It says ' Do you prefer to wait sitting or standing' and I had to fill in the gap for prefer/preferir.
' Usted prefiere esperar de pie o sentado?'
I don't understand how prefiere is the answer and not prefieres
Why is it prefiere not prefieres?
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Tamara C.Kwiziq community member
Why is it prefiere not prefieres?
Asked 6 months ago
Hola Tamara
This is because in the sentence you have the subject "Usted" meaning "you" in a formal way, and for this the conjugation you need is the one without the -s: "prefiere". The conjugation for the usted form coincides with the 3rd person singular "él / ella" (he/she).
If the text was saying "¿Tú ...... esperar de pie o sentado?" then you need "¿Tú prefieres esperar....?
I hope this clarified it.
Saludos
Tamara C. asked:
Why is it prefiere not prefieres?
It says ' Do you prefer to wait sitting or standing' and I had to fill in the gap for prefer/preferir.
' Usted prefiere esperar de pie o sentado?'
I don't understand how prefiere is the answer and not prefieres
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