How would I say someone else is doing something to another person and not themselves? Like if my mom is a hair stylist and she's combing someone else's hair. Like in "Mi madre se peina el pelo con un cepillo nuevo." Would I need to put something like "el pelo de la mujer" or with the personal a like "el pelo a la mujer"

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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.

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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 7 years ago

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Edwin R.C1KwizIQ community member

Relative pronouns "el que" and "lo que"

I am having trouble with these. I was thinking "con el que", "para el que", etc meant "... which" as in 5124

and that "con lo que" and "de lo que", etc. meant "... what", as in 5125.

But then I missed some questions because I used "con el que" instead of the correct "con lo que". Can you help me out?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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David M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Passives with "estar"?

This exercise provided another example of a passive which [at first] seemed to focus on the result rather than the process, such that I got it wrong > I wrote: "El viaje onírico X está X considerado [como] objeto de estudio". However, after thinking about it, I believe I can now see how it should be interpreted as a process and rendered: "El viaje onírico es considerado [como] objeto de estudio" - because the English original is equivalent to: "The dream trip is treated as a subject of study by scientists"... (Even so, a possible alternative is to think of it in these terms: "... is regarded as a subject of study", which is more like a result).

Asked 6 years ago

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Annie c.B2KwizIQ community member

using o or u

I have answered two questions which I was marked incorrect.

Hor acio

Asked 4 years ago

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Tamara H.B1KwizIQ community member

The progress test given me included an A2 level question, although I've been working in level B1.

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Jannice K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Poder Present and PastTú ________ comprar las flores. You could [were able to] buy the flowers.HINT: It refers to a past action
Hi, I dont understand this, should this Hint be ‘You could have/was able to buy the flowers’ to make it a past action.
The correct answers given were ....has podido and pudiste.
I put Podrías which was marked as incorrect.
Regards

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?

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