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Jennifer R.B2Kwiziq community member

Meanings of words like tenir

I am confused by this list of words like tener. Is it correct that DETENER means both to stop and arrest? This seems logical. MANTENER seems to mean both maintain and to keep, but what is the distinction between MANTENER and MATENER? Does SOSTENER mean both to support and to maintain? Does it also mean to sustain?

Asked 6 years ago

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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This link doesn't answer my questionWith a subject "vosotros" why would the imperative ever be "a lavarse el pelo"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Valerie M.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of past progressive

When should I use the past progressive rather than the imperfect tense

Asked 6 years ago

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Gail G.C1Kwiziq community member

How does "Hace días que Laura no viene a visitarnos." fit the pattern?This was the quiz answer. I would have chosen "Laura no viene a vistarnos desde hace días." but it wasn't an option.

Asked 8 years ago

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Marc G.B1Kwiziq community member

Tanto vs demasiado

There are examples here with "demasiado dinero" and another with "tanto dinero" both meaning "too much money." That's very annoying.

Asked 2 years ago

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Philippe T.A1Kwiziq community member

Omitting the pronoun: marked as incorrect The lesson clearly says: "In Spanish, you can omit the pronoun yo (I) and use the verb on its own: Vivo en Madrid." yet if you omit it in the quiz it marks it as incorrect

Asked 7 years ago

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Julia M.C1Kwiziq community member

"Lo que yo hubiera dicho". -- in English, don't we use "might" in this type of phrase?

Asked 7 years ago

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Janet c.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of "medio" vs "el mitad do"

Se comió ________ bocadillo. He ate half the sandwich.

medio was the correct answer. I put "el mitad de" which was marked wrong.

EDIT: Maybe because I used "de" instead of "del"? Now it is being marked correct with that answer. If this is the case, shouldn't it show me that "el mitad del" is the correct answer? This is confusing.

Asked 4 years ago

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Brett T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'm really struggling with the distinction. In English, I often don't think that I make much of a distinction between "what" and "how" I feel.For example, "What do you feel for that guy?" and "How do you feel about that guy?" are asking exactly the same thing. How would these two phrases translate (be worded) diffierently in Spanish?

Asked 7 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hi. Why is there ya pague and not ya he pagado? Is it not latin american Spanish?

Asked 6 years ago

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