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My friend, that I correspond with from Costa Rica added it into my name. So Alishita, does this have a meaning?
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?
The mini kwiz had this possible answer which I did not select, but which was apparently correct: "Nuestros padres compraron helados a nosotros." Isn't "a nosotros" the same kind of pronoun as "a ti" or "a ella"? Why would this not require a "nos" before compraron the way "a ti" or "a ella" would require "te" or "le"?
Hi,
I get confused at times with the meaning of items in parentheses, for example, like in this:
but generally all of them give (us) a sweet [US: some candy].
Kwizbot pero normalmente todos dan un dulce.
You pero normalmente nos dan unas dulces.
What meant by the different parentheses? (us) a sweet [US: some candy]. And how are they to be interpreted?
Thank you. Nicole
Hello,
Re: Page: https://progress.lawlessspanish.com/my-languages/spanish/exercises/judge/183/422794?response=53775&page=11
The text reads: There are only advantages!
The best answer is :¡sólo hay ventajas!
You could also say:¡Solo hay ventajas!
Or also:¡Solo hay beneficios!
Why no accents on the other two "solo"s?
Nicole
When I selected "Yo vivo en" it was marked incorrect. There was an option for "Vivo en" but I chose to include the Yo. Is "Vivo en" the best answer? Is that why it was marked incorrect?
Hola
I am having a hard time learning all the past tenses and when to use what. Does anyone have a good advise on how to make it less complicated?
Josefine :)
Hola,
I clicked on the link at the top of this lesson to see more info on the topic :
However, later on I tried to do a search with both these entries in the search box and on the Library page with these entries - below- and nothing came up (except the translations - which has happened several times before):
Entries: Spanish grammar lessons for Idioms, Idiomatic Usage, and Structures and
IDIOMS, IDIOMATIC USAGE, AND STRUCTURES (your link in the lesson)
I don't understand how come this does not come out in the search. What am I doing wrong?
Also would it work better to search in Spanish?
Thank you. Nicole
Hola,
Could you provide a few (more) examples of the use of the verb 'to cost' something?
What sorts of things does it cover (or could you use it for everything)?
Everything fluctuates in price, so are we talking about things that we concentrate our daily lives on (sometimes obsess about!): stock market/ currency, houses, petrol, food, drink? Things we think of as fluctuating day to day?
Gracias,
________ todas las flores en jarrones de barro.
She had put all the flowers in clay vases.
Puso
Fue a poner
Tenía puestas
Ha puesto
I got this right because I recognized the lesson it was from, but I don't understand why "ha puesto" would be wrong.
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