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Anne B.A2Kwiziq community member

Youngest daughter: pequña or mas joven

Hello,

One of the questions involved translating a sentence that mentions a “youngest daughter.” I used “muy joven” but the answer was “pequeño.” I thought that pequeño means small, so this use of the word surprises me. Is it just one of those things one has to know?

Thanks for your help!

Anne

Asked 4 years ago

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DYLAN A.A1Kwiziq community member

tiempo and estacion

hola,

both tiempo and estacion are used for season, why?

Also, entonces and asi are bothed used to say "so". When do you use each?

Finnally for yo suelo, what verb is suelo conjugated from to mean usually?

gracias

Asked 5 years ago

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Marc W.A2Kwiziq community member

SeducirIn the question:Los chicos de mi calle ________ a las chicas todo el tiempo.The boys in my street used to seduce the girls all the time.HINT: Conjugate "seducir" in El Pretérito Imperfecto.I answered seducion however it marked me wrong and stated seduciron as correct I thought you remove the -ir as made example in the lesson.

Asked 6 years ago

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deepanshi a.C1Kwiziq community member

Accentuación dudas

Hola, tengos dudas en la acentuación de las palabras arriba. Según lo que he estudiado "compráoslos" no sería correcto. La tilde debería ser en o: "cómpraoslos".

También en otras palabras tengo dudas de la accentuación.

No estoy segura. ¿Si esto (lo que esta escrito en los ejercicios)es correcto por favor digame cómo?

Asked 7 years ago

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Would it not be imperfect?

One of the questions in this section was:

Mi prima ________ Miss Universo. .My cousin was Miss UniverseHINT: Conjugate "ser" in Pretérito indefinido

I got this correct (fue), because of the section it is in, but would it not be better to use the imperfect for this example? Mi prima era Miss Universo. There is no time frame involved, outside of being in the past. Does it really matter? Just wondering. Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

en.mi piel/en la piel ... wouldn't the definite article be more appropriate or is piel an exception to the rule? thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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John B.A2Kwiziq community member

Why En and not DeEn quien estas pensada (not sure I remembered the last word correctly). In English this would be "of whom are you thinking?" so why is the Spanish En quien and not De quien. (Accents do not appear to work)

Asked 7 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive and Imperative

Hello,

I have had a lot of difficulty distinguishing between choosing whether a verb is in the imperative or subjunctive in some complex sentences.

Is there a clear way to determine this?

For example, I'm not sure which of the 3 categories in the lesson, this sentence I came across and failed to identify as subjunctive, would fall under:

"Al final será el consumidor quien pague la factura."

I would have used the present or imperative here more so. (Would it be possible?)

Thank you,

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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