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Tony B.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Please help me follow this explanation.

"We use the preposition "de" after the adjective..." by adjective do you mean facil/dificil?

when the subject is "the thing" (el armario) - Can you expand please as to what "the subject being the thing" means? What thing? What does thing refer to here?

"...not when the subject is "doing something" (montar el armario)." Isn't the subject always doing something? I don't understand this distinction.

All the examples are great and I can sense the pattern but I'd like something more concrete to be able to lock-in to the rule please :-)

Asked 3 years ago

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Dee J.C1KwizIQ community member

Devuelva vs devuelvan

Hi Kiwziq team,

las comunidades indígenas están reclamando que se les devuelva algunas piezas de museo, porque pertenecían a sus antepasados.

I'm slightly confused as to why this uses 'devuelva' and not 'devuelvan' given that it's 'algunas piezas' being returned and 'las comunidades indigenas' doing the demanding. Please could someone offer an explanation?

Many thanks

Dee

Asked 3 years ago

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Marcos G.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

How would we express wish and feeling about events in the past?

For example,

"It bothers us that you never studied Spanish", or

"I'm so happy that your boyfriend went to Harvard".

"I wish we had met sooner"

Would we use the imperfect subjunctive?

Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Bob M.B1KwizIQ community member

Accent in conjugation of reirWhy is the i accented in the conjugation of reir but not in other e>i verbs? What is the rule for use of the accent here?

Asked 9 months ago

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Javier L.B1KwizIQ community member

El Futuro Simple

Does “¿Dónde estarán?” mean both “where will they be?” and “where might they be?” ?

I would think there would be different ways to express the two different meanings in Spanish.

Asked 3 years ago

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kaly t.B2KwizIQ community member

Why not the Subjunctive in this example?

Diga a los señores Moreno y Ruiz que pueden pasar a mi despacho.

Is it incorrect to use "puedan" rather than "pueden" in this example sentence?

Thanks in advance,

Kaly

Asked 2 years ago

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Tala d.B1KwizIQ community member

why add "me"

why do you add "me" as in me comería, or me compraría. Just for emphasis? Can one do away with the "me"?

Asked 3 years ago

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R. M.A2KwizIQ community member

Querría, quería, quisiera - difference

Which tenses do these 3 forms represent? I suppose one is the usual conditional tense

Asked 2 years ago

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Abbie P.B2KwizIQ community member

que and quien"que escribió "Elegía" en 1936"

"quien había fallecido"

Just wondering, why is it que in the first example and quien in the second?

Asked 2 years ago

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John O.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Y nos conoceremos mejor

Hola Inma,

Is there a reason why the construction “llegar a conocerse” doesn’t work in this context?

I felt that the text “get to know each other” required something that would capture the process over time [llegar a], rather than simply the reflexive verb [conocerse], or is it simpler than that? Saludos. John

Asked 3 years ago

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