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E. G.B2Kwiziq community member

Why not "estuvo explicándole"?

Fernando ___ a Luisa... In another lesson you said that when naming the person, the "le, les" cannot be omitted. I used "estuvo explicándole" but the right answer is "estuvo explicando." Why? Thanks!

Asked 2 years ago

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Jessica H.C1Kwiziq community member

Un tazón o una tazona?Since ‘a cup of coffee’ is, ‘una taza de café’; why is the augmentation in the masculine despite there being a feminine version?

¡Qué tazón de café me he tomado esta mañana!

I had a really big cup of coffee this morning!

Your answer to Marcos does not explain why a feminine version exists since, as you say, 'When we form a noun using the augmentative suffix -ón, the new word is always masculine, regardless of the gender of the originating noun. This is because nouns ending in -ón are generally masculine’.

Asked 1 year ago

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Dragana E.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

¿Tú vas a hacer tu lista?

How do you do the upside down question mark?

Asked 4 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Conventional conjugation

Hi,

I have read elsewhere that at least some, if not all, of these verbs can be conjugated as normal. Although I am not sure of the circumstances. Is this correct?

I have also seen a list of 100 verbs 'like' gustar. Is this correct.

Gracias y saludos,

Colin

Asked 2 years ago

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Mahek R.A2Kwiziq community member

while translating but i also like horror movies alot, i wrote pero tambien me gustan muchas las peliculas de terror. why is this wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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Heather M.C1Kwiziq community member

me tomeEl médico quiere que me tome estas pastillas I don't understand why we need 'me' in this sentence!

Asked 2 years ago

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Will S.C1Kwiziq community member

Additional adverbs + de

I think it should be noted that there are some additional adverbs which can be combined with de:

cerca (de)

adelante (de)

arriba (de)

Please confirm/update?

Asked 3 years ago

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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Use of "de" after "millón"

It is probably worth remembering that Spanish has a specific rule stating that "de" must always appear between "un millón" [or "millones"] and the noun which it is qualifying. Is this mentioned in one of your lessons? ... Does the same rule also apply to "billón"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Andrew T.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of subjunctive

Many years ago in a Mexican Spanish school I was taught that in a sentence like. No creo que Susana venga/haya venido hoy only those 2 options are correct. The imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive are only used if the verb in the main clause is in a past tense. There seems to be disagreement on this topic. What does RAE say? Is there regional variation on this topic?

Asked 3 years ago

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