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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of concederThe government will offer more help. El gobierno concederá mas ayudas. Hola, does conceder mean to offer? I can’t find an online dictionary with conceder meaning to offer. Muchas gracias, Shirley.

Asked 1 year ago

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Z. G.B1Kwiziq community member

Do "hay" and "había" actually come from the same root word?

As other users have commented, "había" seems to be the past-tense equivalent of "hay".

"Había" is the past imperfect conjugation of haber, but the present tense conjugations of haber (he has ha hemos han) do not include "hay".

Is the word "hay" some other conjugation of "haber", or is not actually from the same root word?

Asked 10 months ago

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Kate A.C1Kwiziq community member

Había vs. hubo

In the quiz, I selected "Había muchos niños en el parque." This was marked wrong, rather, "Hubo muchos niños en el parque."

I'm wondering why my answer was marked wrong, given that one of the examples in the lesson is nearly identical to my answer: "Había un perro en el parque."

Asked 8 months ago

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Cornelia F.A2Kwiziq community member

There are no "accent signs" on my computer., so my answers look incorrect. Please advise.

I have no possibility to use accent marks. How will you know my answers are correct?

Asked 4 weeks ago

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Devin P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tal Vez accepts indicative and subjunctive?

Hello, in one of the lessons I read Tal Vez accepts both indicative and subjunctive, but when I included the indicative in my answer to the following question, it was marked wrong.

Tal vez ________ una gala benéfica para los niños pobres.

There might have been a charity gala for poor children.(HINT: Conjugate "haber" in El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)hubohabríahubierahubiese

Could you please explain?

Asked 3 months ago

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A negative statement after the "que" in a sentence that begins with a positive opinion phrase

In a sentence like:

"I believe that Juan does NOT have the book.", which is correct?:

Creo que Juan no tiene el libro. o

Creo que Juan no tenga el libro.

Asked 1 year ago

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Sebastian S.A0Kwiziq community member

Yo Tengo / TEngo

What is the point of having a yo before the tengo. Cant you just put the Tengo.

Asked 3 months ago

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Michael T.C1Kwiziq community member

The title of this lesson is "stem-changing" -car verbs but the example doesn't change stem

For example, "buscar" is used as an example, but it is not "stem-changing". Maybe change the title of the lesson by dropping the word "stem-changing".

Asked 3 months ago

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Will M.B1Kwiziq community member

se before a

in the phrase Compré estas joyas porque quiero regalarselas a mi esposa. Why do you need the se?

Asked 1 year ago

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Janusz P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

condicional tras quizás

Claude-3.5-Sonnet dice que

"They may want a higher salary"

puede traducirse como