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Cristina J.A2Kwiziq community member

other meaning of mientras mientras= as

as he gets older, he gets more attractive

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John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Dolor de

Hola Inma,

The sentence given was "resultados terapéuticos en el dolor de estómago, cuello, espalda y pierna." In the A2 "Everything hurts!" exercise for this week there was a sentence "También, tengo dolor de estómago y de pies," where the "de" was repeated. I rationalised this as being way of saying that I have pain from / of stomach and from / of feet. I can't understand why the "de" isn't repeated in the example above from this B1 exercise.

Can you help please

Saludos

John

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Paul E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Visual Refresh!!

I don't know, I take ONE DAY OFF and you change the look of kwiziq!!!

It looks lovely doesn't it, a nice refresh and a bit cleaner looking to my eyes.

Thanks

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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English explanation

Please correct the English in these (and other) exercises. Native speakers of English would not say something is "different to". We say, it is "different from".

E.g., English is different from Spanish in that we use the apostrophe to show the possessive

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Ean H.A1Kwiziq community member

Cómo estás Hello, about the question: "Pedrito, how are you? " My answers were: ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal? and ¿cómo está?. The bot took my third choice as non correct. At the explanation tab however, it states : "even when we greet a person using their first name, we can still use a formal greeting as a sign of respect for an elderly person or because we feel that person prefers a more formal approach - in this instance we can still use the formal question: "¿Cómo está?", for example: Carmen, ¿cómo está?" So, I dont understand why cant we use the formal type for Pedrito too. I would think because he is a child but still a child could have the right to prefer a more formal approach. What is the case here, and why is the question: "Pedrito, ¿cómo está? wrong?

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Kathryn R.C1Kwiziq community member

Conditionals question

What is the translation of this sentence 'Nunca hubiese pensado que mi destino estuviese en Cantabria'.

Could it also be Nunca hubiese pensado que mi destino estaría en Cantabria? Or does this change the meaning?

Many thanks,

Kathryn

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Graeme R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

adónde with past perfect?

The lesson suggests that the use of adónde vs dónde is dependant on whether a verb of movement follows.

However, in a Kwiziq question "Luis me dijo _______ había ido de vacaciones" we are only given the options donde or dónde. But 'ir' seems to suggest adónde (Luis told me to where he went).

So, is it that 'ir' is in past perfect here (and that the movement is finished) that 'adónde' is not a valid option in this case?

Saludos

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David D.A1Kwiziq community member

Latin America focus

I'm new to this Spanish learning service and there's so about this that I really like - however - this is very very Europe focused. So much so that it blows my mind. I recognize that any Spanish learning is a good thing but it does add to my already considerable frustration with learning Spanish that I'm learning things that seem useless to me at this point. SO - is there a mod that can be activated to make this service more Latin America facing? AND shouldn't there be some up front notification that this is a program that is rooted in Spanish from Spain - which isn't what everyone wants.

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Ted S.C1Kwiziq community member

Hubo vs Había

Your translation of "There were many feminist movements" is given as "Hubieron muchos movimientos feministas" I had "Había muchos movimientos feministas". I can see why "hubo" would be preferred here, but I'm confused about "hubieron" Isn't the third person singular always used for "there was/were"?

Thank you

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Thea R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

when to use Imperfect and when to use Preterite for the past?

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