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Alex N.C1Kwiziq community member

Explanation not a great matchThis is the sentence and hint for it talking about ongoing action in the past:Mi abuelo nunca ________ con la ventana abierta.My grandfather never slept with the window open.(HINT: Refers to an ongoing action in the past.)
When you click on 'discuss this' the explanation talks about past in general vs. specific time in the past, not much of a help to understand the ongoing action bit. For me it sounds a lot like repeated action/habit anyway.
Cheers, ALEX

Asked 5 years ago

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Herb K.A2Kwiziq community member

Does this issue apply outside of Spain?

As if Spanish doesn’t involve enough ambiguous distinctions (par vs. para, ser vs. estar, pretérito indefinido vs imperfecto, etc., etc.). Does this issue (perfecto vs. I defy) pertain to Spanish usage outside of Spain? Spoken as well as written Spanish? Me vuelve loco. Español es como una mujer ambigua, seductora, y mandona . Bellísima y llena de contradicciones, me vuelve loco

Asked 5 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sospechar for “to know”¡________ de nuestros encuentros! I wonder what your husband would think if he knew of our encounters!Si tu marido sospechara. Hola, I can’t find a dictionary with sospechar meaning to know. Should the verb be saber? Muchas gracias, Shirley.

Asked 2 years ago

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Erika K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Solicitud de nueva función

Prefiero estudiar en un ambiente de inmersión. ¿Sería posible cambiar la interfaz a español, como un opción para cada usuario?

Asked 5 years ago

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Sanem A.A1Kwiziq community member

Hay demasiada fruta en la nevera .Hay demasiada fruta en la nevera .

ıs that wrong sentence? why don't we say 'hay demasiadas frutas en la nevera'.?

because fruit is countable.ı think we should use 'many ' for countable and in spanish many is damasiada.

Asked 5 years ago

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Edward R.C1Kwiziq community member

subjunctive and known/unknown information

Why do we use the subjunctive here when something is unknown, but when we use 'aunque' it is the other way around? By that, I mean that we only use the subjunctive when the information is shared and the indicative is used to introduce new information.

Asked 5 years ago

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"-a" endings in Spanish nouns

What is the origin of the curious fact that certain Spanish words that end in "-a" and can refer to both male and female persons, never developed an "-o" ending to denote a male individual specifically? For example:

electricista, dentista, recepcionista.

Asked 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A small tab would be useful

Present + desde hace ...

Hace ... que + present

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Imperfect + desde hacía ...

Hacía ... que + Imperfect

Asked 6 years ago

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