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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I know this is not exactly on topic for this lesson, but I have had a longstanding question about adverbs/adjectives modifying verbs in Spanish:

Asked 7 years ago

Alexander B.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

¡Hola!

Let's have a look at the examples:

1)

- Sorry, I couldn't come yesterday, I was a bit busy

- You couldn't have come anyway, roads were blocked because of the snowfall

2)

- I saw Maria yesterday

- You can't have seen her. She left for Bahamas three days ago

How can I express these ideas in Spanish by means of the verb poder and perfect infinitive?

Regards,

Alexander

Asked 6 years ago

allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Oops, that didn't copy right

The given translation was:

"tienen que ser acreditados por"

and my answer, marked incorrect, was:

"deberían ser acreditados por"

Asked 6 years ago

ANSHU P.A2Kwiziq community member

•Why do we have to use 'pero' in the first sentence?

•In the hint provided, it was given that tardar tiempo = take long, then in the answer key, why is 'mucho' used?

Asked 5 years ago

JonathanK X.C1Kwiziq community member

Conditional with preferir?

If the construction starts with “si prefieres X....” isn’t “si preferías X...” also correct?

Asked 4 years ago

Valerie R.B1Kwiziq community member

Sorry. Didn't finish the question! So what I call the preterito, you call the preterito indefinito? And imperfecto de indicative, you call pret.im

Asked 7 years ago

Eric G.C1Kwiziq community member

recordar / acordarse

In the Superbike translation exercise, you translated "We'll always remember this day" as "Vamos a acordarnos siempre de este día". Why is "Vamos a recordar siempre de este dia" not also correct ?

Asked 6 years ago

Alan D.B2Kwiziq community member

The ramblers wanted to enjoy nature

I chose "quisieron" because there isn't any verbal clue that they actually went rambling and "tried", so how can one decide which is the correct answer? They could have had the desire without the intention!

Asked 6 years ago

John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hola,

Can you explain why the translations are "Eran tan refrescas" and "...estaba deliciosa."

They are both describing the food so I would have thought that they would both been the same - i.e. using ser.

Hope you can clarify.

Regards

John

Asked 6 years ago

Anne A.A2Kwiziq community member

: ___, donde tú vives ¿hace mucho frío?

The speakers are having a phone conversation.There, where you live, is it cold? : ___, donde tú vives ¿hace mucho frío?

Why is alli not possible in this question? Considering that they are on the phone, they might feel quite far apart from each other.

Asked 6 years ago

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