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Zhang J.A1Kwiziq community member

Why does a sentence that already has an indirect object have an indirect object pronoun?

El padre le da la receta a la señorita. Senorita was the indirect object noun, why add to “le” in front of the da？And,：Qué le hace el médico al enfermo? Enfermo was also the indirect object noun, why add to “le”?

And, ：Le receta el médico al enfermo unas pastillas? Enfermo was also the indirect object noun, why add to “le”?

Asked 4 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thank you!

Thank you! I also found a very good website for pronunciation, listed by diphthongs, etc at:

https://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/diphthongs_and_triphthongs

which might be useful.

Nicole

Asked 7 years ago

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D. H.C1Kwiziq community member

Marcos ________ visitando a sus padres cada domingo. (He continues visiting his parents every Sunday.)

This is marked wrong with continúa as the answer (my answer), yet continúa is the correct answer for the present tense and according to your own "help" text. There seems to be a lot of sloppy "teaching" in Progress Spanish lately.

Asked 5 years ago

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Dorit P.C1Kwiziq community member

Fue o era

Hola, en el frase "Gregorio Rojo fue su primer entrenador", por que no es "era"?

Muchas gracias,

Dorit

Asked 6 years ago

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Ελισάβετ Α.C1Kwiziq community member

subjunctive with the same subject

Hola Inma,

Ayer me cobraron de más en ese bar, _conque_______ dudo mucho que vuelva a ir.

They overcharged me in that bar yesterday, so I very much doubt I will return.

This sentence is from a test a took here. Dudo and vuelva have the same subject, yo. Is there a rule for this? I thought, in order to use the subjunctive, there must be different subjects. Can you, please, explain?

Muchas gracias

Ελισάβετ

Asked 5 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS 2la oración: TOMAREMOS una tarta de manzana. How does "tomar" become "to have" and why not use "comeremos" or "teneremos"? Or, is there another verb "to have" which can be used in the form of "we'll have" as meant in the sentence, such as "tener"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Phil G.A0Kwiziq community member

In "Nosotros preferimos ir al campo otro día", why is it "al campo" instead of "el campo"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Cinzia F.C1Kwiziq community member

Which adverbs allow this construction?

It only says "We can also form the superlative of some adverbs with the suffix -ísimo", but not which ones these are.

There's something on cerca & lejos, but how about other irregular adverbs (those having an independant form, like bien)?

It seems these would not have any -ísimo from, as I neither found "lo hiciste bienísimo" nor "lo hiciste buenísimo", but solely "lo hiciste muy bien".

Asked 4 years ago

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Clare M.A2Kwiziq community member

Tildes in the preterite indefinido

Some verbs in the preterite indefinido have tildes and some don't. Is there a rule for when they are used or not used, as i'm finding it difficult to remember when to use them?

Asked 6 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lesson on Para as used here.________ horas trabajas, menos tiempo para la familia. The more hours you work, the less family time [you'll have].Hi, i read the list of lessons on Para and can’t find one that explains the use of para in this sentence. Which lesson is it? Gracias, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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