Spanish language Q&A Forum

It's not quite true that English has only two demonstratives - there's an older word still in common use at least in the North of England, usefully equivalent to 'aquel':

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/yonder

It's in wider use in the phrase 'wild blue yonder'

Why is the verb contar used instead of decir in the sentence  El dependiente me está contando 

The third sentence is not a complete sentence as it lacks a verb. For that reason, I attached it to the second sentence with a coma. To me, that didn't sound right either. Often, I don't grade myself on punctuation because I find that phrases that can stand alone as complete thoughts end with a coma in these exercises, and those that should continue after a coma don't. Because we are transcribing without the opportunity to go back or listen ahead, it is sometimes difficult to know which to use. I usually don't bother correcting punctuation and just correct my Spanish. This paragraph was particularly bothersome. Yes, I do listen to the whole piece beforehand and even take quick notes, but this taxes my short-term memory, especially with the longer readings and higher levels. Professional transcribers constantly pause and backtrack so as not to make mistakes.

Why do you say que interesante and not como interesante

1. cuantos años tiene mafalda? How old is Mafalda?

How old is Mafalda?

I'm confused about Kwiziq vocabulary choices. The words in quotes are those presented as correct whereas as those in bold were the words I chose in my translation.

Why "alguna" instead of cualquier? [ ... do you have any color and style preferences...]

why "rosa" instead of rosado? [... with my pink dress...]

Why "voy a" una boda instead of voy a ir una boda? [I'm going to a wedding...]

Thank you.

Pati Ecuamiga

Hola Inma, busco un listo de verbs de moviemiento.  He buscado el internet.  ¿Existe un listo de estos verbos?  Gracias y que tengas una buena tarde.

Ken

Are there lessons having to do with the pauses and intonation in Spanish speech? I guess I'm using English patterns to place commas and periods when transcribing spoken Spanish and am frequently wrong.