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Celia V.A2Kwiziq community member

Conjugating

For this lesson, would it be correct to say that you generally conjugate the verbs ending in "ar" to "aba" (e.g. hablar becomes hablaba) and that you conjugate verbs ending in "er" and "ir" to "ía" (e.g. soler becomes solía)?

Asked 6 years ago

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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Although vs. Even if

It seems like many of these questions can be interpreted either way. In English, the two are often interchangeable in a given sentence depending what the speaker wishes to say. Although we have many things in common... OR Even if we have many things in common...

How do we know which translation to provide--subjunctive or indicative?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ian K.B2Kwiziq community member

forgetting the question marks

Why am I marked wrong because of this?

Asked 3 years ago

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Margaret R.A1Kwiziq community member

Is there any way I can go back over tests I have taken as a review. I think I could learn more about sentence structure. Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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Jim K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Poneos doesn't seem to make sense with vosotros...

Your example is:

Cuando os tumbéis en la playa poneos la crema solar.When you lie down on the beach put some suncream on.Why isn't 'poned' used here? It's an imperative command isn't it? Is it because of the 'OS' tacked on the end?

Asked 5 years ago

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John O.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Ver is regular in the pretérito indefinido?

Hola,

Is Ver "regular" if the accents are missing on the first and third persons singular conjugations?

Regards

John

Asked 6 years ago

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Roger D.A1Kwiziq community member

esta instead of estas

Why is this the correct answer: Usted esta en la lista and not Usted estas en la lista?

Asked 5 years ago

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jack C.A2Kwiziq community member

What do you mean by " going for work"?

I am afraid I didn't meet , as yet, this expression in English and thus, I don't know its meaning. So, can't say if it is "por" or "para" ..

(probably the Spanish sentence has a well defined meaning but, with my poor Spanish, can't say what is this meaning..

Asked 6 years ago

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Ean H.A1Kwiziq community member

Cómo estás Hello, about the question: "Pedrito, how are you? " My answers were: ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal? and ¿cómo está?. The bot took my third choice as non correct. At the explanation tab however, it states : "even when we greet a person using their first name, we can still use a formal greeting as a sign of respect for an elderly person or because we feel that person prefers a more formal approach - in this instance we can still use the formal question: "¿Cómo está?", for example: Carmen, ¿cómo está?" So, I dont understand why cant we use the formal type for Pedrito too. I would think because he is a child but still a child could have the right to prefer a more formal approach. What is the case here, and why is the question: "Pedrito, ¿cómo está? wrong?

Asked 4 years ago

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Lyndsey G.A2Kwiziq community member

Curious

El smoking es tan elegante como el frac.

I find this example strange, can you check the audio to ensure it matches? I am having trouble with "smoking" how would that be pronounced? Ess-mo-keng? I guess this word is just throwing me for a loop

Asked 6 years ago

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