Spanish language Q&A Forum

To all of the teaching and development staff of Kwziq and Lawless Spanish:
If it were possible, I would recommend you to a top spot in both the teaching software and general software halls of fame. You gals and guys are the very best the world has to offer!
I am hopelessly addicted and probably moving too fast. I just love watching my percentages rise and can't get enough of it.

I am interested in the learning process from a neuroscientific point of view and I am witnessing numerous additions to my long-term memory. As a young child would, by immersion in the Spanish language, I am also adding new listening and speaking abilities every day to Broca's and Wernicke's areas in my most important asset, my brain. What I have learned is that the most important thing in life is to continue learning.
¡Saludos y congratulaciones a todos!
James Gordon, age 67

Hola,

Can we use these nuances as statements

Quisimos - 'we tried'

No Quise - 'I refused'

... with no further construction, embellishment added?

etc.

Gracias, 

Could "la plataforma" also be correct for platform, or is that Latin American?  Thanks

Hola,

We have porque, que and como in this construction - and we know that por can mean 'because of' - can it also be used as a causal conjunction in this sense?

Gracias,

I encountered the following question during an exercise at A1 level:

"Yo ______ mis manos en el agua. (I plunge my hands in the water.)"

It is my understanding that mi/mis should not be used with body parts or clothing. Could you please advise?

Thanks

Regarding the examples below, why is the subjunctive used rather than the imperative?

No cierres la ventana por favor, tengo calor.
Don't close the window please, I am hot.

Señores, cierren las carpetas ahora.
Gentlemen, close your folders now.

Thank you, James

Hola,

RE:  what this means: [the] when used 

It talked about the use of [the] colours

I was wondering what is the meaning of the use of brackets [ ] and ( ) in these tests.

Sometimes it seems that this means that the word in brackets is used in Spanish, but if I remember correctly,

sometimes it does not mean this.

So if there is a way to find out what these means and any others, would be very appreciated.

Thank you.  

Also wishing you the best in this New Year to you and your team!

Nicole

It would be nice to be able to slow down the speed of speech throughout the site. This could be done in 2 ways. 

(1) a fast or slow option could be available in the user profile to be toggled at will and would affect all spoken Spanish played aloud

(2) Where ever a speaker icon exists in quizzes, where the individual sentences are played aloud, two speaker icons could be provided, one for slow and one for fast.

It would be soooo helpful

Saludos, James

Hola,

Where there is a double vowel, such as leer, is the accent always placed on the second of the two vowels, ie leérmelo, etc?

Gracias,

How many distinct classes of irregular verbs are there in the subjunctive present tense?
If it is possible to say, how many distinct irregular verbs that do not belong to a class, such as ir, are there in the subjunctive present tense?
Knowing the answers to these questions could help me form a strategy to learn them most effectively and efficiently. I would love to simplify the learning of this topic.

Thank you, James