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Barry N.C1KwizIQ community member

Valdrás la pena o valdrá la pena

In the sentence: my girlfriend says that you will be worth it. Why would you use valdrás, instead of valdrá la pena? You are not valuing it, you are just worth it.

Asked 5 years ago

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Susan D.A2KwizIQ community member

Encontrar ?This lesson seems to define encontrar as 'being able to find': ex. I can't find my keys' : Yo no encuentro mis llaves. Why not : Yo no puedo encontrar mis llaves.

Asked 8 years ago

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Jamie L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Darse a alguien bien + infinitivo

Hola,

Una de las personajes del programa española que veo dice lo siguiente:

"A ti se te da muy bien coser."

¿Qué significa? En este caso, "te" es un ejemplo del dativo del interés, ¿verdad? ¿A quién es conjugado "darse"? Al final, ¿hay una lección sobre esta construcción?

Muchas gracias

Asked 6 years ago

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Gail G.C1KwizIQ community member

Should the lesson say se comes before 3rd person singular and plural verbs? The lesson says that when using se the verb is conjugated in the 3rd person singular, yet in the quiz, the verb bailar was conjugated as bailan. Does this mean the lesson should say 3rd person singular and plural?

Asked 8 years ago

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allison h.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

no deberías nunca salir con ellaThis is a strange example and not covered in the explanation. When is it customary to insert a word between two verbs? When else can this occur?

Asked 8 years ago

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George C.C1KwizIQ community member

Todos vs cadaWhy can't

"I am going to answer all the questions"

be translated as
"Voy a responder todas las respuestas"

Is there a subtle difference between todas las x and cada x that I am missing?

Asked 5 years ago

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Catriona T.B2KwizIQ community member

Placement of pronounsI'm getting confused. This lesson tells us pronouns can go before the conjugated verb or after the verb, attached to it, except with imperatives it must be the latter. I seem to remember a situation in which they must go before the verb but can't remember what it is.

Asked 8 years ago

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Rod A.C1KwizIQ community member

Mis manos vs las manos

"Yo sumerjo mis manos en el agua." Why is it "mis manos" rather than "las manos"? Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Don C.C1KwizIQ community member

Estar a vs. estar en?

I'm having trouble consistently distinguishing between using 'a' or 'en' when talking about being somewhere.

For instance, in the dialog, "... Alberto estará en la reunión...",

Would we say "estará en la reunión" to mean someone will be 'in' the meeting, while "estará a la reunión" has a connotation indicating a location 'at' the meeting?

Or is it always customary to use 'en' in cases like this?

Asked 2 years ago

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Sherry M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Definite article in dates?

In the A0 lesson "Expressing dates in Spanish" the definite article is used: "El 7 de febrero de 1986", but in this lesson it isn't: "Hoy es 25 de septiembre". Is the definite article only used when the date isn't preceded by "ser"?

Asked 7 years ago

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