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Vince V.C1KwizIQ community member
Ningunas/os for nouns that are always pluralThe explanation of the use of ningunas/os seems to have changed.  "The plurals ningunos and ningunas also exist, but they are quite rare and add an emphatic sense to the negation."  I think it used to say that they are used for nouns that are always plural such as, las gafas.  Did this change? Is the "always plural" usage still correct in addition to adding emphasis?
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Benhur B.C1KwizIQ community member
Para tentar a la suerte

Hola,

Why is there an 'a' is this sentence? Is suerte considered a 'person' for the personal a to apply or is it an obligatory preposition after tentar?

Gracias,

Benhur

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Be more specific with explanationSpanish verbs ending in -gar replace the -g- with a -gu- in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish. This is to preserve the sound from the infinitive.

Hi, a suggestion: “This is to preserve the hard G sound from the infinitive”. (The Spanish G sounds like the jota when it comes before an E or and I: G+E: gente (people), recoger (to collect), alegra (happy) G+I: digital (digital), girasol (sunflower), elegir (to choose)). 

Shirley. 

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Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
y hace escala en el Amazonas, Barbados y Chile.

Hello,

I was wondering why the singular "el" is used in the sentence : 

"y hace escala en el Amazonas, Barbados y Chile. "  I would have thought it would be plural, as they are going to several destinations and if that doesn't factor in, then the Amazonas are plural or is that considered one country. Also, would it be correct to say: "y hace escala en Amazonas, Barbados y Chile. "  and leave out the "el" ?

Thank you. 

Asked 7 years ago
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John O.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor
¿Qué más podía pedir?

Hola Inma,

Would it be possible to translate "What more could I ask for?" as "¿Para lo que más podría pedir? 

Gracias y saludo. John


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Thea R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Subjunctive? or Indicative?

' We must take to the pharmacy all medication which has expired'

Could this not mean 'all medication which may have expired' and therefore be subjunctive?

Asked 6 years ago
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Kevin C.C1KwizIQ community member
use of subjunctive mood for esperar

Esperemos que el futoro le traiga muchos más éxitos. Shouldn't it be Esperamos que etc, as Esperar triggers the subjunctive mode for the second clause in the sentence?

Kind regards,

Kevin

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Ελισάβετ Α.C1KwizIQ community member
about indirect object pronoun

Hola Inma,

"haciendo la vida más fácil al usuario" and "costará a los gobiernos millones de dólares".

I wonder if it would be wrong to say haciéndole la vida más fácil al usuario and les costará a los gobiernos millones de dólares, instead. 

Saludos

Ελισάβετ


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Adrian B.C1KwizIQ community member
Using hemanita rather than hermana pequeña

I would have written the correct answer but I thought I'd try using 'hermanita' is it sounded more loving to me. Would that be incorrect?

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Aleksandre D.B2KwizIQ community member
Why is 'La personal hizo' not accepted as the right answer?

Unfortunately for me, I keep answering La instead of El and my score for the lesson is melting down.

Asked 6 years ago
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