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Else S.A1KwizIQ community member

Tú sales de trabajar muy tarde. You get out of work late - why is iy 'Muy' tarde?

Asked 8 years ago

Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

reflexive spanish verbs are in the infinitive form when followed by pronoun, but the bot says: "separame: and I said: separarme . Pls explain why?Kwizbot Pero ahora no podría separame de mi "handbike" You pero ahora no podria separarme de mi handbike. I think wizbot is incorrect: from what I have learned so far, and having checked online, reflexive spanish verbs are in the infinitive form when followed by pronoun. Also per Spanishdict.com they say: “Reflexive pronouns are attached to the end of affirmative commands. For compound verbs like the present progressive, the pronoun can either be attached to the end of the infinitive or present participle or go before the conjugated verb.” Thank you! Nicole

Asked 7 years ago

David C.A1KwizIQ community member

tener que vs deber

What is the difference between tener que and deber?

Asked 5 years ago

Paris K.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

que se hayan hecho

Hola forum y los expertos

Mi pregunta es sobre la traduction de 'since they have became so popular on the market' a 'desde que se hiciesen tan populares en el mercado'.

¿Es possible decir también 'desde que se hayan hecho tan populares en el mercado'?

Asked 6 years ago

Doug B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Preterito indefinido vs perfectoHi, I've been confused about the same thing and found the previous questions helpful..Would really like to read the link cited but system says it's not available. (Seem to be getting that reponse frequently). How can I find it? The link is: When to use El Pretérito Perfecto or El Pretérito Indefinido (present perfect or simple past)

Asked 7 years ago

Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

When to use articles

Hi,

In the translated text above, these terms all get the articles, however, in the test, they all don't.

i.e.:la astronomía, y en las matemáticas. También, trabajaron en la agricultura y el comercio"

in the test, it corrected me, so I'm a bit confused:

Could you please let me know when you can/cannot use the article "le,la,las" etc in front of these:

The test examples:

Kwizbot Los aztecas destacaron en astronomía,

You Los aztecas destacan en la astronomía,

You could also say: Los aztecas destacaron en la astronomía,

Kwizbot También, trabajaron en la agricultura

You También, trabajaron en agricultura

[note: here I dropped the article and it didn't correct me]

Well done! and in mathematics.

Your answer matched mine: y en matemáticas.

Thank you for your help and have a great day!

Nicole

Asked 6 years ago

Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Can I use tengo ganas de - directly with a noun without resorting to a verb? e.g. Tento ganas de/Estoy deseando un pastel de chocolate? Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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

David M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

ya sea que + subjunctive

It might be worth mentioning in Kwiziq's lesson Ya sea/ya fuera... o... to express whether... or... - [number 8284] that verbs [usually?] take the subjunctive when they are governed directly by "ya sea (que)..."

Asked 3 years ago

Kent W.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

To come or to go

A quiz question asks “vas a venir al cine mañana?”. In English it seems more common to say “are you going to go the movies tomorrow?” (or simply “are you going to the movies tomorrow?”) Any insights into this use of venir instead of ir?

Asked 4 years ago

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