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ama s.C1KwizIQ community member

Preposition + infinitiveI know this lesson is about the use of the gerundio but is it also correct to use (perhaps not in all cases) a preposition + infinitive? For example: Puedes adelgazar bebiendo / por beber dos litros de agua al día.

Asked 4 years ago

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James G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I used to think Spanish was an easy language; it is so much more complicated than English.

I used to think Spanish was an easy language, but that was before I actually started learning it earnest.
I am now at 17% in level BI. Although the program reports a steady increase in my confidence, I am hanging onto it by a thread. The difficulty of the language is increasing geometrically.. I don't even want to think about levels B2 and C1
James

Asked 6 years ago

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James G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Mi descubierta

Yo creo que la palabra ella es una combinación de las palabras el y la. Similarmente, la palabra ellos es una combinación de las palabras el y los y también la palabra nosotros es una combinación de las palabras nos y otros y también la palabra vosotros es una combinación de las palabras vos y otros. Me parece que son similares con el tipo de palabras en inglés llamada contracciones. Yo espero que yo tengo razón pero no estoy seguro de este. Por favor me explique.

Asked 6 years ago

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Sherri H.A1KwizIQ community member

Latin spanish only?

Is it possible to turn off the spanish vos form?

Asked 5 years ago

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Christine B.C1KwizIQ community member

talking about the weather

I don't understand the difference between hace and hay when talking about the weather. Can anyone explain the difference to me?

Asked 5 years ago

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Philip M.C1KwizIQ community member

¨no dejo de pensar en ella¨

Could this be ¨no puedo dejar de pensar en ella¨ ?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Becky V.A1KwizIQ community member

Tiene v Tengo Why is Tengo correct when the word usted is there? Isn’t that formal?
Cuántos años tiene usted? - ________sesenta años. How old are you? - I am sixty.TengoTiene

Asked 3 years ago

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R. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

present subjunctive with present perfect main verbThis was the quiz sentence: Hemos pedido al alcalde que ________ más farolas en las calles. (ponga vs. pusiera)

I found this confusing.

"Hemos pedido" translates into English as "asked," which is a past tense. So I wanted to use pusiera. But the answer requires present subjunctive (ponga).

Is it always true that when the main verb is in the present perfect, the subsequent clause will use the present subjunctive? So in Spanish we should treat present perfect as a present tense, whereas in English it is a past tense?

Asked 2 years ago

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Wrong verb?Mis hijos no tendrán móvil ________ 13 años.My children won't have a mobile phone before they turn 13.Hi, i thought the verb cumplir (not tener) means to turn an age. Thanks, Shirley.

Asked 4 years ago

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R Z.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Quiz question

Me alegra que ellos sean los primeros.

Why is this subjunctive? Is it because it comes after "que"? This sentence doesn't seem to express any doubt about their being the first.

Could I say "me alegra que ser el primero?" if I were talking about myself or would I have to write "me alegra que yo sea el primero"?

Asked 6 years ago