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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In this example, there is no clear agent. Who is eating the paella? It could be la gente (3rd sing.) or las personas(3rd pl). Both answers are correct

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Dianna M.A0Kwiziq community member

ho do i get better

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Ron H.A1Kwiziq community member

The location of the city is permanent not temporary?

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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.

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

past progressive

Considering estar can be used in the preterite and imperfect with the present participle ( gerund ), are they used in different ways? Or do they mean the same thing? For example, do:

"Estuve corriendo" and "estaba corriendo" mean the same thing? I was running. Is one used more than the other for any reason?

Asked 8 years ago

Susan H.A1Kwiziq community member

Why don´t you give more examples and also do a proper test on this segment, I can´t see the point of this little kwiz bot things.

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M. C.A2Kwiziq community member

How can I tell if her is the direct or indirect object in a sentence like, I waited 2 hours for her. Or I waited for her for 2 hours.

La/le esperó dos horas.

Is 2 hours a direct object in, "I waited [for] 2 hours."?

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david c.A1Kwiziq community member

When I translate this with other programs and ask native speakers, this is completely incorrect.My research tells me that he visto means I have seen, NOT I saw. Maybe this is correct in some countries, but I haven't found any native speaker in the U.S.A. who translates these simple past sentences (i.e. I saw, they saw) with the use of haber. They are simply vi, viste, vio, vimos, and vieron.

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Tommy S.B1Kwiziq community member

.I don't understand your answer. I used present subjunctive yo form and the answer was in the indicative

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Andy E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What's more common in spoken Peninsular Spanish - with or without the article?

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