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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Me explicó su porqué pero no le creí. She explained her reason but I didn't believe her.Indirect object pronoun:Generally you ask the verb "what/who?" and that gives you the direct object and you ask the verb "for whom, to whom?

I’m confused, is there another way to determine when to use a direct or indirect pronoun? Eg, how do you apply “for whom, to whom” in this sentence:

Me explicó su porqué pero no le creí. She explained her reason but I didn't believe her.
Muchas gracias,Shirley.

Asked 2 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS 2la oración: TOMAREMOS una tarta de manzana. How does "tomar" become "to have" and why not use "comeremos" or "teneremos"? Or, is there another verb "to have" which can be used in the form of "we'll have" as meant in the sentence, such as "tener"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Que other usage

I’ve been trying to find a lesson note on this. Que ya voy = im already going. What is the role of the word ‘que’ in this sentence? I only found notes about que as command or exclamation or as conjunction. Can anyone enlighten me on this usage of que and its meaning?

Asked 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Si versud que

It seems to me that when conditional is used que takes on a similar function as si.

Could we replace que with si?

E.g.

No estaría bien que tuvieses tanto tiempo libre.

No estaría bien si tengas/tuvieras tanto tiempo libre.

Asked 6 years ago

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Ben S.A1Kwiziq community member

¡La casa va a estar preciosa!

Hi, I'm, hopinh you can help out with this query -

In this sentence: "¡La casa va a estar preciosa!" we have 'estar' used, why isn't this 'está', or 'estaría', or 'estará'?

Thanks!

Asked 5 years ago

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Kirstie F.A2Kwiziq community member

Ser vs. estar for "eran muy felices"I am confused about the use of eran instead of estaban in this sentence below. I understand feelings to be impermanent states, for which we generally use estar. No one/no couple is usually happy constantly, all the time; they experience a variety of different, variable emotions. Is it the difference like saying, "We were a happy couple" vs. "we felt happy"? Gracias!
Ustedes ________ muy felices como pareja.You used to be very happy as a couple.

Asked 3 years ago

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Amy S.C1Kwiziq community member

Question about punctuation

Can anyone explain why the following answer options are all punctuated with a semicolon? Is this the correct use of a semicolon in Spanish? In English, it would be a comma instead of a semicolon.

Asked 5 years ago

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Glenys F.A1Kwiziq community member

not conjugating the tense of a verb when using el qual, lo qual

In the example "Estas mesas, las cuales he comprado recientemente, son de madera.

These tables, which I bought recently, are made of wood." the "I bought" is not conjugated. Comprado is in the present tense, is this correct or should it be comprade - I bought in past tense

Asked 4 years ago

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Huw J.C1Kwiziq community member

Tocara - tocaran?

1st table of examples. Why do you use 'tocara' in the third sentence when referring to 'they'? Should it not be 'tocaran'?

Asked 6 years ago

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James G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Asking questions in the forum

When I ask a question I would like to see if other people have asked a similar question, but when I try to search for my question, no search is done; I am only allowed to ask a new question.

Gracias, Jaime

Asked 6 years ago

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