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How do you write the filling sentence using Ser format? The friends of Arkansas.

Would my answer (quiénes) be correct if I didn't have the accent? If not, can you explain why not? The correct answer was shown as "que" 

La semana pasada tuve (clearunclear) la oportunidad de asistir a algo nuevo… la Tomatina.  Cada año, al final de agosto, hay un gran festival que se llama la Tomatina en la ciudad de Buñol.  Buñol está a una media hora de Valencia.  Hay un río que corre por la ciudad y alrededor hay montañas.  Normalmente, Buñol es una ciudad pequeña y tranquila.  Pero no durante la Tomatina…

La fiesta empezó (clearunclear) en la plaza, donde había (clearunclear) una pata de jamón colgada de un palo cubierta en grasa.  Los jóvenes subieron (clearunclear) al palo para sacar el jamón.  Cuando sacaron (clearunclear) el jamón, alrededor de las 11:00 de la mañana empezó (clearunclear) la fiesta.  Aunque había (clearunclear) MUCHAS personas en las calles, los camiones entraron (clearunclear) en Buñol para traer los tomates.

Los participantes tiraron (clearunclear) tomates en una batalla divertida y el suelo se llenaba (clearunclear) de tomates.  La batalla duró (clearunclear) casi una hora.  Después de 6 camiones de tomates y de disfrutar la batalla, salieron (clearunclear)  los camiones.  Todos los participantes estaban (clearunclear) muy sucios.  Se fueron (clearunclear) de las calles y buscaron (clearunclear) una ducha para lavarse del tomate.  En la ciudad, los bomberos usaron (clearunclear) sus mangueras* y lavaron(clearunclear)  los edificios y las calles. 

which ones are clear and which ones are unclear 

Hello, thanks for this excellent tool for learning Spanish!

My question is about the use of pero in a second sentence.  Should this be explained as a second clause rather than a second sentence since the examples use one sentence?

Hola,

In this sentence, Gabriel was going to be helped financially by his parents

Gabriel decidió comprar el piso puesto que sus padres iban a ayudarle económicamente.

Why is Gabriel an indirect object, so ayudarle, as opposed to ayudarlo?

I'm guessing it is because there is a hidden direct object of money?

It's a bit hard for me to get my head around Gabriel being an indirect object because they help him, rather than help him with help (money in this case)!

Gracias,

Quiz question: "Si envías un correo hoy, probablemente ________ respuesta mañana." The conditional is apparently wrong here, but I don't think I understand why. Wouldn't it translate as "If you send a letter today, you would probably get a reply tomorrow."? 

In the exercise, I translated 'so he was getting a little nervous' as 'así que se estaba poniendo un poco nervioso' but Kwizbot corrected it as 'así que se fue poniendo un poco nervioso'. In the explanation pages we are told that these two constructions are interchnageable but ir+gerund is more emphatic. So why was mine corrected? Is it wrong grammatically or does it sound absurd?

It might be worth mentioning in Kwiziq's lesson Ya sea/ya fuera... o... to express whether... or... - [number 8284] that verbs [usually?] take the subjunctive when they are governed directly by "ya sea (que)..."

Finding this lesson on Kwiziq has proved a real revelation for me!  I've been learning Spanish for the last 3-4 years through online courses geared toward Latin American Spanish and wasn't aware of this difference. I've always been aware of some regional vocabulary differences but, since I've geared my learning toward Peninsular Spanish (which I need), I'm now finding quite a few grammatical differences too. I had seen the perfect used in this way in El País articles and books etc but I'd not been able to find any resource that actually explained it... until now! 

Could you answer how specific times might influence choose of tense? 

I spoke to him at 3am this morning 

His flight left at 6pm today

These specific times seem to indicate start and finish times. Do they point toward preterite?