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ANDREW G.C1Kwiziq community member

Placement of tout when it means everything

If one translates: "I learned everything"

It is written: "J'ai tout appris."

But if I translate: "I learned everything I needed to know"

It is written: "J'ai appris tout ce que j'avais besoin de savoir."

Why does "tout" move out from between the verb to behind it? Is it because of the subordinate phrase?

Asked 5 years ago

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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Abbreviation "Subj"

I was confused by the hint given for the first sentence:

Use lo que + verb + subj for emphasis ...

I interpreted "subj" as "subjunctive", and made quite a mess of my answer !

Asked 5 years ago

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Steve M.B1Kwiziq community member

el preterito perfecto v el preterito perfecto compuesto

hay diferencias, o ?son el mismo tiempo?

Asked 6 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

several questions

Hola!

Espero que la Navidad haya sido muy especial y que el año nuevo también sea muy especial para usted y para todos en el equipo.

1st Section:

It reminds me of the King Cake

Kwizbot Me recuerda al roscón de reyes
You Lo me recuerdo del roscón de reyes.

I was wondering

1)why is the direct object not used here,

2) and what is the rule and lesson for understanding why “recuerda” and not “recuerdo”. I had a thought that it might be similar to “me gusta”…

3) why the use of “al” and not of “del”

2nd section:

Question:

Why is ser is used and not estar:

because its shape is similar

Kwizbot porque su forma es similar/ parecida

You porque su forma está similar

Muchas gracias,

Nicole

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,

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Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of gran/de in the negative sense

Would it be fair to say that in a negative situation you would not use gran?

So, it would not be un gran atasco, but un atasco grande? (a big traffic jam)

Muchísimas gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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Michael T.C1Kwiziq community member

Does it change the meaning when present tense is used instead of future tense?

The lesson should also explain whether the meaning is the same if these sentences use the future tense instead. Thank you.

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lilou l.C1Kwiziq community member

at all

Hello,

are there other ways to say "at all" in Spanish ? I sometimes see "in absoluto" or "de nada".

Thank you very much !

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Maggi H.C1Kwiziq community member

These sentence examples are too confusing

Let's see -at what moment in time?- you find a good job!

Let's see - at the time that- you find a good job!

As you can see both options work in this context, and I can use lots of examples like this but to understand the difference we need sentences which cannot work as both options

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