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Erika K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reflexive verb maquillarse

I was taught to use the phrase, "maquillarse la cara". Is "maquillar su cara" natural to say in Spanish?

I wrote "voy a maquillarle la cara", and I think this is also correct.

Asked 5 years ago

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Tom W.A2Kwiziq community member

Hay / Il y a

I had wondered whether Spanish 'hay' and French 'il y a' were derived the same way - a combination of third person singular from the verb 'to have' ('ha' and 'a') and 'y'.

Is that completely wrong?

Thanks

Tom

Asked 4 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sentirse or sentir

The question is:

Qué ________ por ese chico?What do you feel for that guy?

The answer given was sientes. However for me a possible answer to the question could be "I feel happy for him" which translates (hopefully) into Me siento feliz para él. So should the answer to your question not the reflexive "te sientes"

Asked 7 years ago

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Alan K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This is what we do in English!

(Sorry, this is not really a question, but a hopefully helpful comment.)

Colloquially in English we often use the future tense to express present probabilities or predictions, just like the Spanish. E.g. We could say "I'm not sure where John is, but he'll be practising his Spanish I should think." Or "Do you think Fred has arrived home yet? Oh, he'll be relaxing with his feet up by now."

Asked 7 years ago

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Emily A.A2Kwiziq community member

When do you use “yo dije”?

Asked 7 years ago

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Rohan S.A2Kwiziq community member

adjectives vs nouns

foggy and sunny both are adjectives, the why is it hay niebla and esta soleado?

Asked 5 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Montar en/a - I would like to ask whether there is any difference between montar en and montar a or whether they can be used interchangeably?

Asked 6 years ago

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Karim B.B2Kwiziq community member

At around [time]: sobre or hacia?

It seems that one can use both sobre and hacia to express that "at around/around" a certain time something is happening. e.g. "I meet you at around seven".

Can they be used interchangeably in this context or is there a difference between when one would use sobre and when hacia?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ginkgo L.A1Kwiziq community member

feminine numbers?

Why are numbers written with the feminine article when telling time "es la una y media", but written with the masculine article when writing the date, "mi cumpleaños es el uno/primero de enero"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Susan L.C1Kwiziq community member

Before a masculine plural noun is the correct form cualesquiera

Asked 7 years ago

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