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Lyndsey M.B1Kwiziq community member

Why would this Poder example be subjunctive?

One of my lesson tests on Poder in the subjunctive asks,

No dudo que vosotras ________ correr tan rápido como ellos.I have no doubt you can run as fast as them.(HINT: Conjugate "poder" in El Presente Subjuntivo.)

But why would you use the subjunctive here? No dudo, I have no doubt, is an expression of certainty. Everywhere else that I have learned (my college course, spanishdict translation and google translation all use the indicative for No hay duda que..., and I figure this ought to be similar.

Asked 5 years ago

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Shafagh K.A2Kwiziq community member

comenzando = we are startingHello! A quiz question: We are starting the meeting now. The correct answer: nosotros comenzamos ... My answer: nosotros estamos comenzando ... Why aren't both answers correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Alex N.C1Kwiziq community member

Donde vs. DóndeLuis me dijo ________ había ido de vacaciones.

The correct answer is dónde not donde and I really don't understand why. Luis is telling a fact from the past. There is no question or doubt or anything about where he went. Why 'dónde'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Esta or Está

Hello,

In the following sentence I expected está, as "but it is very cold". Have I got this wrong?

"El agua es clara, pero esta muy fría."

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive or conditional

Hello,

I was trying to write this sentence and couldn't figure out which would be the correct way to express what I was trying to say.

English:

"I discovered a very interesting site in my search to understand the word "echar de menos" and I thought it might be interesting to you/of interest to you. "

These are the various Spanish sentences I came up, and I couldn't figure out which one to use and which one(s) are correct and why... :(

Here are my sentences:

Descubrí un sitio muy interesante en mi búsqueda para entender la palabra "echar de menos" y pensé que podría ser interesante para tí.

or:

He descubrí un sitio muy interesante en mi buscando de la palabra "echar de menos" y pensé que te puedas ser interesante.

or:

He descubierto un sitio muy interesante en mi búsqueda para entender la palabra "echar de menos" y pensé que podría ser interesante para ti.

or:

He descubierto un sitio muy interesante en mi búsqueda para entender la palabra "echar de menos" y pensé que pudieras ser interesante para ti.

Thank you for any help in clarifying this and helping me through this morass.

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Stuck on a test question

With respect to the question "Which of the following masculine adjectives are the same in the feminine form?" which provides six choices, does the lesson provide the necessary information to correctly identify which are the same in their feminine form? I have the sense I am not comprehending exactly what the lesson is trying to tell us.

(I think I know what the lesson is trying to say now--Would the question above be true if it were stated thus: "Which of the following masculine adjectives remain masculine when used with feminine nouns?")

Asked 3 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

For “taking a photo” i read in spanishdictionary.com that sacar, not sacarse Is used. Also haberse means”to tell someone off”. Help please.

Asked 5 years ago

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Pinky Bhupinder J.A1Kwiziq community member

Tiene marked incorrect

Hola Buenas dias,

Ustedes tiene was marked incorrect, as it is optional to used ustedes, it should be marked correct as in the

lessons it was stated as both to be correct!

Asked 4 years ago