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Beki P.B1Kwiziq community member

Difference between adjectives and nouns

I am having an extremely hard time telling the difference between "how" I feel and "what" I feel (so I know when to use "sentirse" and when not to use it.)

Also, I don't know how to tell what is an adjective and what is a noun. There don't seem to be standard endings for adjectives. (orgulloso, alegre, frustrado, etc.)

Asked 2 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English translation________ parece una muñeca de porcelana. Because of all that make-up she looks like a porcelain doll.De tanto como se maquilla.
Hola, I’m confused about the English translation, which uses the noun make-up (maquillaje in Spanish). However the Spanish uses the verb se maquilla, which I thought means to put on make up (Because of all the makeup she puts on..). Muchas gracias, Shirley.

Asked 1 year ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Disfrazado = dressed Disfrazado = dressed

can we use disfrazado instead of vestir ?

for this sentence, We were all dressed in white

estabamos disfazados en blanco? is this correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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Barbara L.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is poder not in the subjunctive?no sabemos qué puede pasar mañana.

Asked 3 years ago

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Lalaine S.A2Kwiziq community member

Confusing/unhelpful hints on the mini quiz

The hints giving in the mini quiz for this lesson are not very helpful. Correct me if I am wrong, but the verb that we need to conjugate is ir not the second verb in the infinitive. Therefore, the hint should read conjugate ir in el presente, correct?

Asked 2 years ago

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Dana-keli T.A1Kwiziq community member

Tener in third person

How would you say he/she has?

Asked 2 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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C C.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiz question question

On a quiz question, my answer was marked wrong because I read "que se vaya" (irse) as "go away" instead of "is". This seems wrong to me. Irse means to GO away, not to BE away. The suggested answers don't even test the difference between "por mi" and "para mi".

What does "Por mí que se vaya bien lejos." mean?

I didn't want him to be far away.

I don't care if he is far away.

He went away just for me.

In my opinion he should go far away.

Asked 4 years ago

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Larry C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A hint was on the wrong page

"Sobre" was given as a hint for "on" one page prior to where it was used (on the last line of text).

Asked 2 years ago

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