouncitation without the change does not seem awkward to me.

Asked 7 years ago

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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Usted form is a possibility?9Carmen, ________ más comprensiva con tu marido. Carmen, you must be more sympathetic towards your husband.HINT: Express obligationhas de serhay de serestás siendodebes servas a ser

Asked 6 years ago

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Johan V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the question ¿Por qué sigues pensando que no te quiero?

Why is the past participle used after the verb sigues. Can you point me to the lesson where this structure is explained. Many Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Sherri ..C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

más que vs. más de

In a textbook a sentence was given as:

“ Es muy gordo; come más que dos hombres ordinaries.”

My question is why is it not más de because of the “dos” being a quantitative factor. Is it a comparison?

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So this is another way of expresing what we have learned on level A2 with desde hace ... plus Presente

Asked 6 years ago

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Dhruv L.B1Kwiziq community member

Differentiate between third person Presente and second person Imperativo

hi - What is the indicator we should look for to understand whether the verb is being used for third person presente or second person imperativo? Is it that in Presente, there will always be an El / Ella?

Asked 5 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Por la mañana desayuno cereales.

Hi,

I note from my dictionary that there is also the verb desayunarse. In the above sentence desayunar has been used, when would desayunarse be better?

Many thanks.

Colin

Asked 5 years ago

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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Past tense in the main clause triggers imperfect subjunctive? Why is this in present subjunctive?1

Me han recomendado que ________ a un abogado. Someone has recommended that I hire a lawyer.contratecontratarcontrataríacontrataré

Asked 5 years ago

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Pat L.C1Kwiziq community member

Waiting for people -- direct or indirect? Conflicting info in lesson.

I've read the Q&A and related articles and am still confused. The sentence is: My sisters are often late, I always wait for them for two hours. When I apply the information in the lesson's Q&A, I ask myself: "For whom do I wait? For my sisters." Therefore sisters should be an indirect object. However, the quiz gives the direct object pronoun, las, as correct. Which is it and why? (Also, it would be helpful if you edited the questions so the correct answer to this appears consistently.)

ps: it looks like Marcos and Lisa, below, are asking the same question in slightly different ways. Perhaps you can address all 3 questions as a group. Thanks!

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