I noticed a pattern in the examples. Articles are always used with the subject of a sentence, but articles are only used some of the time with direct objects.

ARTICLES NOT USED WITH DIRECT OBJECTS

hoy no hay clase de español, tienes peces de colores, he comprado vasos de plástico, no tengo disfraz de Halloween

ARTICLES USED WITH DIRECT OBJECTS

ver la ropa de niño, voy a contarte un cuento de hadas, tengo que guardar mi ropa de verano, prefiero el vestido de flores, quieres un helado de fresa

QUESTION: Is there a rule for when to use articles with the direct object?

Cheers,

Marcos

Asked 5 years ago

Like4Answer0

Joseph L.C1KwizIQ community member

Feedback on dictation test

I can tell you care about UX, so I would say there is too much clicking to move through this exercise. Maybe you could save the grading until the end, and just move from point to the next, or you could at least take out the self-grading requirement to move to next.

Asked 5 years ago

Like1Answer1

R Z.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Micro Kwiz

I don't understand why there is a lesson that seems to be about the nuances between the indefinite and the perfect, but for the kwiz both tenses are accepted. What exactly are we supposed to learn here?

Asked 6 years ago

Like2Answer0

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 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

Benjamin H.A1KwizIQ community member

reflexive with imperative

Así pues, si tengo - atreverse alguien a hacer algo - to dare someone to do something.

How would I say: I dare you to do this - because it's atreverse you have to say me for me and then te for you? for example te atreveme a hacer esto. But it doesn't make sense because it's like the other person is daring me but in fact it's me daring the person. te atrave a hacer esto I think is better but then what about the 'me' because it's reflexive.

Asked 4 years ago

Like0Answer2

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

Like2Answer2

Find your Spanish level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your Spanish level