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Makkie W.A1Kwiziq community member

¿Terminan el trabajo hoy? - Sí, lo terminan hoy. Are they finishing the job today? - Yes, they are finishing it today.

Why is lo the answer if its referring to them? Is el trabajo what lo is referring to?

Asked 4 years ago

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Marek K.A2Kwiziq community member

I really enjoy your reading practices

I really enjoy your reading practices. Good pacing and vocabulary complex enough for me to learn it well.

Asked 4 years ago

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Paul E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Visual Refresh!!

I don't know, I take ONE DAY OFF and you change the look of kwiziq!!!

It looks lovely doesn't it, a nice refresh and a bit cleaner looking to my eyes.

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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ANDREW G.C1Kwiziq community member

Passive/impersonal

If one wanted to say: "Police officers are needed at the bank entrance"

One can say: "Se necesitan policías en la entrada del banco."

In sentences like this can "policías" ever precede the verb? (ie "Policías se necesitan..."

Asked 5 years ago

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Thea R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

repetition of indirect object pronoun

Please ignore my question about this - I see now whay's going on.

Asked 4 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Weather expressions

When a noun is used to describe the weather, hacer is used but when an adjective or participle is used then the verb is estar: En otoño, hace viento -v- en otoño está ventoso.

Pero why is ser used for: en otoño es incomodo? Or should it be está?

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

Marking Irregular

Suggestion: To be consistent with other pages, and avoid confusion, I suggest you mark all the "i"s that are irregular in this conjugation.

Asked 4 years ago

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Robert H.C1Kwiziq community member

Rationale or to learn 'by heart'

I miss the rationale behind this. is this something to learn 'by heart'? as in, just learn these exceptions and you're good to go?... or is there some reasoning, eg. that without the accent it would be pronounced wrong.. this because of ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Per Ivar D.A2Kwiziq community member

Who using Pretérito in the first sentence and Imperfecto in the secend? Both are said to be non-permanent conditions.

Asked 6 years ago

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Feliz N.A1Kwiziq community member

gusta vs gustan

DO YOU LIKE VEGETABLE SOUP? TE GUSTA LA SOPA VERDURAS WHY te gusta why not te gustan por que verduras are plural noun por favor explique.

Asked 3 years ago

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