Spanish language Q&A Forum

Dear Kwiziq,

In virtually all of the dictations I have completed, I have found that it is quite difficult to discern when a sentence ends based on the speakers voice. This is to say, the speaker lowers his/her voice in a way that implies the end of a sentence, but when the answer is shown it becomes apparent to me that the lowering of the speaker's voice was actually meant to convey a pause. Is this the natural way hispanohablantes speak --- whether from Spain or Central/South America?  Of course, as recommended, I do listen to the dictation before attempting to write it out, but I cannot memorize where sentences end vs. when there is a pause in the speaker's speech. Consequently, I'm constantly guessing at when the sentence ends. I am a native English speaker and typically, when translating spoken English to written form, lowering of the voice signifies a period --- not a pause (comma). As such, I often find it confusing (indeed, quite frustrating) to differentiate pauses from ends of sentences in the Kwiziq dictation exercises.

Pati Inez Ecuamiga

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

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I put le invité. Is that also correct?

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under this section, the quiz showed a question as below.

Estoy intentando que ellos nos ________ una oportunidad.

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Is there a way to make flashcards and add these to notebooks? Thank you so much for everything. I love this site. 

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I don't care if he is far away.

He went away just for me.

In my opinion he should go far away.