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ALICE R.C1Kwiziq community member
Why "Mucha gente está pasando por el parque" and not "paseandose" since this means more that they are walking than just passing... ?
Asked 5 years ago
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John O.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Siente que su grado de veterinaria no le llenaHola Inma, The translation provided gave this as "she feels that her veterinary degree does not fulfil her." I know that there are other verbs which function in this way, where an indirect object is used instead of a direct object. I think this is the case with pedir, decir, preguntar for example, where the direct object is implied as communicating "something ... to another person." Thus in my above question is it that "No le llena" implies that her degree does not fulfil "something" in her. Is there a lesson about this, or is there a way of recognising these verbs, or do we learn them as we go? I hope this makes sense. Saludos John
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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Mantel ... accent

I would like to ak why is the accent in the audio on the second syllable?

Asked 5 years ago
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Ronald T.B2Kwiziq community member
Yo no ________ a nadie en la fiesta de Marcos.I didn't know anyone at Marcos' party. The correct answer is conocía? seems like a contradiction.
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Missy E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
No...nunca

This is one of the sentences for this lesson: 

Yo no como nunca pescado, ¿y tú? (I never eat fish, and you?) 

This sounds awkward to me. Shouldn't it be 

Yo nunca como pescado.  ? (Without 'no' and putting nunca before the verb)

Asked 3 years ago
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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.
Asked 6 years ago
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Doug B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"Todo aquel que" and "aquel"

If I'm correct, it appears from the quiz that "aquel" and the  equivalent "todo aquel que" forms have identical meanings.  Would it be worth adding a note in the lesson to clarify that "todo aquel que" is simply another alternative? 

Asked 5 years ago
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Robin C.C1Kwiziq community member
Use of the 'el' with infinitive as nounhi the lesson seems to say that use of infinitive with or without the 'el' are equally correct, but in the Micrquiz Q2, 'wake up to ...' if I answer without the 'el' its marked wrong.  Is there then more subtlety to this topic than is in the lesson, if so maybe the lesson needs deepening a bit?  Robin
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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?
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Paris K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Los que hayan visitado la ciudad de Barcelona,

Hello, please can you explain why the above sentence is using a subjunctive conjunction! As far as I was a aware, repetition, description, ifs, mental states and obligations use subjunctives, but I do not see anything like that here.

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