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Lynn W.A1KwizIQ community member

how to put an accent above a letter

How do I put an accent above a letter on a lenovo chromebook? Everything I try does not work. I get answers marked incorrect because I can not put an accent in the word Que

Asked 4 years ago

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natasha t.B1KwizIQ community member

pret indefinido progesivo versus imperf progesivo
Hi there........so, am I getting this right: these two examples are in pret indefinido because they have an ASSUMED timeframe in the speakers' mind?Nosotros estuvimos hablando con los periodistas.Ellos estuvieron arreglando el grifo de la cocina.

Asked 5 years ago

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Larry C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

English translation doesn't make sense

In the lesson, these sentences do not make sense to me in English:

Ofrecerían más descuentos cuando pasara la temporada de invierno.They might offer more discounts when the winter season was over.Pararíamos para descansar cuando llegáramos a Toledo.We might stop for a rest when we arrived in Toledo.
Why are pasara and llegáramos translated in English as the past tense when they refer to future events that haven't happened yet? It sounds more natural to me to say "when the winter season IS over" and "when we ARRIVE in Toledo."

Asked 3 years ago

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ANSHU P.A2KwizIQ community member

Acontecimientos for events

Why can't we use acontecimientos for private events in place of eventos? I think they're synonyms.

Asked 5 years ago

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

What does the blue pencil mean?

Hi, sometimes a blue pencil appears when I submit a question. What does it mean? Thanks, Shirley.

Asked 4 years ago

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H. L.C1KwizIQ community member

Video Unavailable

Hello! It says that the video is unavailable. I live in the United States.

Asked 5 years ago

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Colin H.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Según tú, ella tenía la culpa

Hi,

In the above sentence, could 'la culpa' be replaced with 'culpar'? This way it would be like English.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Colin

Asked 3 years ago

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James G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I was wrong

I have reason to believe that my report of incorrect grading may have been incorrect itself all along. I have been copying and pasting the quizzes before submitting them and have seen that my reading of the questions has not been as conscientious as it could or should have been.

¡qué tonta!

Asked 6 years ago

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Peter W.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Necesitas tener piernas fuertes

To translate " you need to have strong legs", I put "hay que tener piernas fuertes" and it was marked wrong. I understand that "Necesitas tener piernas fuertes" is correct but don't understand why mine was wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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Stuart M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Changes for plural nouns

Hola,

Not sure I’ve seen it in the examples, but presumably when we are talking for instance, how long the trousers are, we would say...

Los pantalones miden 80 cms de largo

i.e. the verb (medir, etc) matches the noun, as per the usual rule.

Gracias,

Asked 5 years ago

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