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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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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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Patricia T.A2Kwiziq community member

Vosotros form

In Mexico we do not use the vosotros form and I wrote you about it and you said you were working on not using it for Spanish in Mexico. This lesson had half of the questions in this tense. This is wasting my money and time to learn what I do not need. Please give your students a way to avoid counting these questions. Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Para istead of que

Podemos cambiar que por la preposición para? No hay alimentos para comer?

Asked 4 years ago

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J. E.B1Kwiziq community member

Ese/aquel

I'm failing to see why 'aquel' was marked incorrect in the test question about my parents visiting that village. The sentence doesn't state or imply any distance, so surely either aquel or ese should be acceptable.

Asked 5 years ago

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