Spanish language Q&A Forum

When is one preferred over the other?

I know the -- if after a noun is doesn't make since with " which or that,"  then use " de que" if you intend it to be " that"

But like what about the other times?

I swear it almost seems like other than what I said above, it's interchangeable.

Thanks.

In the example "A veces ________ que llevamos casados 20 años", why is simple olvido wrong? - when there was another question in another kwizz about forgetting a towel, and olvido was correct. How are we supposed to know if something is accidental or not? I must say that I find this lesson absolutely confusing and no matter what I put in the answer, it always seems to be wrong. 

(And I notice that it lists me as C1. I'm not C1, I am still struggling with B2. The Kwizbot doesn't understand the fluctuating nature of how people learn, forget, re-learn, get wrong again, and so on.)

Hello,

I was confused as to why it's (y voy a salir de casa temprano) and not (y voy a salir la casa temprano)

I think that the concept of "verbs like gustar" might become clearer by seeing a literal translation as well as the English interpretation/translation. 

Is this the correct sentence construction for "verbs like gustar"?

Indirect Object + verb like gustar + subject ?

Le entristece la mala noticia = The bad news saddens her.

Could the literal translation be: For her, the news is saddening OR should it be To her, the news saddens? Neither really make sense in English! “Her, the news saddens = The news saddens her” and makes the verb transitive, no? And “her” becomes the Direct Object “la” instead of the Indirect Object “le”. Can “entristecer” be used as a transitive verb AND as a “verb like gustar”?

But surely the more correct Spanish would be: 

Las malas noticias la entristecen OR la entristecen las malas noticias

Are both forms acceptable?

How then can I reconcile la in that last version with the le in the lesson version? "La" is a Direct Object while "le" is an Indirect Object, no?

So, again, can “entristecer” be both transitive and a “verb like gustar”? OR is either version incorrect?

 Phew! HELP?

I am looking to update my groups and a few students have graduated.  How do I remove them?

please help me understand why we use tengo/tiene and not estoy-soy.

How do I add Spanish accents and upside down question marks when completing written exercises?  My keyboard does not support Spanish language.  

Hola!
La segunda pregunta de la prueba dice:
Espero que ____ el avion a tiempo.
I hope that (we will get) the plane on time. 

Elegí "tómaremos" en las opciones. Porque tomar en futuro de subjuntivo es esto - we will take. 
Pero Kwiziq me dijiste que la opcion correcta es "tomemos". Pero esta opcion está en presente de subjuntivo - we take.
Puede explicarme por qué me equivico?
Gracias!