Spanish language Q&A Forum

Why is "of the mountains" not translated as "del montañas"?

Hello 

I see two lesson of pedir que with subjuntivo present and imperfect, both says this way is used to ask someone to do something but i am really confused when to use present vs imperfect with pedir que.

Thanks

Davesh

I believe it is possible to translate the following sentence:

¿Terminas tú el trabajo que teníamos para hoy?

as: Do you want to finish the assignment that we had for today?

instead of: Are you finishing the assignment that we had for today?

If so, what is the rationale for that translation?

Hello Kwiziq team, 

In this translation exercise, would using the verb llevar in the following sentence make sense? ''Tercero, llevaré menos tiempo en mi teléfono.'' instead of ''Tercero, pasaré menos tiempo en mi teléfono'' 

Many thanks

Buenas días 

I understand Afectar is a transitive verb, which requires a direct object (without a preposition).

I saw these sentences:

La nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario.

La falta de oxígeno afecta al cerebro.

I'm curious to know why these two sentences use a preposition "a".

Muchas gracias

The speaker said dió rather than dio. 

Just a tad confusing although it probably happens in everyday speech.

I was always told that he, has, ha were present perfect and hube, hubiste, hubo were preterite perfect. I find terminology differs from course to course - is there a standard reference that explains the conventions on naming tenses?

Darrell

In the example: “ Dígame? - Hola, ¿puedo hablar con Juan?” isn’t “dígame” the imperative, not subjuntive?