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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

muy bien! estoy marcando para unas futuras vacaciones!

Why: que había muchas opciones rather than: que hay muchas opciones or even subjunctively: que haya muchas opciones?

Asked 2 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

devoted husband or bohemian wanderer

La vida con Roberto probablemente se volvería muy aburrida, muy rápidamente, mientras que la vida con el bohemio sería un perpetuo juego de adivinanzas. Ella debería seguir buscando.

Asked 2 years ago

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J. L.B2Kwiziq community member

A memorable example of the se aspectual...

In There Will Be Blood:

Yo me bebo tu batido. ¡Me lo bebo entero!

Asked 2 years ago

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Martha R.B2Kwiziq community member

is there a quiz about las fallas de Valencia reading material?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jerald W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nice B1 reading and listening exercise.

It was very interesting to learn about the exams for public sector jobs in Spain. Good range of vocabulary and verb tenses. The native speaker was appropriately paced and clear for B1. Thank you for this exercise.

Asked 1 year ago

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Mirco N.A2Kwiziq community member

When not to use an article in SpanishThe translation for "for rare diseases" is "por las enfermedades raras". In English no article is used, in Spanish there is. Is there a rule when no article is needed?

Asked 2 years ago

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k h.B1Kwiziq community member

Asking questions using esto/esteHi! I have a specific situation that I encounter often in my job. (Coffee shop - we have hispanohablante customers.) And I'm not quite sure how to use these pronouns here, so I'll just describe the situation.

customer: quiero un café.

me: qué tamaño?

customer: pequeño por favor.

(the coffee shop in question has creative names for its sizes, so I often hold up a cup to clarify. :p)

me, holding up a small cup: cómo esto?

my understanding is that since the phrase "like this?" doesn't contain a noun after "this," then "esto" should be used. but technically we've been talking about "el tamaño," so is "este" correct instead? I've never been able to find something explain this exact scenario. 😅

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.A1Kwiziq community member

Must the formal include the article? Could you ask formally without using “usted”. ¿Cuànto años tiene? Or must it be ¿“Cuánto años tiene usted? I always see “usted” in the formal examples.

Asked 2 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

deber confusion for 2 very similar lessons

i am confused. there is another lesson that uses deber in perfect tense and deber in present + haber to indicate assumption that something must have happened that is expressed by the main verb as infinitive or past participle. This lesson seems to be speaking of the same thing until the last part that says

Eso debe de haber caducado hace tiempo

That must have expired some time ago
I am confused by this 2 very similar lessons. may you point out the differences to me?
how do I use such structure to say something must had been done as in an assumption in the past?

Asked 3 years ago

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Wenli L.C1Kwiziq community member

Una errata

En la frase "me quedo comtemplándola por horas", debería ser "contemplándola".

Asked 3 years ago

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