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ANDREW G.C1KwizIQ community member

Passive/impersonal

If one wanted to say: "Police officers are needed at the bank entrance"

One can say: "Se necesitan policías en la entrada del banco."

In sentences like this can "policías" ever precede the verb? (ie "Policías se necesitan..."

Asked 5 years ago

Stuart R.B1KwizIQ community member

Structure in Pasado Imperfecto

Hola,

Is it possible to convert this structure into the past tense, as if I was telling a story in the continuous past:

Hacía tres meses que Nuria vivía en California.

Or does this structure only work in the present?

Gracias,
Stuart

Asked 3 years ago

Garry M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

from the test Preposition "sin" (without) - General use (prepositions)

you hear - oyen but can hear is pueden oir, no?

Asked 5 years ago

ZUzana Z.C1KwizIQ community member

Consiguieron - i/y rules

Hello. Why we use "consiguieron", not "consiguyeron"? Thanks. Zuzana

Asked 3 years ago

Graeme R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

desde hace with unspecific durations

Does it have to be a specific duration with desde hace? Or could we say:

No visito desde hace mucho tiempo un pueblo tan bonito que este

And would it be incorrect to say:

Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que visité un pueblo tan bonito que este.

...or is it just another way of saying the same thing?

Asked 6 years ago

Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Question re: https://progress.lawlessspanish.com/my-languages/spanish/view/5105

Hi,

I searched on the site for the lesson referred to in one of the answers below using various ways of asking the question, but didn't find anything, could you refer me to the lesson Silvia was referring to:

"We have currently a lesson in our system titled "qué" + "noun/adjective""

Thank you. Nicole

Asked 7 years ago

David M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Aprovechar(se) - misleading hint

1. In your "hint", you told us to "... use a pronominal verb for 'take advantage' " -

- but despite that^, in order to get a correct answer we were supposed to write: "Aprovecha la ruptura para conocerte más a ti misma" - [i.e., with 'aprovecha', a non-pronominal verb?]

("Aprovecha la ruptura ..." is of course quite consistent with the guidelines given in your lesson at Spanish verb Aprovechar vs Aprovecharse (pronominal verbs) [number 7478] ... so it is only your 'hint' which needs to be modified, not your text).

-.-.-.-.-

2. In your sentence: "... ya que ambos estábais sumergidos en una relación tóxica", there should not be a tilde in 'estabais'?

Asked 5 years ago

Delia S.C1KwizIQ community member

I always thought área was feminine and dictionary says this too?

Asked 4 years ago

Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

“La llamaría, pero no contesta.” “La llamaría, pero no contesta.” Hola, I’m confused. I would/should/could call her but she doesn’t answer. If he called and she didn’t answer it seems “La llamé, pero no contesta” makes more sense. Muchas gracias, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I noticed that por poco is always used with the Present tense, even when talking about the past. Is my assumption correct? Thank you, Emanuel

Asked 5 years ago

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