"It can be used in the singular, for example se tarda, se tardó or in the plural, for example se tardan, se tardaron. Se tardó dos horas en llegar. = Se tardaron dos horas en llegar. It took two hours to arrive."

So both examples mean precisely the same thing? Is there a situation where the meaning would change?

Asked 4 years ago

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L. B.A1Kwiziq community member

R vs D Confusion in Cardinal Directions?

Hello! I'm not understanding why these cardinal points sometimes have a "r" and some have a "d" in the name (as bolded). Can you explain this further? ie: El sureste as south-east makes sense (literally south+east), but what is sudeste??

El sureste/sudeste = south-east

El suroeste/sudoeste = south-west

El noreste/nordeste = north-east

El noroeste = north-west

Asked 5 years ago

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Álex D.A2Kwiziq community member

pelo claro vs rubio

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre "tener el pelo claro" y "ser rubio"?

Asked 5 years ago

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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

'Mejor' acting as an adverb

I [incorrectly] made "mejor" plural - to agree with "they" - by writing: "Eran aún mejores que en mis sueños". [Or could it also be correct with "mejores"?]

Perhaps we have to regard "mejor" as an adverb here, not as an adjective - so we should not make it plural - despite the fact that (in English) it looks like a complement of the verb "eran".

My grammar book (by Butt and Benjamin) seems to confirm that^ by giving the example "Aquí estamos mejor" = "We're better [off] here".

It seems that we need to be careful in deciding whether a particular word in Spanish should be treated as an adverb rather than an adjective. In particular, we should avoid the temptation of trying to judge it according to its grammatical context in English. [A well known example of that, is of course "Está bien"].

Asked 5 years ago

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Francis R.B1Kwiziq community member

Preterite yo form

Good morning Kwiziq team,

As always I love your content.

I’m not sure if this is covered in another lesson, if so feel free to direct me to it! Just sometimes struggle to remember when the verb in the yo form of the preterite indefinido for “ir” verbs end in í or e.

I think it’s verbs like introducir that threw me off; is it because that one is an irregular verb ending in ducir? Just that you highlight the consonant change, but not that the ending changes too?

Kind regards,

Fran

Asked 5 years ago

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Mags M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use estar?Is it too soon to ask for the situations when estar is used? Is it only for being in a place and for descriptive adjectives?

Asked 8 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

I hear you saying I HAVE TO use the vosotros form for Juan y tú. In my part of the world that would be the ustedes form.

I'm finding myself very confused because you are assuming something that I haven't been taught to assume. (I've been taught to assume something else.) I don't want to reprogram my brain! I'm content with *recognizing* (in a passive way) when the vosotros form is being used. But I'd like to continue to use ustedes when it is appropriate in the form of Spanish I've been learning and using. I don't want to learn (in an active way) the vosotros form.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jonathan B.C1Kwiziq community member

Vowel changes You say in the lesson that "the first vowel -e- in the stem becomes ie" but you choose as one example a verb (recomendar) where in fact it is the second -e- that changes. Maybe a slight rewording?

Asked 7 years ago

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Jim B.A1Kwiziq community member

“Maths” is not an English word

In English it’s only math, never the plural “maths.” This word doesn’t exist.

Asked 5 years ago

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