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A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lesson needs work

This lesson needs a lot of work. If you put expressions with "desde hace" and "hace" in an online translator they ALL come back with the same sentence in English. It's nearly impossible to tell when you're supposed to use "desde hace." More examples are needed. In fact I can't even tell from the lesson why I would ever use "desde hace" when "hace" works just fine for the same meaning. Moreover I talk to natives every single day and no one has corrected me to say "desde hace" instead of "hace." So maybe I'm crazy but maybe this lesson needs work.

Asked 3 years ago

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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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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

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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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Andrew P.C1Kwiziq community member

Para ser vs Para una

How do we know to use para ser vs para una?

Asked 4 years ago

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Cathy L.A1Kwiziq community member

May I know why is this use vosotros instead ustedes?I'm taking this question from the quiz. Why is this question is not for ustedes but vosotros since there are two person.

Julián y tú ____quereis____ viajar por todo el mundo.

Asked 6 years ago

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Emile S.A1Kwiziq community member

Conjugation of verbs -- past resent future...

I have a lot of problems with conjugation--past, past perfect, I am ok with the present tense. Where can I learn more about how to conjugate verbs in all moods and tenses.

Asked 5 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aunque Paris es una ciudad impresionante ... it seems to me that this is a fact everyone knows... shouldn't we use sunjunctive ... sea?

Asked 6 years ago

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tommy R.A1Kwiziq community member

How do you determine that the chocolate is hot using "el chocolate" is it because its used on the same sentence as cafe? And becomes an assumption

Asked 5 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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