1. I notice that in the headings of this subject, the "de" is placed in parentheses and that while most of the examples keep the "de", a couple don't, that is only "antes que" is used. Can you explain why this is so? Is there a grammatical reason or rule?

2. Is there a subtle, nuanced difference between "Despues de que" and "Luego de que", or are they completely interchangeable regarding meaning and use?

3. Is the tense of the subjunctive verb in the subordinate clause (i.e., presente de subjuntivo vs. pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo) determined by the indicative tense in the main clause?

Asked 2 years ago

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eliza w.A2KwizIQ community member

Adjectives and nouns

This may not be related to this lesson but how do you know when to add 'de' in between the adjective and the noun? For example:

No leiste ningún libro de italiano. (Here there is a 'de' in between 'libro'and 'italiano'.)

La florista no vende ninguna flor amarilla. (Here 'flor'and 'amarilla' are together)

How do you know when to add a 'de'?

Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael T.C1KwizIQ community member

Pronunciation and regional differences on this topic

Thank you for adding this topic. I'd like to make 2 suggestions.

First, is there a regional preference for using the two pairs of interchangeable words? My understanding is that in Latin America, people tend to use aca' and alla' whereas in Spain, people tend to use aqui' and alli'. Is this correct?

Second, I am not sure whether the pronunciation of ahi' and alli' are the same. Since "h" is silent and "ll" has the "y" sound, I suppose they sound differently, but the sounds /i/ and /yi/ really do not have much noticeable difference. Is there a way to practice distinguishing the two or we can more or less treat them as sounding the same? Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Graeme R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

IDEA! be able to add Q&A answers to notebooks

I'm sure we all value the great work Inma, Silvia and the rest of the team do in answering all the questions we put to them on the Q&A Forum. I do. For me, this adds a lot to what makes Kwiziq such a valuable learning resource.

So, I think it would be a great idea to be able to add these replies to a seperate notebook. This would not only allow for revision, but also give me some reference to go every time I think, "Hmmm, I'm sure someone gave me a really useful answer on this already!"

Asked 6 years ago

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Ginger M.KwizIQ community member

Ser format

How do you write the filling sentence using Ser format? The friends of Arkansas.

Asked 6 years ago

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Clara M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Dictation exercise...

Hola,

Solo quería avisarles que el ejercicio dictado- Nivel A2 ‘Real Fábrica de Cristales y Vidrio’ del Weekend Workout, Friday 6 Diciembre- no está disponible.

Saludos a todos:)

El ejercicio de escritura, Nivel B1 ‘Pottery in Pereruela’ tampoco está disponible.

Asked 6 years ago

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Alex N.C1KwizIQ community member

Convertirse vs. Hacerse

Después de años trabajando como extra se convirtió en una actriz muy famosa.

This is the example from the lesson as for when to use convertirse ... yet in the test ...

Ella ________ famosa después del anuncio de la tele.

Here the correct answer is given as se hizo? Both are about becoming famous so what is the difference?

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Asked 6 years ago