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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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Gary D.C1Kwiziq community member

Lo de que María se va a vivir a Francia, ¿es verdad?

Asked 7 years ago

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ama s.C1Kwiziq community member

Capitalisation of months

These answer options all have a capital "J" for the month "Julio". Debo coger vacaciones en Julio. Queréis coger vacaciones en Julio. Debéis coger vacaciones en Julio. Podéis coger vacaciones en Julio. Months in spanish are usually not capitalised unless at the beginning of a sentence or have I missed something?

Asked 4 years ago

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Andrew R.B1Kwiziq community member

Tardar o tomar

Hello,

Why they used tardar not tomar as tardar means late.. ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Abby F.C1Kwiziq community member

I thought this was an excellent exercise.

I would like to see more short videos like this with the transcription to help train our ear to decipher to run on words that are difficult to decipher when natives speak naturally.

Creo que además de frases coloquiales, es lo que más me falta en nivel C1

Gracias

Asked 6 years ago

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lilou l.C1Kwiziq community member

una ?Hello, in "Había buena conexión a internet", why isn't there "una" in front of buena ? Thanks !

Asked 6 years ago

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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Use of infinitive?

Could we have used the infinitive for "... so I don't catch a cold" ? >> [rendering it as: "... para no coger un resfriado"].

My grammar book (by Butt and Benjamin) implies that 'por' might also be permissible here: i.e. "... por no coger un resfriado" - when it means "out of a wish or a desire to not catch a cold". Thus, I am wondering if [when a negative is involved] - "por no ... +infinitive" might actually be more common than "para no...+ infinitive" ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ελισάβετ Α.C1Kwiziq community member

EL FROTAR SE VA A ACABAR

Excellent!

I do want to learn every day language !!

Asked 5 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Fuimos Ha Mallorca ___trabajo. (We went to Mallorca for/because of work.)

Hi,

I was wondering if and how this sentence would change if you were to use "para" and it comes to mind that perhaps if you used "para" then the sentence would have to change to "para trabajar" and not "para trabajo" ?

Or would there be 3 different meanings for each use: por trabajo, para trabajo, para trabajar (the latter meaning for the purpose of work, correct?)

Thank you. Nicole

Asked 6 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement not needed with perfect tense?Copied from the lesson;

He pintado dos habitaciones.

Asked 4 years ago

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