Question on why the final bit "we were a little dizzy" should be conjugated in imperfect rather than simple past. I imagined that one moment in time when "we were dizzy" should be the opposite. I get that estar is often conjugated in imperfect, but this seems a lot like one moment that's no longer taking place, encapsulated in the past, not continuing and not one that lasted long (given that "we were *a little* dizzy.") Help please?

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Ian B.A2Kwiziq community member

¿Alguien ha visto salir el sol sobre el Océano Pacífico?

¡Hola a todos!

Me ha gustado mucho esta lectura, pero quiero dejar un comentario.**

El autor escribe:

"Finalmente, quiero ver el amanecer sobre el Océano Pacífico, en Ciudad de Panamá, y el atardecer en el Océano Atlántico, en Colón."

Nunca he estado en Ciudad de Panamá. Dicho esto, ¿alguien ha visto salir el sol sobre el Océano Pacífico desde la costa oeste de Panamá? O, ¿ha visto ponerse el sol sobre el Atlántico en una playa de Colón?, en la costa este de Panamá? ;>)

**Utilicé DeepL translator y SpanishChecker para ajustar mi composición. Los errores son míos.

Asked 1 year ago

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Clara M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Thank you for the text about Papamoscas.

This was a really fun exercise for me...

My daughter and I spent last Christmas in Burgos, where all my father's family and ancestors are from. Whilst there we visited the beautiful cathedral and we saw Papamoscas! He certainly is a funny little man :) You do need either good eyesight or binoculars to see him as he is really high up!

Asked 5 years ago

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Carmen H.A1Kwiziq community member

Use of singular vs plural in SpanishI was taught, rightly or wrongly, that use of plurals in English in this type of sentence is typically translated as a singular in Spanish. Please provide feedback on this.

Asked 2 years ago

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Paul H.Kwiziq community member

Española in the Philippines

Estoy wondering que es la differencia entre Español spoken ayer than in Latin American. I know “ll” is a hard L ( ama-re-lia) instead of a soft double LL as used in la palabra “amarillo” in Latin America. What are some other differences?

Asked 3 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bring-ing

Traer is shown as meaning "to bring," but the conjugated examples translate as "is bringing" or "are bringing." How did the "ing" forms get in there?

Asked 3 years ago

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Patricia T.A2Kwiziq community member

Use of Os

I thought that Os was the pronoun for vosotros in this lesson so now I am confused how to use Os since it is not used in Mexico and the lesson did not explain it. I appreciate your help with this

Asked 4 years ago

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Gabor E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Does this example phrase fit in here?

Using an online translator to translate "Then it can be demonstrated that the statement is true."

I get "Entonces se puede demostrar que la afirmación es verdadera."

In the English translation it is optional whether you say "it can be demonstrated" or "one can demonstrate".

Is this the same construct as the one covered in this lesson? If so, should there be examples of it above? If not, is there a lesson that covers this one?

Thank you!

Asked 4 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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