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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Formal usage

Hola,

Just to confirm, although I think it is implied already - formal usage is with le/les?

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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James G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

why is the subjunctive used rather than the imperative?

Regarding the examples below, why is the subjunctive used rather than the imperative?

No cierres la ventana por favor, tengo calor.
Don't close the window please, I am hot.

Señores, cierren las carpetas ahora.
Gentlemen, close your folders now.

Thank you, James

Asked 6 years ago

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Ian B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of cansadas sounds wrong in the example.La clase de zumba nos ha dejado un poco cansadas.The zumba class left us a little tired.It might be my hearing, but Cansadas sounds to me as though it is pronounced cansado.in this example from the lesson.

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Hace/hay

In what context can we use them both? E.g can I say hay/hace una tormenta? Or ... Hay/hace mucho frío?

Asked 6 years ago

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Peter C.B2KwizIQ community member

Usted used between girlfriend and boyfriend?

On another course, an example conversation between novio and novia goes: “usted sabe que lo amo. Vayamos al cine, hay una película nueva que quiero que veamos. Me muero por que usted la vea”. It was partly my frustration that there was no explanation of the use of usted here that led me to look for another course. Can anyone here explain this to me? Is this a regional peculiarity? Maybe Colombia? Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Requirement for the article after de

Hola,

Bit confused by the stipulation for this. Is it purely down to the speaker’s discretion as to whether a definitive article is required post ‘de’?

I see examples with and examples without and am confused where the line is.

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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Paul E.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Definite Article Usage

Hello lovely Spanish speaking people, this comment is aimed at our lovely Kwiziq language content kings and queens.

The definite article, it's breaking me! There seems to be a lot of micro learnings about the definite article through Kwiziq, and even some gems of information in this forum, but it's difficult. I have a Spanish book that devotes 18 small font pages to when to use it and when not, but it won't stick.

Please could we consider a set of lessons (or the grouping of the current lessons) on how and when to use these tricky little items? I feel that it could be a subject all in itself.

I'm part way into level B1, so if they are in my future, I'm ok with that too.

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Tenses used

Hola,

Am I right in thinking this construction uses the present tense to represent ‘have’ and the imperfect tense to represent ‘had’, and that no other tense is used?

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

When exactly to use the infinitive?

Hola,

Just wondering about this statement:

Sometimes verbs giving advice / order can be followed by an infinitive. In this case, "que" shouldn't be used.

I haven't worked that one out yet - would you be able to embellish the circumstances, please?

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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