Spanish language Q&A Forum

In a test question, I answered “Nosotros nos llamamos Ana y Maria” and was marked incorrect, with “Nos llamamos Ana y Maria” offered as the correct answer, yet.......your lesson on reflexive verbs uses nosotros nos in an example. I am aware that the pronouns can often be dropped but I feel a bit cheated given it is used in the lesson example and not accepted in my answer in the test question.

?inmantada    o    imantada?

spanish dict no conoce "inmantada"

I'm having a tough time knowing when to use the simple past and when to use the imperfect. Could someone walk me through the sentence below and help me understand why we use the different tenses?

The instructions in the link say:

The choice of tense depends on whether the speaker is "still inside" the "unit of time" that's being used or implied:

Use the present perfect ("he ido") form when talking about the past:

- today, this week, this month, or this year

Use the indefinido ("fui") form when talking about the past:

- yesterday, last week, last month, or last year (or further back)

But then an example on the lesson page has this:

Ellos han visto el amanecer.

They saw the sunrise.

In this sentence, as with many of the quizzes, there is no way to know the context and so we have to follow the instructions as to which tense to use. Part of the fun of the quizzes is not reading the directions.

I think this is the root of the frustration here. Perhaps if more context were provided we could have a chance of answering without the addition direction needed.

"Do you have a cellphone?" (formal) = "Tiene usted un celular".

Yes yes yes, I know it's more common to have "Usted tiene" but that is also more ambiguous of a statement vs a question. "Tiene usted" leaves no question of it AND it's presented in the lesson as possible and I was still marked wrong saying I should have just used "Tiene". That is a real basic mistake for a website that I trust to teach me more Spanish than I have learned on Duolingo, especially when Inma already stated below apparently you added it to correct answers a year ago.

Hi!

RE: her stamina and her joy.

Kwizbot           su vigor y su alegría. 
You                  su vigor y alegría

Would it be correct to not have the “su” repeated as I wrote? What lesson would that be?

Thank you. Nicole

Where does the word "Librólogo" come from, please? Is it a play on the word Librero/a?

Yo creo que Marta tiene celos. 
I think Marta is jealous.

I don't think María is jealous.

Thanks!

In the writing challenge 'Melon with ham' we are asked to translate "You just need to cut some melon slices"

I wrote "Solo necesitas cortar algunas rodajas de melón" and it was corrected with "unas rodajas".

I understood these were interchangeable, and I'm yet to find any definitive to the contrary. Could someone please explain my error here?

Saludos