Spanish language Q&A Forum

When there is no preceding noun, is there a way to use cuyo, cuya?

Por ejemplo: Whose book is this?

Can you use cuyo here, or must you resort to "¿De quién es este libro?"

Can you give advice/commands in Spanish with the conditional form of deber/tener que?

In this lesson I see:

If you like those earrings, you should buy them.

Si ellos son los responsables, deberían pagar.

If they are responsible, they should pay.

These are advice/commands. 

There is also the other lesson "Si [if] followed by present indicative + main clause [command/request/advise]".

What is the point then of this lesson?

II want to know the name of the wordthat goes with haber to form phrases dado estado etc

Tiene    and  usted tiene

Both are correct, as the usted is optional to phrase in the sentence.

But it is marked incorrect.    Grammatically it is correct, so I believe it shouldn't be marked incorrrect.

Regarding the hints in the tests. Sometimes the hint says to conjugate in "El pretérito Perfecto Compuesto" and other times just "El pretérito Perfecto". If I enter El pretérito Perfecto simple it's incorrect. The study buttons take you to the same lesson, and seem to be asking for the same answer, am I missing something?

Why is "unas técnicas básicas" wrong?

Tara

Hi, in this exercise, Lola 'odia a los gatos' but I think that Danny "odia los perros",  in Lola's translation. 
Is there a difference in whether the personal 'a' is needed in each case?  I weighed it up as - it is a definable person/pet? and I opted for 'not' using personal a because they hate dogs/cats in general. Hmm, but then again, they are sort of talking about their own pets?
Then there's the question of 'odiar' being clearly a strong feeling... but not exactly a strong affection.
Please help!

cheers, 

My boyfriend is from Mexico and he says it should be "siempre cuando", and not siempre que, he said siempre que sounds like I am saying " we will hire the new teacher always when we have the budget" and not as long as we have