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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

escafrandra > escafandra

"... al diseño de una escafrandra estratosférica" misspells "escafandra" [putting in an extra 'r'] - and marks you wrong unless you misspell it in your answer! … It is correctly spelled when used again later in the passage... [I always tick the box: "Send email notifications of new answers" - but never receive any notifications?]

Asked 5 years ago

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nev s.A2Kwiziq community member

What a distorted and rubbish commentary on Botero as artist and man.

Asked 2 years ago

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justin n.A0Kwiziq community member

If this is Europe-focused, how do Latin American Spanish speakers talk about weather?

I currently am focusing on Latin American Spanish, specifically Mexican Spanish / Californian. What are the differences in vocabulary?

Asked 4 years ago

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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

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D. H.C1Kwiziq community member

________, donde tú vives ¿hace mucho frío

Extremely poor designation on this question! Either Ahí or Allí should be accepted since there is no way of knowing the even approximate distance by stating "phone conversation." A phone conversation can be held between people living in the same city, in which Ahí would be appropriate, or in another country, in which case Allí should be used.

Asked 4 years ago

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Jannice K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lo + ordinal number +queLo primero que haré cuando llegue a casa es tumbarme en el sofá.The first thing I'll do when I get home is lying on the sofa.
Hi, surely the English Sentence should read.
The first thing I’ll do when I get home is TO LIE/LAY on the sofa.

Asked 5 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

Asked 5 years ago

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George C.C1Kwiziq community member

Personal a when mentioning a (generic) person to someone else.

I have gotten confused by a specific use of the personal a. As I understand it, if you are mentioning a person or group of people, you need a personal a infront of the person. For example if I am talking about a reporter mentioning Juan, I might say El reportero mencionó a Juan. It also looks like if I want to say that the reporter mentioned Juan to Ana, I should say El reportero mencionó Juan a Ana.

Is this correct? Is this also a general pattern - i.e. when I would normally use a personal a, but there is an indirect object (Ana), should I always drop the personal a and use the a for the indirect object?

Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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Sivan M.A0Kwiziq community member

Exemption of a in translation

A grammer question:

I have been a member of- he sido miembro del...

Why there is no uno like in English - he sido uno miembro (this sentence is a mistake).

Asked 4 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Suggestion, change “new” to “old”Mi madre necesita que yo ________ mi falda nueva. My mother needs me to darn my new skirt.(HINT: Conjugate "zurcir" in El Presente Subjuntivo.) Hi, this is an odd sentence; new items don’t need mending. Old items do. Consider changing “new”to “old” (skirt). Saludos, Shirley. zurza

Asked 3 years ago