To me it sounds a bit contradictive in this lesson: first, you say "nouns that end in a consonant and refer to inanimate objects are generally masculine" and then you continue with "you cannot predict the gender of inanimate objects".

I have no problem with having to memorize things, but I think that first part may be confusing to some, so it might be better to just leave it out.

I'm very much enjoying the lessons in general though. ¡Gracias!

Asked 5 years ago

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David E.A1Kwiziq community member

Los mayores tienen mucho que ofrecer

I found the speaker very hard to understand.

Asked 4 years ago

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Melissa M.A2Kwiziq community member

Cual vs Que?

I'm still a little confused about how to determine which to use - cual or que. In this lesson, you have an example that says:

"En esta tienda hay flores bonitas, ¿cuáles prefieres?

In this shop there are pretty flowers, which ones do you prefer?
In a quiz I took here, I used cuales for what seems to be an identical sentence to me and it was marked wrong and said I should use "Qué":
¿________ flores prefiere?Which flowers do you prefer?
Is the difference that cual/cuales are used on their own and not before a noun? So only "which one/s". And If I want to say "which specific-thing" then I use que?
For example:Hay flores. Cuales te gusta?There are flowers. Which ones do you like?versusHay rosas y margaritas. Cual flor te gusta mas?There are roses and daisies. Which flower do you like more?
Is that correct?
Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Julie F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

present continuous

The translation for these examples have been translated in present continuous which I thought in spanish were Voy a construir una casa - I am building a house

Also Tú huyes del incendio has been translated as You're running away from the fire

which I thought would be - está huiendo del incendio

Thanks

Julie

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lo que

Hello,

re: Lo que pase con tu madre no es tu culpa .

I came across this sentence containing "Lo que" but for the life of me, can't figure out (by only looking at the Spanish) that "lo que" here means "whatever" and would therefore trigger the subjunctive.

How can I tell what is being intended by just reading such a sentence and be able to choose between "what" and "whatever"?

Thank you,

Nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Arthur H.B1Kwiziq community member

Ways to say "become"The "correct" verb required for this sentence is "se hizo": "Ella ________ famosa después del anuncio de la tele." I put "se convirtió" because it's a major change of her position in public life. "Hacerse" is described as a change of profession!

Asked 4 years ago

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Peter K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aunque + Subjuntivo

In the test you say the situation is hypothetical but the answer is in the future tense. Shouldn't it be in the subjunctive?

Asked 5 years ago

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tommy R.A1Kwiziq community member

How do you determine that the chocolate is hot using "el chocolate" is it because its used on the same sentence as cafe? And becomes an assumption

Asked 4 years ago

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Meltem O.C1Kwiziq community member

Using estar+gerund instead of ir+gerund

In the exercise, I translated 'so he was getting a little nervous' as 'así que se estaba poniendo un poco nervioso' but Kwizbot corrected it as 'así que se fue poniendo un poco nervioso'. In the explanation pages we are told that these two constructions are interchnageable but ir+gerund is more emphatic. So why was mine corrected? Is it wrong grammatically or does it sound absurd?

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