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Valerie M.C1Kwiziq community member

Les defendía. Why les and not los... is it not a direct object pronoun? Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

David N.C1Kwiziq community member

This represents a form not used in Latin America--was it included here by mistake? Or do you keep us honest by occasionally inserting Iberian forms?

Asked 4 years ago

Walter P.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we say "pasear al perro" instead of "pasear el perro". Why is the "al" used?

Asked 6 years ago

Melissa M.A2Kwiziq community member

I'm still a little confused about how to determine which to use - cual or que. In this lesson, you have an example that says:

"En esta tienda hay flores bonitas, ¿cuáles prefieres?

In this shop there are pretty flowers, which ones do you prefer?
In a quiz I took here, I used cuales for what seems to be an identical sentence to me and it was marked wrong and said I should use "Qué":
¿________ flores prefiere?Which flowers do you prefer?
Is the difference that cual/cuales are used on their own and not before a noun? So only "which one/s". And If I want to say "which specific-thing" then I use que?
For example:Hay flores. Cuales te gusta?There are flowers. Which ones do you like?versusHay rosas y margaritas. Cual flor te gusta mas?There are roses and daisies. Which flower do you like more?
Is that correct?
Thank you!

Asked 4 years ago

Sarah E.B2Kwiziq community member

My dictionary says fruit (the plant) is la fruta. Why is the sentence -Los frutos rojos and not las frutas rojas ?

Asked 10 months ago

Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

quien/quienesBear in mind that the most common relative pronoun is "que" and it can refer to both things and people. However this also applies to relative pronoun "quien/quienes".

If I am reading this correctly, you're implying that quien and quienes can also apply to things as well as people. Is that really true? It's my understanding that they can only apply to people.

¿Qué piensas?

Asked 4 years ago

allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Past tense in the main clause triggers imperfect subjunctive? Why is this in present subjunctive?1

Me han recomendado que ________ a un abogado. Someone has recommended that I hire a lawyer.contratecontratarcontrataríacontrataré

Asked 6 years ago

D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tomo--why "here?"

"Yo tomo el café con menos leche"--why is "tomo" shown as "have" in the English translation? It is a very common phrase in English to say "I take my coffee with . . . ," so was there a reason to change it to "here?"

Asked 3 years ago

R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you please explain further why "cuál" is used instead of "qué" in these examples?

Ella quería saber cuáles eran mis intenciones.
Debes preguntar al médico cuáles son los efectos secundarios de las pastillas.

Asked 6 years ago

James G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Regarding o to ue verbs in the 1st person plural conjugation

Regarding o to ue verbs in the 1st person plural conjugation

For morir, we use muramos

For poder, we use podamos.

why the discrepancy using 'u' vs 'o' ?

Asked 6 years ago

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