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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Miramos or vemos

Is miramos wrong instead of vemos? “Mi familia y yo miramos películas de terror”

Asked 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lleva vs. está

Is lleva interchangeable with está and what is the difference between the two? Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Would it not be imperfect?

One of the questions in this section was:

Mi prima ________ Miss Universo. .My cousin was Miss UniverseHINT: Conjugate "ser" in Pretérito indefinido

I got this correct (fue), because of the section it is in, but would it not be better to use the imperfect for this example? Mi prima era Miss Universo. There is no time frame involved, outside of being in the past. Does it really matter? Just wondering. Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Catriona T.B2Kwiziq community member

AccentsPlease explain the rules for accents in Spanish -- not just written accents, but we also need to know which is the stressed syllable in a word without written accents that we have not heard before. This is very confusing because most explanations I have seen elsewhere only describe rules for written accents in terms of the variation from the usual norms for pronunciation but that is not helpful if we don't know what the norm is.

Asked 6 years ago

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Michael K.C1Kwiziq community member

Difference between 'pocas + noun in plural' and 'Unos pocos/unas pocas + nouns in plural'

I am a little confused with the following quiz sentence/ answer: 'Tardé pocas horas en hacerlo.', for which the correct answer is 'pocas horas'. Why wouldn't 'unas pocas horas' also be correct?

Asked 5 years ago

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Vince V.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of falda

When I hear the phrase "la falda es bonita", it sounds like "la fine-da ...". I would expect to hear something like "foul-da". Do you agree? I have to admit it has taken me years and a pair of good hearing aids to make progress with hearing Spanish pronunciation. Thank you for your excellent Spanish learning application!

Asked 3 years ago

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Sarah Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Why can't I add this to my notebook? It would be handy to keep.

Asked 5 years ago

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Daniel L.A2Kwiziq community member

Inanimate Objects#Why does it say "You never use le and les to replace inanimate objects." When other sources say that spanish does not distinguish between inanimacy.

Asked 6 years ago

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R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive for facts?

On the quiz, there was the statement "El hecho de que yo quiera ir al concierto contigo no nos hace pareja." I thought hechos (facts) were expressed in the indicative?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kristen W.B1Kwiziq community member

Mateo is not sure that the athlete won the competition. : Mateo no está seguro de que el atleta ___ la competición.

According to the kwiz, there are 2 correct answers to the question:

haya ganado ( my answer)

ganara ( imperfect subjunctive)

The page on the subjunctive does not address using these subjunctives interchangeably. I learned that when the subjunctive trigger is in the present tense ( no está seguro) and the event being considered is in the past ( won the competition), the present perfect subjunctive is called for. Do you have a lesson the the distinction?

Asked 6 years ago

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