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Dear Kwizteam,
I noticed that this construction places a comma before 'que' but not before 'porque'. In English, if the subordinate clause follows the independent clause, there is no comma. In Spanish, does this depend on the type of subordinate conjunction used?
Regards.
Hi Kwiziq Team,
Please may I ask the following questions:
1) 'Soy profesora de español' - I am a Spanish teacher.
**Why is the answer not 'Soy una profesora de español' - why is there no need for the 'una' / 'a' in this sentence?
2) 'Está en el centro de la ciudad' - It is in the centre of the city.
**Why would the correct sentence not be 'Está en el centra de la ciudad' - would 'centro' not need to change to 'centra' to work with 'la ciudad' which is feminine?
Or is 'centro' simply a location, not an adjective in this example so doesn't have to change gender?
Apologies if my questions are confusing! Thanks very much for your help! Great website!
Natasha
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.
I am trying to get my head around your example of probability needing the future tense:
Estoy muy ocupada así que llegaré sobre las doce o doce y media.
I am very busy so I might arrive at about twelve or twelve thirty….My question is on this basis how on earth anyone would know if I would arrive then or not, as surely if I use the future tense I’m saying I WILL arrive, not MIGHT ???Hola,
re: punctuation:
Spanish dictation exercise SOUTH SUMMIT (A1)
Re: sentence in test: "en Madrid Barcelona Málaga Méjico y Colombia. "
I was wondering why there are no commas, as usually these would take commas?
Also could you direct me to lessons on punctuation, it seems to be different than French and/or English.
I did a search but nothing came up.
Thank you, Nicole
Girar is not, and certainly not 'torcer', used for a person to "turn" when giving directions - just 'ir'. Faulty vocab for this context.
It has some, but I would appreciate having all the verbs played, thanks.
Does the meaning change depending on whether the subjunctive in used when the sentence is in the past?
For example
Por más que intentara, nunca lo logró.
or
Por más que intentó, nunca lo logró.
You have placed the 'tilde' incorrectly in the sentence "En el café se discutía de toros, politíca, teatro y literatura" > It should be written: "... política …" - [in "Tertulias en el Café Gijón" , B2]
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.
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