Spanish language Q&A Forum

I thought you don't need to use the personal a with animals although it's commonly used with pets. Is that so? So couldn't it be "vio los elefantes"?

Still struggling with this (and I can see I am not alone based on some comments, lol). Can I share my thinking and you tell me where I am making my mistake? On the quiz the question was: El policía persiguió al ladrón ________ no lo atrapó. (The policeman chased the thief but he didn't catch him. I went back and forth between "pero" and "sino que" for quite a while!  I thought "pero" would work because it makes a contrast (chased / caught). But, then I noted the change in verbs before and after "but," (persiguio / atrapo) and thus used "sino que." This issue, where I feel a note a second verb is one of the largest reasons I keep getting this wrong. How should I be approaching this differently? Thanks as always for your help! PS - I didn't use proper accents above as when I do my computer kicks me out of this program!

Do all ordinal numbers ending in 1/3 undergo the change? I understand the first word will not  (decimoprimero or  vigésimo tercero  will  NOT be decimprimero or vigésim tercero),, BUT  the second (primero/tercero) does?? 

Ex/ decimoprimer.

vigésimo tercer

How do you pronounce the word “vivo” in other words the letter “v”?

Hello

I would like to ask that this structure always followed by noun like la página, la mitad etc. Or conjugated verb or infinitive verb can also be used or anything ?

Por qué se dice 'evitar propagar' en vez de 'evitar propagando'

I was following along fairly well on the examples in this lesson until I came to: " Mi examen de ciencias saldría muy mal,"  (I would fail my science exam.)  Is this a common usage for salir?  What about "fallar" or perhaps "reprobar"?  Would they be a more common verb to use for failing at a task? As always, thanks for your help!  :)