My inclination is to go with the imperfective when talking about someone who has died, as I think of it in terms of general description about who they were:

“My mother was an amazing woman. She was an excellent teacher, and loved her work.”

Am I correct that the imperfect is most appropriate in this situation? Would putting a time limit trigger the preterite?

“She was a teacher for 20 years, and loved her work.”

Asked 6 years ago

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Ben C.C1KwizIQ community member

Que vs Si

is there any difference between these 2 sentences:

Sería bueno que Carmen estudiara más.

Sería bueno si Carmen estudiara más.

Gracias

Asked 6 years ago

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C. A.C1KwizIQ community member

Quedar vs Quedarse for Results

I'm not clear on the difference between Quedar and Quedarse when expressing results. The lesson says to use quedar to emphasize a result, and to use quedarse to express the result of a change. What's the difference, please? For instance, the following two examples seem pretty similar to me:

Seguro que quedarás contenta con tu pelado nuevo.
I am sure you will be/end up pleased with your new hair cut.

¡Laura va a quedarse pasmada con la noticia!
Laura will be astonished with the news!

Thanks.

Asked 5 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 8 years ago

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