Spanish language Q&A Forum

In the first sentence, is it possible to omit the “de” ? ie, “escoger entre todas las fiestas” ?

If so, does the nuance of the meaning change at all?

The kwiz question is: Cristina no sabe todavía ________ va a celebrar su cumpleaños.

The most import possibilities are dónde and donde.

If i look in the lesson: Difference between dónde and donde (with and without a written accent)

i see: if you can substitute it for "in what location", you can use dónde.

This answer was wrong, it should be donde. I don-t understand that, it seems to contradict the lesson.

Why am I marked wrong because of this? 

The confusing part is not se vs le for me but "to" vs "for." Your explanation was that an indirect object means to him/it, etc., but the example is "for him", which is very different in English. I think this needs to be explained. When I speak I usually try to clarify with "para mi" for "for me", but it may not be right.

Tom

As mentioned in the heading; I got this one wrong when I answered the question with the Spanish phrase 

 "Tú fuiste muy rápido a Salamanca.” 

As “you were the fastest of Salamanca” as the “a” doesnt immediately follow the fuiste. 

However this one says that ir is the correct answer and that the answer is “you went to Salamanca very quickly.” 

Wouldn’t that be translated as “tu fuiste a Salamanca muy rápido”? Doesn’t the change in order change the translation? Or is it because the a appears after the fui ‘somewhere’ in the sentence that it changes the meaning from ser to ir. 

This is one of the topics I have found very confusing. 

Kind regards; 

Fran 

Under the C1 topic of "How to say to remind someone of something with the verb recordar", the question is: 

El olor de esta comida _________________ mi ninez. 
The smell of that food reminds me of my childhood. 
HINT: It conveys something that is brought to her mind. 

(Sorry, I can't type the tilde above the n). 

The accepted answer is "me recurerda a". I think it should be "me recuerda".

This is the lesson:

https://progress.lawlessspanish.com/my-languages/spanish/tests/results/783193/system?quick-lesson-popup=5

This is what it says:

The cases mentioned above using the preposition "a" are all to do with "finding some kind of similarity between two things or two people". This is when we use the preposition a. 

However, there are cases when it still means "to remind of ..." but here the idea is that "something is brought to mind".

Hi, 

I am having difficulty toggling between Kwiziq, Lawless Spanish and this site (Progress...)

When I am in the Kwiziq site, for some reason, I can't log in.  I have also tried what had been suggested to me earlier, to just replace the address with the Lawless one, and was told I'd be in the same place, but when I do that, it brings me to the main Progress with Lawless  "welcome" page, with the "Your Spanish Dashboard". and I've lost the page..

When I find something on the Lawless site and I sign in, I lose the page I was on and cannot find that page in the Progress with Lawless site.  

For example, in Lawless, I found an article on the Personal A, with links at the bottom.  This is the page I was on:

https://www.lawlessspanish.com/grammar/prepositions/personal-a/

Article name:

Personal A

{Excerpt : Although normally prepositions are not used in front of direct objects, in Spanish there is a special preposition called the personal a which precedes direct objects that refer to people, personified nouns, and animals.]

I was trying to find this  article thru a search on this  page I'm writing in, and didn't find this particular article, but  a list (which I included at the bottom of this message.)

Sorry for this being so long and probably confusing, but here are my questions:

1) how can I toggle from one site to the other/ and /or keep the page I'm on once logged in?

2) how can log into Kwiziq - it doesn't recognize me even though I got there via the activity listed here: 

and I enter my log in info but it doesn't recognize it.

2-1) for example I don't understand why I am not logged in anymore when I click on my name in the 

Q&A section in Lawless to get a list of my questions and I'm suddenly in Kwiziq.

3) How do I find this article below, that is at https://www.lawlessspanish.com/grammar/prepositions/personal-a/

but not in here, not that I could find easily anyway.

Thanks for your attention.

Nicole 

Thank you for your help. 

[Personal "a" verbs (Vocabulary builder)

/my-languages/spanish/review/830919 theme

Personal "a" verbs (ver, visitar, buscar, conocer)

/my-languages/spanish/view/6870 lesson

Using gustar to express personal attraction

/my-languages/spanish/view/6231 lesson

If you had come at ten I would have dealt with you personally. = "Si usted hubiera venido a las diez yo le habría atendido personalmente."

/my-languages/spanish/view/7078 example

Your friend, whose advice you followed, is not a trustworthy person. = "Tu amigo, cuyos consejos seguiste, no es una persona de fiar."

Hola los expertos y todos  

Alguien sabe porque la frase es escrita 'Los personajes andan soñando con un viaje a una isla desierta' y no es escrita 'Los personajes andan soñando de un viaje a una isla desierta'? 

No he visto  esa construcción antes y pues estoy una poca confundida. Si es normal,  podrían  dar otros ejemplos que usan la misma 'con' construcción