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Annie c.B2Kwiziq community member

demasiada vs demasiadas agreeing in gender and number

Miguel tiene una novia y tu tienes

demasiada ( incorrect answer). The correct answer is demasiadas

Miguel has one girlfriend and you have too many.

Una novia is singular so why is my answer demasiada wrong.

Asked 3 years ago

Elizabeth C.A2Kwiziq community member

i am having problems vs i am dying of thirst (both questions in el presente)

two different answers, i think...

i am having problems... estoy teniendo

i am dying of thirst... muero por que no estoy muriendo de sed???

elizabeth

Asked 5 years ago

Gerard S.A1Kwiziq community member

Correction of English

English text had an issue: "explaining it's working"?? - not correct. You would say perhaps, "explaining how the gym worked, or functioned (in general - thus the rules of the gym, or how to use the gym), or explaining how a particular machine worked.

Asked 4 years ago

Wylie Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Susana nos habia pedido..."?

Shouldn't "Susana nos habia pedido..." translates not as "Susana has asked us...", but rather "Susana had asked us..."?

Asked 6 years ago

Sherry M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiénes or quién when asking a question

"-¿A ________ vamos a ver esta noche? -A Luis y Gerardo."

I wrote 'quién' because I thought the questioner wouldn't necessarily know that they would be seeing more than one person. That answer was marked wrong. Would we normally use the plural when asking about an unknown number of persons?

EDIT: I just looked at the question again and see that there was a hint (which I managed to miss) about which PLURAL to use, but my question about which we would normally use still stands.

Asked 2 years ago

Amy T.C1Kwiziq community member

Hola,

Al final del párrafo, encontramos la frase "Finalmente, la gente no irá a la oficina y trabajarán desde casa". ¿Porqué es "trabajarán" y no "trabajará", si sabemos que el sujeto de la frase es "la gente"?

Muchas gracias,

Amy

Asked 5 years ago

Ellen L.A2Kwiziq community member

Why use the "le" form?

In the example, the direct object was being called for. Why use the "le" form, then?

Asked 4 years ago

Andrew H.A2Kwiziq community member

Unexpained les in normal sentence structure3Les _________ que prueben un vino Ribera de Duero. We recommend that you try a Ribera de Duero wine.(HINT: Conjugate "recomendar" in El Presente)Question:When I saw the "les", I had thought that recomendar might have been an inverted verb (like gustar)..... but.... apparently not.So..... why is there a "les"??? Transitive verbs require a direct object pronoun..... but.... les is an indirect object pronoun!recomiendorecomendorecomindorecomendamos

Asked 4 years ago

Rosslyn F.A2Kwiziq community member

If está is followed by an adjective & hay by a noun, why is it 'hay niebla' rather than 'está niebla'?

Asked 4 years ago

Kevin C.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of subjunctive

sin importar su origen se les llame "gallegos. Why is the the subjunctive used with llamar rather that the indicative?

Asked 4 years ago

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