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Eula J.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is it muchos años I understood mucho stays singular in front of a noun. I assume it is mucho fruta y verduras because it is a group.

Asked 6 years ago

Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hola,

Is it always hace falta, or again is it subject dependent?

If I wanted to say 'we need to sand the furniture' do we say 'hacen falta lijar los muebles' as muebles is plural?

Gracias,

Asked 5 years ago

Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English explanation

Please correct the English in these (and other) exercises. Native speakers of English would not say something is "different to". We say, it is "different from".

E.g., English is different from Spanish in that we use the apostrophe to show the possessive

Asked 5 years ago

Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Alguno and algunos

¿Probaste muchos platos exóticos en el evento gastronómico? Sí, probé ALGUNO.

Ricardo fue a París a ver museos y visitó ALGUNOS.

I can’t see the difference. Can anyone help?

Asked 4 years ago

Clara M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Gracias por el reader sobre El Cid

Muchas gracias a Shui y Inma por este reader.

¡Qué emocionante! No puedo esperar a ver la serie :)

I used to love to watch the Hollywood production of 'El Cid' as a youngster. At Christmas of 2019, my daughter and I went to Burgos (where so many of my family & ancestors are from) and we saw El Cid's grave in the beautiful Cathedral of Burgos.

Voy a ver la serie en Amazon Prime :))

Asked 5 years ago

Annie c.B2Kwiziq community member

I have answered two questions which I was marked incorrect.

Hor acio

Asked 4 years ago

Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Para ello? “celebraremos la despedida de soltera de Paula y para ello,”.

Why “ello”? Despedida is feminine.

Asked 5 years ago

Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation for su cuerpo sana antes.

Hi, I can't find a good translation for "anima al paciente y su cuerpo sana antes."

Can anyone help?

Asked 4 years ago

Ryotaku S.B1Kwiziq community member

In the quiz, I got the sentence

Antes de que tú digas nada, .... ( before you say anything )

Why is 'nada' here ? Can it be 'algo' ?

Another example from the other lesson is, though I don't remember the exact phase but it's like

No creo que hayan llegado todavía.

The original phase to be denied should be 'han llegado ya'. Again, why it changed to 'todavía' ?

I agree that whole expression has something negative, which hasn't happened yet. But I'm confused, because the phase in 'que' is totally affirmative.

So the expression in 'que' isn't independent from its use ? And how ?

Asked 6 years ago

Zhang J.A1Kwiziq community member

How to change the modal verb Lidia tuvo que ser atendida por el director del hotel.Lidia had to be taken care of by the hotel director.Ellas han tenido que ser acompañadas a casa porque era muy tarde.They had to be accompanied home because it was very late.
Why the modal verb in the first word used to tuvo que, rather than same with the second word modal verb when they mean was both had to ???

Asked 4 years ago

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