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The lesson says: Notice how, sometimes despite using the singular "lo + adjective" (lo menos caro), we conjugate the verb in the plural form (son). This is because, being a neutral idea, it can refer to a group of things, i.e "The least expensive things..."

This wording is not clear to me. Do you mean to say that the verb is single or plural depending on the object of the sentence? For example: 

Lo más impresionante del viaje fue la cantidad de museos interesantes.

"la cantidad" is single, so "fue" (single) is used - is that correct?

Lo menos caro de esta tienda son los accesorios.

And here, "los accesorios" is plural, hence "son" (plural) - correct?

Both my native certified teacher from Madrid and ChatGTP agree that this translation is wrong. There's no "might" about it - the neighbors WILL call. There is no nuance here. 

A tree has fallen down; the neighbours might [sic] call the council.

Please consider these changes: 

"El Futuro Simple, also known as El Futuro Imperfecto, is used when we want to express the probability of something happening in the PRESENT" -- i.e., not the future.

And replace bad (what you call "nuanced") examples with ones that make sense like:

Dónde está Ana?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Estará en casa. (She's probably at home.)

Quién llama?? [i.e., right now, in the present] --Será Pablo. (It's probably Pablo.)

Hola!

I've been following this and could do with some expert assistance. I was looking at this line:

Note that conjunctions o/o bien can either present a person with a choice to make (either one thing/idea or another) or both options are seen as possible. There is a choice to make here:

My question is, is there something implying exclusivity - that it's the father or the mother, but not both? I would assume in English that it could be vague still - it might be the case that there's only room for one person, or it could be that one or both parents come, but a brother isn't suitable.

Thank you so much!

Ciaran

Esta explicación es incorrecta:

Verbs ending in-zar in Spanish, like organizar (to organise), analizar (to analyse), cazar (to hunt) are irregular in El Pretérito Indefinido because the spelling changes for pronunciation reasons in the first person singular (yo).

De hecho, ze y ce tienen la misma pronunciación. Más bien es una regla ortográfica que la Z generalmente no va con la E ni la I. 

How would I know is I should use ,tengo un Hermano’ or ,tengo el Hermano?’

Hola maestra, 

Me ayuda a aprender por que es "Me gusta jardín." en vez de "Me gusto jardín." por favor. 

Saludos

In the example, "I made a chocolate cake" when would you use ha hecho versus hice? Are they both the same?

The lesson gave me the impression that articles are only needed when they are in plural form, but based on the discussion below it sounds like they are always needed for both singular and plural forms. Is that correct?  So that’s why “el cantar” was correct in the quiz question but “cantar” alone was incorrect?  How do we know when a verb is considered a noun without a quiz hint?

Are there some activities that do or don’t take “a” or “a + article”? Juego al ajedrez vs Juego un partido.

Hola!

I'm new and finding this really useful, but I was wondering about this:

Tal vez ________ cervezas en el frigorífico. (encontrar)

The answer is meant to be encuentres - but I thought that with e.g. tal vez / quizás you could use either encuentres or encuentras, I think I'm missing something but I'm not sure what! Do you know where I'm going wrong?

Thank you!