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R Z.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ambiguous quiz question?

This question: "Dime ________ te vas a ir de aquí." I think this could be interpreted in two ways, but perhaps there are other grammatical considerations that mean only one works. If the sentence is intended to mean, "tell me now at what point in the future you are leaving here", then 'cuándo' seems correct. On the other hand, if what is meant is "at the future point in time that you are leaving here, tell me", then I *think* it would be 'cuando' with no accent?

Incidentally, I have been through several rounds with tech support and I still never receive notifications of new answers. I get notified when somebody likes my question and I get Shui's suggestion every day, but only twice have I ever gotten email notifications of answers to questions. I do appreciate that questions are now marked as having answers, although that doesn't really serve to notify if there are additional answers since last I checked.

Asked 5 years ago

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Edward R.C1KwizIQ community member

que vs qué

Dear Kwizteam,

I find it weird that the 'que' here is not 'qué'. In all of the other sentences where the word is used in exclamations or questions, it needs tilde. However, here, it does not. Could you comment?

Regards.

Asked 5 years ago

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Christopher P.A2KwizIQ community member

Notebook problem

I went to notebook for subject QUERER QUE and didn't let me retake the quiz.

It had yellow highlight that was in the lesson itself.

Asked 5 years ago

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Daria D.B1KwizIQ community member

Unas vs algunas

Hello,

"compramos unas flores", "cenamos unas arepas" - is it possible to use "algunas" instead of "unas" in these examples? I've read the lessons on them but the difference between these two is still not clear for me.

Thank you,
Daria.

Asked 4 years ago

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Kathleen W.B1KwizIQ community member

Use of Tu and Vosotras

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Why is vosotros/cantais used in the second sentence? vs Tu siempre cantas la misma cancion?

Tu cantas opera - (you sing opera)

Vosotras siempre cantais la misma cancion - (you always sing the same song)

PS: accent marks won't work

Asked 3 years ago

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Karen R.A2KwizIQ community member

Example very unclear

Tu novia y tú habéis estado comprometidos hasta este año.Your girlfriend and you have been engaged until this year.

The meaning is unclear to me — are they no longer engaged?

Then, in my opinion, the English should be:

..Your girlfriend and you.were engaged until this year, not have been. But maybe I do not understand what is being expressed in Spanish. In any case, the English sentence is not clear.

Asked 6 years ago

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John O.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

"para leérmelo"

Hola,

This seems to translate as "in order to read it [to myself]." Is there a reason why both direct and indirect objects are used, and the direct object is not sufficient - i.e. leerlo??

Saludos

John

Asked 6 years ago

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Craig B.B2KwizIQ community member

(Los estudiantes con los que salí de fiesta eran muy simpáticos. The students who I partied with were very nice.)

I'm just curious about the English translation. To be grammatically correct in English, I supposed you'd have to say, "the students with whom I partied." But no one talks that way, and it sounds very stuffy and formal. So I take it, you have decided not to follow English grammar to the letter, but rather the way people actually talk. I think that's a good decision. I take it you are descriptive rather than prescriptive grammarians?

Asked 5 years ago

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