Spanish language Q&A Forum

It's interesting to note that these two tense usages occur in English as well, e.g.

-- Oh, Albert's not at home. -- No, he was playing in a rugby match today, didn't he tell you?

-- What was the name, sir?

-- What were you asking for this painting?

-- Where were you going tomorrow?

can we say ha venido a quedarse instead of using para?

I thought I understood that an accent is used when cuándo is a question but now It’s also used when it isn’t. So when do we use cuando without an accent? I can’t work it out. 

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?

Hi, I have a question concerning this text: 

"at the beginning of the 17th century,"

a comienzos del siglo XVII, 

why is the plural used here and not the singular? 

What rules/lesson pertain to this?

Thank you, NIcole