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Dee J.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive/indicative

I used 'cuando suene la alarma' and was corrected to 'cuando suena la alarma'. I notice that an alternative could be 'cuando suene el despertador' so would my original translation, using the subjunctive with 'la alarma', be ok to use?

Many thanks

Dee

Asked 4 years ago

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pippy M.B2Kwiziq community member

Why no matching direct pronoun?

I don't understand the first example:

Lo he visto a él primero, y después a ella.

I understand the 'lo' to match the 'a él', but why doesn't the 'a ella' have a corresponding 'la'?

thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Unnatural Speech Patterns

One thing I find problematic (and frustrating even) about the dictation exercises is the intonation of the voice after punctuation (e.g., commas, periods, question marks, and even exclamation points) is highly inconsistent with natural speech. For example, typically speakers pause briefly after a comma, and the voice is raised sightly (or even demonstrably) after a question has been posed. These common features of natural/normal speech are too often absent and I think that is a major flaw in Kwiziq dictation exercises.

Pati Ecuamiga

Asked 6 years ago

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Sherri ..C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Multiple answers

If there can be multiple answers, it would be nice if the lesson indicated that.

Asked 5 years ago

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JamieKwiziq

For the last sentence, why do we use ser instead of estar?

Asked 6 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mi madre se peina el pelo con un cepillo nuevo

Hi,

Could 'el pelo' be removed from the above sentence and still retain the same meaning. I assume that peinarse means to comb one's own hair.

Thanks.

Colin

Asked 4 years ago

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Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Repeates lesson about 10 lessons apart.

This is a repeated lesson usint the same verbs: PERDER, DEFENDER AND ENCENDER. I wonder if that was deliberate.

Asked 6 years ago

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Marc W.A2Kwiziq community member

Mi hermano tiene ________ perros. My brother has many dogs.

Asked 7 years ago

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John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

My first time doing this type of exercise

I find the interactive options on this exercise brilliant. Listening, clicking on phrases, getting a translation all work seamlessly. Also the narrative is straight forward, relevant and a great introduction (for me) to the subjunctive. The Lawless method is really good. Being able to click into explanatory teaching materials straight from the phrases is so helpful. It makes learning easy. Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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Dave D.A1Kwiziq community member

I don't know what vosotros is and how it fits in with the other forms. Is there a lesson to help with this please?

Asked 6 years ago

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