¡Hola! Leí una página que indica que "a menos de que" es un dequeísmo y no es correcto (aunque si lo uso, se entiende). ¿Es así? ¿O hay una diferencia entre los dos que depende en lo que viene antes y después? Y sea lo que sea, eso se aplica a otros tal como "con tal de que," "antes de que," y "después de que?"

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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 4 years ago

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Meltem O.C1Kwiziq community member

Estar vs Sentir vs SentirseIn the same exercise, I translated "he wouldn't have felt so afraid" as "no se habría sentido tan asustado" but again it was corrected as "no habría estado tan asustado" and "no habría sentido tanto miedo". In the explanation pages for sentir and sentirse, we are told that we should use adj/adv with sentirse because it is about how one feels and with sentir noun should be used because it is about what you feel. I preferred to use sentirse+adj. I am confused why the version I used not accepted.

Asked 4 years ago

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Marnie C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reading of Los montañes

Although we have had the sound with the video, it would be helpful to have somebody reading SLOWLY the text..In this way we can listen to the words and listen at the same time. This is how the French module is set up. It helps us learn. Graçias!

Asked 6 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 7 years ago

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James G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

el imperativo para el verbo dar

¿En este ejemplo por qué la forma segunda persona singular del verbo dar se usa para el imperativo?

Here is my question in English, in case my question in Spanish is incorrect or just too awkward:

In this example, why is the 2nd person singular form of the verb, dar, used for the imperative?

Asked 5 years ago

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Missy E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comparative vs superlative; more vs the most

There was a sentence in the lesson:

Dime cuál te gusta más.

Tell me which one you like the most.

Wouldn't this translate to

Tell me which one you like more. ?

How would you say the correct sentences in Spanish to translate more and the most?

Also, why do speakers of Spanish have a difficult time when learning the comparative and superlative forms in English? It's like they don't realize they exist in Spanish too.

Asked 4 years ago

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

noun or adjective?

Sorry, Im a little confussed.

Before I attempt to answer this, isn't patience an adjective (modifying Victor, the noun). Or is it referring to "few patients (pacientes)- not little patience" as a quantity?

In otherwords, I believe paciencia is an adjective (quality - not quantity), and I think the poco would be a modifier and not be changed. It would stay poco. Right?

But if the word was patients (pacientes- quantitiy of patients), then the poco would change to poca, because paciente is a feminine noun.

Asked 6 years ago

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