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Ryan S.A0Kwiziq community member

Non specified gender

I’m the examples “that is an umbrella” and “I have an idea” where there is no clear gender established is it acceptable to use either un or una?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Despite not appropriate in one example.

Four examples in the lesson. In the last three ,you could translate con lo que as "despite"but that would not make sense in the first example and seems not to fit the pattern.

No sé cómo no estás agotado con lo que corres.I am surprised you are not exhausted with all the running you do. ¿Vas a salir con lo que llueve?Are you going out despite all that rain? Me sorprende que esté tan delgado con lo que come.I can't believe how thin he is given how much he eats. Con lo que me ha costado este curso y ahora no es válido.After all the effort I made to do this course and now it turns out that it's not valid.

Asked 5 years ago

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Grace C.A0Kwiziq community member

Ese es EL ladrón, why not LAS? It hasn't taught me anything to help me with this distinction?Ese es ________ ladrón. The correct answer is el, I answered with las. When I click on "Discuss this lesson" it shows me examples of masculine and feminine the, as in las, los, el, la. Why should this be el, instead of los?

It is frustrating that this program isn't teaching me something before quizzing me on it, or helping me understand why it's wrong. Am I missing something, or is the program missing something? If it's me, what am I missing?

Asked 4 years ago

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Heather S.C1Kwiziq community member

Is there a difference between “Ten un buen día

Asked 7 years ago

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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sentir and sentirse

I get that sentir goes before a noun and sentirse before an adjective. But in a test the question was "Yo siento que voy a explotar, comí demasiado."

How do we know whether to use sentir or sentirse in a sentence like this?

Asked 4 years ago

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Victoria Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Mostly habitual sentences

Hola, I see most of the reflective verb examples are habitual sentences, such as "todas las mananas", "todos los dias", 'siempre" etc. Is this usually how a reflective verb would be used? at least in the beginner's context? Gracias

Asked 5 years ago

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Cathy L.A1Kwiziq community member

I'm confused about mi hermana here, which is this refer to?Mi hermana presume de novio. (My sister boasts about having a boyfriend.)

I don't understand this question. What about ella hermana _______de novio. What will be the answer?

Asked 6 years ago

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David M.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Telling us to use the verb form "emocionarse" was misleading?

The hint: "to be excited = emocionarse" suggested to me that "Me emociono saber que Zoe..." would be the right form, but no - the correct answer was:"Me emociona saber que Zoe ..."

I have the impression that both versions are correct, are they?

Asked 5 years ago

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Wylie Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Test Percentage Never Changes

I have obtained 99.0% on this objective; but no matter how many times I answer the questions on the quzzes correctly, the percentage never changes; not even by a ten of a percentage point. Am I the only one having this problem. Can it be fixed?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ricky M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why use 'a' instead of 'para' or 'por'?

In the examples of "¿Quién prepara la fiesta a Sofía?" and "Nosotros les preparamos la cena a nuestros invitados."

Why use 'a' instead of 'para' (for) or 'por' (on behalf of)?

Ricky

Asked 8 years ago

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