Robot Voices - Are they getting betterHello all,
Not so much a question, but an observation. When you click on the little speaker symbol at the end of a Spanish sentence, the robot voice has a go at reading it out.
There seem to be three or four different robots now, when I started with Kwiziq I think that there were only two.
I call them
"Mateo" - he's the "good" Spanish man, his reading seems to be quite good. Some UK users here may know why I call him Mateo.
"Marisa" is the older sounding lady, sometimes it sounds like she struggles, and is nowhere near as good as a human, and sometimes sounds both angry and bored.
A new lady, "Maria" seems to have come along as I have moved into B2 Lessons, she sounds younger and to me much better.
So what do people think of our robot voices? If it was possible I'd ask for "Maria" to kick Marisa to the kerb, as her Spanish sounds more fluent to me.
Buenos días.
Marcos: Buenos días, Emilio. ¿Tú (preparar) comida para la cena?
Emilio: No, yo necesito limpiar la cocina. ¿Y dónde está Blanca?
Marcos: Ella (oír) música en su dormitorio.
Emilio: Ah bueno ¿Y tú y Tatiana qué hacen?
Marcos: Nosotros (salir) para la biblioteca. ¡Hasta luego!
Hello. Can you please explain why the definite article isn't used in this phrase? Is it similar to the difference between "en casa" (at home) and "en la casa" (in the house, as in a physical location)? Thank you!
Are desde and de interchangeable. For ex, I saw him from a distance. Would both work?
Lo vi desde una distancia.
Hello all,
Not so much a question, but an observation. When you click on the little speaker symbol at the end of a Spanish sentence, the robot voice has a go at reading it out.
There seem to be three or four different robots now, when I started with Kwiziq I think that there were only two.
I call them
"Mateo" - he's the "good" Spanish man, his reading seems to be quite good. Some UK users here may know why I call him Mateo.
"Marisa" is the older sounding lady, sometimes it sounds like she struggles, and is nowhere near as good as a human, and sometimes sounds both angry and bored.
A new lady, "Maria" seems to have come along as I have moved into B2 Lessons, she sounds younger and to me much better.
So what do people think of our robot voices? If it was possible I'd ask for "Maria" to kick Marisa to the kerb, as her Spanish sounds more fluent to me.
Buenos días.
When do you and when you don't use el/la/los/las?
I'm totally confused by this and always end up making the wrong choice.
I understand when the pronoun replace a thing use Los or Las, lo or la but the quiz is using Los to replace a miguel y a Jose. is the hing that an artricle is in front of the names
Hola Inma,
Why do you use the infinitive endurecer insted of the sunjuctive? I thought both se empezara a and endurecer are attached to the Sería bueno que.
Muchas gracias!
Ελισάβετ
Three ways of using the verb olvidar are presented in this exercise: olvidar, olvidarse and olvidar de. What is (are) the general rule(s) regarding its usage and is one way more commonly used generally, or in different countries, or more preferable grammatically under different circumstances?
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