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Joan G.C1KwizIQ community member

Other options for vegetables

Why isn't vegetales accepted for vegetables?

Asked 6 years ago

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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why always followed by an a?

Hola,

I've seen this pattern and just learned it by rote, but I'm wondering why when I see venir and salir, and probably others I can't recall right now, the preposition follows the verb?

Usted normalmente sale a comer a las dos. (You usually go out to eat at two o'clock.)

Why isn't it sale comer a las dos, or Vienen nadar todos los domingos?

I guess some rule has bypassed me at some point? What I'm most concerned is that past venir and salir, I'm going to get it wrong with other verbs.

Muchas gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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Abby L.C1KwizIQ community member

i continue to have difficulty lay with pretérito vs imperfecto. In the sentence She sang in a rock band in high school, why is it ella cantaba ella cantó? I understand it is a repeated action in the past, however it is also during a specific time frame ( high school), which has been completed. Este me cuesta mucho. Por favor, ayúdame. Gracias

Asked 8 years ago

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Marcia M.B1KwizIQ community member

Why bueno instead of buenQuiero comerme un ________ cocido. I want to eat a good stew. I was under the impression you could use buen in front of a male noun

Asked 1 year ago

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David M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Future sense

1. I find it difficult to think in terms of the Imperfect subjunctive in examples which allude to an event in the future, e.g. "Ojalá nosotros viniésemos el año que viene"... Could we also say "Ojalá nosotros vengamos el año que viene"?

2. [A comment rather than a question]: I personally prefer the "-s-" option for constructing the Imperfect Subjunctive because there is less chance of confusing it with a future construction.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jessica R.A0KwizIQ community member

Masculine or feminine?

How do I know when a noun is masculine or feminine?

Do I go off the last letter of the noun? Like planta and idea end in 'a' so I use una, but if it ends in an 'o' or any other letter besides 'a' then I say un.

Asked 5 years ago

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Matthieu M.C1KwizIQ community member

copy/paste texts?

hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to copy and paste the texts? I realise they are not just "mere" text files as you can click and find out meaning/grammar points etc but it'd help to review them without being online and without any help/hints.

thanks in advance.

Asked 6 years ago

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Gerald R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

quien/quienesBear in mind that the most common relative pronoun is "que" and it can refer to both things and people. However this also applies to relative pronoun "quien/quienes".

If I am reading this correctly, you're implying that quien and quienes can also apply to things as well as people. Is that really true? It's my understanding that they can only apply to people.

¿Qué piensas?

Asked 4 years ago

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Joan G.C1KwizIQ community member

Difference between allí and allá

Why can't you use "Vamos a ir allá el martes por la mañana" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Laurie L.C1KwizIQ community member

Tú TeWhy is it Si tú hubieras firmado ese contrato te habrías arrepentido but it is Si te hubieras llevado el paraguas no te habrís mojado tanto? Shouldn't they both be Si tú?

Asked 7 years ago

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