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Mimi M.A0Kwiziq community member

fue vs estuvo

in number 8 why is it fue premiado and not estuvo premiado?

Asked 4 years ago

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Cindy R.C1Kwiziq community member

Una pregunta....

En este frase, no entiendo por que es "Si usted hubiera venido antes, yo le atendería" y no "Si usted hubiera venido antes, yo le habria atendido". No entiendo por que la tradución en ingles es I would have served you y no I would serve you.... Help!

Asked 6 years ago

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Carole O.A1Kwiziq community member

Gerund v Past Participle

Please could you explain the following:

Los chicos estaban sentados en el borde de la piscina. correct
Los chicos estaban sentando en el borde de la piscina. not correct
The boys were sitting on the edge of the pool.

I am pretty sure that I have been taught to use the gerund rather than than the past participle in this kind of an example.

Many thanks (Mainland Spain)

Asked 5 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

should it be cabezoto instead of cabezota in the first sentence?

Asked 5 years ago

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Doug B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A possible suggestion

HI- It might be helpful to also clarify that you don't use a possessive when speaking of part of your body. For example: as shown above, "My leg hurts" would be translated as "THE leg hurts me" "Me duele LA pierna" ,

NOT as we would more commonly say in English, "My leg hurts me" "Me duele MI pierna".

Asked 6 years ago

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Celia V.A2Kwiziq community member

Conjucations for acaba de

What are the rules for conjucating "acabe de"? Is it:

yo: acabo detu: acababas deel/ella/ud: acaba denosotros: acababamos devosotros: ?ellas/ellos/uds: acababan de

Asked 6 years ago

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Catriona T.B2Kwiziq community member

AccentsPlease explain the rules for accents in Spanish -- not just written accents, but we also need to know which is the stressed syllable in a word without written accents that we have not heard before. This is very confusing because most explanations I have seen elsewhere only describe rules for written accents in terms of the variation from the usual norms for pronunciation but that is not helpful if we don't know what the norm is.

Asked 7 years ago

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Meghan Y.B2Kwiziq community member

Demasiado or tanto

A question in a quiz asked No es bueno beber ___________ alcohol. The answer was tanto but I chose demasiado. don't they both essentially mean the same thing? Or is there a distinction in Spanish? Thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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T. E.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

He comido muchoCould one also say 'yo he comido mucho?'

Asked 7 years ago

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