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Ashlyn T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

usage of a instead of paraEs evidente que Halloween ha venido para quedarse en este país.

can we say ha venido a quedarse instead of using para?

Asked 3 years ago

Alan D.B2KwizIQ community member

Could I say "El verano pasado solíamos ir a la playa todos los sábados".It is a completed action in the past, which needs the simple past "fuimos" if not using "soler + ir.

Asked 7 years ago

A G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Direct object pronoun with “por más que...”

This is really a question about one of the quiz questions:

I correctly chose the response “por más que lo intento” ________, no consigo recordar todo el vocabulario.

But would it have been grammatically incorrect to say “por más que intento, no consigo...” ?

Asked 5 years ago

Ben S.A1KwizIQ community member

¡La casa va a estar preciosa!

Hi, I'm, hopinh you can help out with this query -

In this sentence: "¡La casa va a estar preciosa!" we have 'estar' used, why isn't this 'está', or 'estaría', or 'estará'?

Thanks!

Asked 6 years ago

John O.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

"No seré demasiado atrevida"

Hola,

I still struggle with the whole ser and estar rules but I cannot see why ser is used in this sentence. If it means "I am not (by nature) the kind of person who will take risks" then "ser" would fit, but that is not at all obvious from the sentence. The translation offered was "I will not be too daring" [or something like that] which to me suggests that she was adopting a cautious strategy in the game, to avoid being embarrassed. Hence a temporary / changeable state.

Can you clarify this for me please?

Thanks. John

Asked 6 years ago

Ashlyn T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

translation on sentence

would this sentence be more suitable to be translated to i almost did not reach on time for my appointment, rather than i almost missed my appointment?

Casi no llego a mi cita a tiempo. No he escuchado el despertador esta mañana.I almost missed my appointment. I didn't hear the alarm this morning.

Asked 3 years ago

Bilha K.A2KwizIQ community member

Use of el and la

I notice that Spanish often inserts el/la where English doesn't. Like "como la observación, la intuición y la lógica." whereas in English one writes "like observation, tuition, and logic."

Is there a rule for this?

Asked 6 years ago

Carlitos L.A2KwizIQ community member

supiste vs supisteisIt would be very helpful if you would indicate if the vosotros form is to be used.
¿Cuándo ________ vosotras que se habían casado?When did you find out that they had got married?(HINT: Conjugate "saber" in Pretérito indefinido)

Asked 5 years ago

Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How would I say I live to the north of ...? Vivo al norte de...?

Asked 7 years ago

papi p.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

hacerse(ideology) vs convertirse(radical change)I got this wrong:Mi hermana se ha convertido

vegana por su novio. I put se ha hecho.

My sister has become a vegan for her boyfriend.
How is this different from the example given with the use of hacerse?
Example given:Se ha hecho vegetariana después de ver el documental.She became a vegetarian after watching the documentary.

Is it because he changed (radically) for his girlfriend and not his (ideology) on his own accord ?

Asked 6 years ago

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