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William W.A1Kwiziq community member

Usually adjectives ending in "a" can also end in "o" to differentiate gender. But here "hipócrita" is invariable. What other "a" words are like that

Asked 7 years ago

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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

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Matthieu M.C1Kwiziq community member

copy/paste texts?

hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to copy and paste the texts? I realise they are not just "mere" text files as you can click and find out meaning/grammar points etc but it'd help to review them without being online and without any help/hints.

thanks in advance.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jamie L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Object-verb-subject vs Subject-verb-object

Hola,

In a Spanish show I've been watching, I often see the Object verb subject construction. What I would like to know is how prevalent this construction is in everyday Spanish. Are there situations where it is more commonly used?

Example.

Nos gustaría que sus cosas las tuvieran los niños.
Nos gustaría que los niños las tuvieran sus cosas.
*Sus cosas = Las cosas de sus hijas

Asked 5 years ago

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Nancy T.B1Kwiziq community member

Primero and tercero"First and third before masculine singular nouns

Note that primero (first) and tercero (third) have a shorter form when they are placed in front of a masculine singular noun. " Then when are primero and tercero used, if ever?

Asked 5 years ago

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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 7 years ago

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R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gustar vs querer

"Cómo ________ usted el cambio? ¿en monedas o billetes?

How would you like your change? In coins or notes?

querría

quiso

quieres

quisiera

se gustaría

querrá"

Why would "se gustaría" be incorrect here?

Asked 5 years ago

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lilou l.C1Kwiziq community member

(una) mala idea

Hello,

in this sentence :

... ir al psicólogo no sería mala idea. (That thing about going to a psycologist wouldn't be a bad idea.)

why isn't it : "... ir al psicólogo no sería una mala idea." ?

thank you !

Asked 6 years ago

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Jim H.B2Kwiziq community member

mientras - mientras que

What is the rule for using "mientras" or "mientras que"?

For example:

Escribo mientras que él come. Why can't I say: Escribo mientras él come.

Él habla mientras yo leo. Why can't I say: Él habla mientras que yo leo.

I cannot see any difference in syntax, usage or meaning between these two sentences, yet three native speakers have all told me they would only say the first, but could not tell me why or give me any grammatical rule. Please help... someone/anyone.

Asked 2 years ago

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Christy R.B2Kwiziq community member

When to use past vs perfect subjunctive?

One of the questions connected to this lesson is: No es posible que ________ en la montaña. (It is not possible that they got lost in the mountains.)

The correct answers are given as se perdieran and se perdiesen. But why can't it be se hayan perdido as well?

Asked 6 years ago

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