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Julie F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sino pero sino queCuando me rompí la muñeca no me operaron ________ me pusieron un vendaje.When I broke my wrist they didn't operate on me but they put a bandage.(HINT: Choose "pero", "sino" or "sino que")i put sino que because there are two different verbs and they substituted an operation for a bandage is there another way of explaining the difference. I've looked at other answers here and see that many people are confused with this.

Asked 3 years ago

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D. H.C1Kwiziq community member

Are there exceptions to using definite articles for body parts?

In a test, I got the question "Yo _____ mis manos en el agua". The verb was sumergir. Is it more correct to say "mis manos" here than "las manos" and if so, why? Are there certain verbs you are more likely to or would always use the possessive rather than definite?

Asked 5 years ago

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Larry C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

One of the quiz questions confuses me________ la reunión ya que han llegado a un acuerdo.The meeting has come to an end because they reached an agreement.HINT: The meeting is now considered as finished
I picked the wrong answer here because in all of the examples given in the lesson, the verb dar agrees with the subject of the sentence. That wasn't the case here, I assume because this sentence is written in a passive form. The subject of this sentence is "meeting" (singular) whereas the correct verb form given is "han dado." I assume the "han" agrees with the "they" who reached an agreement?

Asked 5 years ago

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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

para andar por los andamios"para andar por los andamios" Can't caminar be used as well as andar?

Asked 4 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is le needed here?Igual le ha tocado la lotería. Did you see Javier's amazing car? Maybe he won the lottery.Hi, is there a lesson that explains why le is necessary? Thank you, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Loaded political sentences

This is the third time in the past month that I'm finding loaded leftist political sentences in the quizes. You guys should really leave politics out of the learning environment. It's a huge turnoff. It makes you guys look very ignorant and extremist. One sentence for example was celebrating socialism. Very inappropriate to say the least.

Asked 3 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is “A” needed?A Manuel se le ha muerto el perro y el pobre está muy afectado.

Why does sentence need A at the beginning? (The other examples don’t have it).

Thanks very much

Shirley

Asked 4 years ago

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steve g.A1Kwiziq community member

There is rather than come

Hi,