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When a word ends in -o or -a, how do we know which is preferred?  When  to use -illo, -illa, etc. and when to use -ito, -ita, etc.?   For example, is it gatito or gatillo for a little cat? Chiquita or chiquilla for a little girl?  Or are both acceptable endings?  Thanks in advance for clearing this up.

Gracias por compartir esta canción. Me gusta mucho.

Hola, y gracias por responder a mi pregunta. 

My question relates to the sentence in this quiz:

"and be able to work on the negative aspects."

Kwizbot: y poder trabajar en los aspectos negativos. 

You:        y ser capaz de trabajar en los aspectos negativos. 

Note: My sentence does translate to : “and be able to work on the negative” aspects. 

I wanted to check with you if what I wrote: "ser capaz de"  is  correct and if not, why not ? 

And if my use of "ser capaz de"  is correct/acceptable?  - I would imagine that

there would be some difference in meaning?..-  and if so, what that would be. 

Thank you for your help.

Nicole

Hello,

It says verbal structure. Does this mean that this is only used in spoken Spanish?

Also, I thought that we used the present perfect for actions that have just happened?

You have this rule:

Mucho + [masculine singular noun] = a lot of / much [masculine singular noun]

Is this rule only valid for uncountable nouns?

All of the examples are uncountable nouns.

Hi - In your topic on El Condicional Simple, the description reads as follows : "El Condicional Simple expresses hypothetical actions that would or might happen in the past and in the future. It is also used to express wishes, to give advice and suggestions or to invite and ask in a polite way."

How does one differentiate between this description and the use of El Futuro Simple for the use in prediction, probability and speculation? Seems quite confusing and overlapping.

 I noticed that " me pregunto cuándo van a llegar" was one of the options in this exercise.  Could I have used "van a llegar' instead of "llegaràn" to express probability

Note that the construction tal vez (maybe) accepts the indicative and the subjunctive moods with no change in meaning.

What do you mean with the "maybe" after tal vez?