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Janet D.A2Kwiziq community member

Will have been/ must have been

So does the future perfect of indicative adequately express the idea of “must”?

Asked 5 years ago

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using antes de que/después de que/luego de que with indicative or subjunctive..

1. I notice that in the headings of this subject, the "de" is placed in parentheses and that while most of the examples keep the "de", a couple don't, that is only "antes que" is used. Can you explain why this is so? Is there a grammatical reason or rule?

2. Is there a subtle, nuanced difference between "Despues de que" and "Luego de que", or are they completely interchangeable regarding meaning and use?

3. Is the tense of the subjunctive verb in the subordinate clause (i.e., presente de subjuntivo vs. pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo) determined by the indicative tense in the main clause?

Asked 1 year ago

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Lorin S.B2Kwiziq community member

Fuimos v eramos

Hello, why is the imperfect used in this sentence since knocking on the door is a single event? Why not "fuimos" ?

Eramos nosotros los quien llamamos a la puerta

sorry about the accents

Asked 2 years ago

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Stephanie F.B1Kwiziq community member

Who is going to make the first move

Would it also be correct to say...."quién va a hacer el primer movimiento?"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Ron B.A1Kwiziq community member

Letters of the alphabetIn the quiz this was the only question that I got wrong. That was because I did not understand the question and had never been told that all letters in the Spanish alphabet are feminine. Now I Know !

Asked 3 years ago

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Katherine J.B1Kwiziq community member

Animales y Plantas de Paraguay

Cuantos animales únicos son de Paraguay? Hay unos animales muy interesante o especial? Cuantos tipos de plantas son únicos a Paraguay?

Asked 3 years ago

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Perry A.B1Kwiziq community member

Qué pasó aqui? "Ustedes ________ solteros desde siempre. (You guys have been single since always)"

This is from a recent Kwiz. I chose hacen instead of están. When I was looking at the English clue in the parentheses, it sounded "past tense " to me. That is not the case as están is a present tense verb. What is going on here?

Asked 1 year ago

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Alejandro S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How formal is “Habiendo hecho”

The lesson was unclear on whether this sentence structure is colloquial, formal or written only. Kindly elaborate. Regards

Asked 3 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Alicia y Sara vayan juntos________ a la universidad. 2 is countable so why not juntas?

Asked 5 years ago

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