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Doug B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

2 clarification questions re ya sea/ya fuera

Using the example from above:

Tenía que conseguir cualquier trabajo, ya fuera de día o de noche.

I had to get a job, either a day job or a night job.

1) can it be used with MORE than 2 choices?

ex: "I had to get a job, either a day job, a night job, or a part-time job."

and

2) Not sure how ask gramatically... could it also be used in just 1 phrase?ex: "I had to get either a day job or a night job."

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Frankie F.B1KwizIQ community member

Me tiene un poco preocupado. It’s got me a bit worried

In the last example “Aquello me tiene un poco preocupado”, may I suggest using the English verb have instead of get... It has me a bit worried. (It was a bit confusing for me.) Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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Roberto K.C1KwizIQ community member

Position of direct and indirect object pronouns with infinitive/gerund and affirmative commandsPor favor, me invita a una copa.Por favor, invítame a una copa.
Why the second and not the first?

Asked 5 years ago

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William A.B1KwizIQ community member

The difference between the past imperfect and past perfect.

Puede explicar con mas detalle cuando se usa el preterito imperfecto y cuando se usa el preterito perfecto, por favor?

Asked 5 years ago

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Brenda K.A2KwizIQ community member

Why does the answer require including "tú" after "enciendes"?¿ ________ la chimenea? Can you light the fire in the fireplace?(HINT: Use "tú' form for conjugating "encender" in El Presente)

Kwizbot says the correct answer is "Enciendes tú." Why does excluding the "tú" make my answer incorrect?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jamie S.B2KwizIQ community member

Ninguna usage

I don't understand the example sentence " Ninguna chica viajará contigo a ninguna parte". The tip says that you can only use the words "ningun" or "Ninguna" at the beginning of a sentence, so this example sentence does not make sense to me since " Ninguna" Is found towards the end of the sentence too. Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Hans d.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why is the "we" form correct and not the they form in Sería necesario que ________ más idiomas en nuestro currículum para acceder a ese trabajo.Sería necesario que ________ más idiomas en nuestro currículum para acceder a ese trabajo. It would be necessary to have more languages on our CV to get that job.HINT: Use "tener" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivotuvierantuviésemostuviéramostuviesentuvieses

Asked 7 years ago

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Colin H.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

¿............... el timbre? / Can you hear the doorbell?

Hi,

I have just completed a test which included the above.

I answered: Oyes tu (sorry, can't get accents to work), which was marked wrong.

Another question was: ¿..................... la chimenea? Two answers were given: Enciendes and Enciendes tu. This was marked nearly right.

Are the answers with 'tu' (or any other personal pronoun) not acceptable in Spanish? Is the only way to ask a question in Spanish to raise the tone at the end?

Look forward to your reply.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Colin

Asked 5 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

la cosa que, cosa que

Me cancelaron el viaje, cosa que me fastidió mucho.

They cancelled my trip, which annoyed me a lot.

this sentence uses cosa que in the middle of the sentence

the notes state otherwise using la cosa que and it says only for beginning of the sentence not middle

am i right to conclude, cosa que = lo que in the middle of the sentence, whereas la cosa que = lo que in the beginning of the sentence.

can i also further conclude below

Le encantan los documentales de historia, cosa que/que/lo que/lo cual (yo) encuentro aburrido = I find [the fact] that she loves history documentaries boring.

cosa que/que/lo que/lo cual are all interchangeable and replacement with no change in the meaning in the middle of the sentence?

la cosa que/lo que for the beginning of the sentence.

Asked 3 years ago

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Jay L.C1KwizIQ community member

Estilo IndirectoAre there any lessons on changes in verbal tenses in reported speech, aka "estilo indirecto"?

Asked 5 years ago

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