can you, please, explain why do you use the article in the first case but not in the second? I thought articles in Spanish are used when talking in general, which apply in both cases (I think).

Muchas gracias

Ελισάβετ

Asked 4 years ago

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Connor L.B2Kwiziq community member

Why 'reservar en' instead of just 'reservar'?

For the sentence:

Ustedes quisieron reservar en este hotel.

Asked 4 years ago

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Ned D.C1Kwiziq community member

I thought leísmo was accepted usage

"le llamo" should be accepted, no?

Asked 3 years ago

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A G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When subjects are the same - subjunctive errors?

I see in this lesson that when the subject is the same, we should be using the infinitive. I need to work on that!

Is it ever a “tolerable” error among native speakers to commit this mistake when using a colloquial register? I frequently want to say things like “Dudo que (yo) pueda hacerlo para viernes” instead of “poder hacerlo.” I know you’re here to teach us the right way!! Just curious as to “how” wrong it is.

Asked 5 years ago

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fred b.A1Kwiziq community member

"lo ha comprado a mí." or not?

There is a hole in your explanation.

You say:

"In sentences where the indirect object is represented by "a + pronoun", and it is at the beginning of the sentence...."

but you do not explain what happens if "a + pronoun" is at the end of the sentence.

Is the indirect object pronoun required or optional in that case?

eg: Can "Me lo ha comprado a mí." be written as "lo ha comprado a mí."?

Regards,

Fred.

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Kevin C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is the verb singular rather than plural

Part of a sentence in the above exercise says "Donde se encerraba a los enemigos del castillo" Should encerraba not be plural i.e. encerraban? Is it singular because " a los enemigos" is indirect? I'm confused. Why not fueron encerrados?

Asked 4 years ago

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Janusz P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

unos segundos v. los segundosIs the following correct:

Estamos a los segundos de las campanadas de fin de año.
We are just a few seconds after the bells of the end of the year.

Estamos a unos segundos de las campanadas de fin de año.
We are just a few seconds before the bells of the end of the year.

Asked 2 years ago

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Max K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't even begin to understand the question...1Which of the following articles could you use with the letter "s" in Spanish: "ese"?

I'm pretty good with language, am a C1 in French, but I don't understand what is the question is asking about. Are you trying to teach the gender of the letters? Strange.........

Asked 4 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hint for requiring informal “hubieras”Si ________ en la entrevista, te habrían contratado. If you had lied in the interview they would have hired you.
Why is “hubiera (formal) mentido” wrong. What is the hint for using hubieras?

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