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R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English Imperfect

It's a little unclear, but I think you're saying in this lesson that in English we couldn't use an imperfect tense, but although it might be less common, I've certainly heard people say things like "I wasn't finding my keys" to mean that they had been looking unsuccessfully but now had found them.

Asked 5 years ago

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Marcos G.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Un poco de, unas pocas

Could we also use “un poco de” and “unos pocos” in this manner? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

En mi primer matrimonio fui muy infeliz

Hola Inma,

I would have thought that estar would be used here rather than ser. On reflection I imagine that ser was used because the emphasis is on the first marriage, rather than the emotional state of the person talking.

Is that the case or ....?

Saludos

John

Asked 5 years ago

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Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Construction with specific date

Hola,

So with a specific date, is the construction

Desde hace + specific date + que + verb in preterite

Desde hace 2010 que terminé mis estudios

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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passant s.A1Kwiziq community member

Hola Inma! Why we said para el ninos not por el ninos? I am still getting confused between both of them. Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

We gave the boys some sandwiches.

In an A2 test the answer to "We gave the boys some sandwiches." was "nosotros dimos a los niños unos bocadillos".

I´m still learning indirect object pronouns, why doesn't this have "les" before dimos?

Asked 5 years ago

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Paolo -.C1Kwiziq community member

a as preposition and personal a

Maybe just worth pointing out that in the sentences with "a" the preposition is used in two different ways:

- as a "normal" preposition, for example, indicating motion: "El partido al que fui"

- as a "personal a", where there is a direct object (Los cantantes a los que los fans adulaban) but where "a" is needed because the object is personal.

I think that's so, isn't it?

Asked 3 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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Ben S.A1Kwiziq community member

Detengase as a synonym?

Hi there, I tried this sentence: "El detengase de la autobus está cerca mi casa." But it was marked as incorrect, is detengase not a synonym?

Thanks!

Asked 5 years ago

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James L.A1Kwiziq community member

Why "Es un..." instead of "Él es un..."?

I interpret "es" as "is", so how/why is "He" assumed for "Es un excelente actor." -> "He is an excellent actor"?

Asked 4 years ago

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