Spanish language Q&A Forum

Can I say menos tiempo instead of menos? Can I also say se tarda mucho menos tiempo (it takes much less time)?

The question is:

No ________ papeles al suelo.
You must not throw papers on the floor.
HINT: Choose the correct passive form.

The four possible answers are:

se puede tirar
se puedes tirar
te puede tirar
se pueden tirar

The correct answer given is se pueden tirar. Should it not be:-....   “No se deben tirar papeles al suelo”

Hola,

Not sure I’m entirely clear on this usage...

I get the ‘to what’... but I was surprised that it also means ‘at what’ in the mini-quiz (thinking that was more naturally ‘en qué’). Don’t think I saw this referenced in the lesson?

Is that the extent of it? - use ‘a qué’ for:

- To what

- At what

Gracias,

Maybe I’m wrong but I thought in English, “when” is the one that goes with pretérito indefinido because it is “when” something happens, “when” something interrupts an existing action. So I would say “I was taking a shower when the phone rang” or “when you called, I was talking to a friend.” It’s weird to me to use “when” to go with an ongoing action. I mean “when” is a point in time, right? Not an ongoing event.

Can I suspend my membership in the French course until I am ready to resume?

Thank you, Inma

Do the grammar rules for "nunca" here also apply for "tampoco". Consider the following four sentences.

Ella no pudo entender tampoco la pregunta.

Ella no pudo entender la pregunta tampoco.

Ella no pudo tampoco entender la pregunta.

Ella tampoco pudo entender la pregunta.

In one of the mini quiz questions the answer options gave en not a as the chosen preposition: never have I gone to Paris (it said en Paris, not a Paris). We can use either and they'd be right?

Amable gracias,

On the quiz, the question was: Es ________ hora; ven más tarde.  

My answer was “una mala” and it was marked wrong.  It was supposed to be just “mala”. 

Could please explain why “una mala” is incorrect? It didn’t mention anything in the text about not using the article.  Thanks.