A "challenging" exercise!Hola Shui,
I enjoyed this lesson but it wasn't very straight forward. I searched on the meaning of "cumbia" and it was given as "dance music not unlike a salsa, but originating from Colombia." Who doesn't like salsa!
I find it a bit of a contradiction to see powerful social issues addressed - not just environmental but also injustice and the consequences of violence [as portrayed in the video] - to a dance rhythm. What's more, it reads like a love song but I kind of get that as a metaphor, and in fairness Carlos sings the song with a fair degree of passion, which goes well with the issues portrayed.
That said it doesn't feel quite right to get up and dance something like the salsa to lyrics which are a mix of love and real tragedy - lost loved ones, widowed mother and child, armed militias etc.
Is this part of the Latin American mentality? Celebrate despite your miseries? Don't let them grind you down?
Thanks for a challenging lesson. Saludos. John
Te vamos a ayudar y vamos a hacer que pases este examen sin problema.
We're going to help you and get you pass this exam with no difficulty.
This above sentence in English makes no sense and would not be said. I tried to think of alternate ways of saying it, maintaining the integrity of the sentence. Here a couple examples:
We're going to help you, and make (sure) you pass this exam with no difficulty.
We're going to help you, and get you through this exam with no difficulty.
Perhaps someone else could provide a better solution?
I am confused
When can i use hay...hace...estar
Can u explain in details plz
And i need more exercise in this thing
Thx in advance
In ref to this: How would you say "I am studying Spanish with Kwiziq right now"?
My instinct was to say con Kwiziq, not en Kwiziq for the answer.
Can you point me in the right direction so that I can lock that concept down, please?
Maybe you have a lesson already for this purpose?
Muchísimas gracias,
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
Hola Shui,
I enjoyed this lesson but it wasn't very straight forward. I searched on the meaning of "cumbia" and it was given as "dance music not unlike a salsa, but originating from Colombia." Who doesn't like salsa!
I find it a bit of a contradiction to see powerful social issues addressed - not just environmental but also injustice and the consequences of violence [as portrayed in the video] - to a dance rhythm. What's more, it reads like a love song but I kind of get that as a metaphor, and in fairness Carlos sings the song with a fair degree of passion, which goes well with the issues portrayed.
That said it doesn't feel quite right to get up and dance something like the salsa to lyrics which are a mix of love and real tragedy - lost loved ones, widowed mother and child, armed militias etc.
Is this part of the Latin American mentality? Celebrate despite your miseries? Don't let them grind you down?
Thanks for a challenging lesson. Saludos. John
What is the difference between pocos and cuantos
Why uno and not unos?
We do not use vosotros in Colombia, this is really messing up my tests. Is there a way to avoid this? It is just confusing to learn something that is not necessary.
Hermano in the story is missing the r.
Couldn't you use lograr for "to achieve"?
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