Spanish language Q&A Forum

When translating an account the past in Spanish would the english translation be in the present or past tense? Like “apagan los fuegos” is they extinguish the fires but in english we would say they extinguished the fires, right?

In the lesson, these sentences do not make sense to me in English:

What's the difference if I use 'todos los correos' instead in the first example?

Are there 2 adverbs cuándo and cuando? WordReference.com has both listed. I need an explanation on this for A1 beginner (me).

There are a number of good questions below about the use of the preterite vs the imperfect.  There is some confusion about the speaker choosing to bend the rules in order to express an action in a certain way.  This is a very useful topic and might be a good lesson of its own, "When the speaker bends the rules for a specific reason".

In the question "¿________ semana te vas de vacaciones?" the answer was Que, but since a specific week was being requested, wouldn't the answer actually be Cual? (sorry it seems I cannot make letters with an accent in the Q&A Forum fields)

No seas tonto.   It feels like we are describing a temporary condition. Why is ser used?

The choices include c) salgan and d) hayan salido.  Aren't both of these subjunctive? The correct answer was c), salgan. I read through the lesson fairly thoroughly and don't see why hayan salido would not be correct as well. What am I missing? Thanks!