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Ricky M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

a la casa?For:

Yo fui a casa de mi abuela la semana pasada.
I went to my grandmother house last week.

Why is this not fui a la casa rather than fui a casa?

Asked 7 years ago

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Doug B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation re parents and twins

In the sentence:Ellas a luz a unos gemelos preciosos. (They gave birth to beautiful twins),

1) does "ellas" indicate 'several women gave birth to several sets of twins'?

2) If a married couple had A set of twins, would that be ' ellOs a luz a un gemelo precioso?, Or does 'a luz' literally only refer to the mother who gives birth?

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Alan K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

EscucharEscuchar means "to listen to", rather than "to listen" I thought. That's why I chose "quienes" rather than "a quienes" (plus the accents!). But you have to include the "a" in this case, do you? I know the Spanish like to duplicate prepositions!!

Asked 7 years ago

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Jamie L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No tener que hacer algo vs No tener por qué hacer algo

Hola,

¿Qué es la diferencia de significado entre "Alguien no tiene que hacer algo" y "Alguien no tiene por qué hacer algo"? Y ¿por qué no se use "por que", sino "por qué" con el acento?

Gracias! (I hope that all made sense!)

Asked 5 years ago

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Doug B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Recommended sequence of study

What would you suggest as the "best" way to approach the lessons in kwizIQ. The initial test recommended B2. Is it best to study only the lessons suggested in the dashboard and trust the system to move me up and also to eventully fill in gaps from lower levels, or to also take tests for the lower levels and review those lessons, sort of jumping around from level to level, topic to topic.

Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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Alejandro S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hace dos años vs. hacía dos años

I’m confused between hace and hacía + time frame. Do you have a deep dive on this? Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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Steve B.C1Kwiziq community member

hubo/había with a set time

“Maria told us there was a meeting at 4”

hubo is incorrect here, but I thought with a set time it became ‘hubo’? What am I missing?

Asked 7 years ago

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Karim B.B2Kwiziq community member

no solo...sino (que?)

From the above lesson it is not fully clear when one would use "no solo...sino" and when one would use "no solo...sino que". Is the rule similar to the one mentioned in this lesson: Difference between pero, sino and sino que in Spanish (but) whereby "If we need a different conjugated verb in the second clause after sino, then we need to add "que" after sino."?

Asked 3 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Contestar a

The question

________ a vuestra pregunta.I am answering your question.HINT: Conjugate "contestar" in El Presente Continuo.

I understand the answer Estoy contestando buy why is the preposition "a" included in the original sentence. "Vuestra pregunta" is not a person. Estoy contestando a vuestra amiga

Asked 7 years ago

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Magdalene C.A0Kwiziq community member

What does madrugar mean?

Asked 6 years ago

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