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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?

Asked 5 years ago

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David M.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

ya sea que + subjunctive

It might be worth mentioning in Kwiziq's lesson Ya sea/ya fuera... o... to express whether... or... - [number 8284] that verbs [usually?] take the subjunctive when they are governed directly by "ya sea (que)..."

Asked 2 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Spanish writing exerciseRE: Chupachups (B2) Spanish writing exercise Sentence: In this way, the brand grew over the years HINT: In this way = de este modo Kwizbot De este modo, la marca creció con los años I was surprised that the preterite was used here and not the imperfect, as they are talking about over the years, which would have been an ongoing growth up to a point in the future, meaning that the growth was ongoing. Per the lesson attached to this section: Using El Imperfecto vs El indefinido (general use) it states: El Pretérito Imperfecto for actions in the past with no clear beginning and end. I’m sure there is an end to the action, there doesn’t seem to be a clear end. What am I missing? Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of the infinitive

Hola,

I just need to understand in this following sentence why 'le explicas' isn't used instead?

Podrías hablar con la jefa y explicarle la situación.

Is it treated as following poder rather than hablar?

Gracias,

Asked 5 years ago

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Peter H.A1Kwiziq community member

Past perfect or preterite?

Paco ________ una manifestación en la ciudad. Your answer: Paco ha visto...Paco saw a demonstration in the city.(HINT: Conjugate “ver” in El Pretérito Perfecto)Why would this sentence use a perfect tense, when the event is clearly finished?Paco ha visto... - Paco has seen... is very different than Paco saw.

Asked 4 years ago

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Dokuo A.A2Kwiziq community member

Can you use a and para interchangeably in the case of destination?

Asked 6 years ago

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Hayley L.B2Kwiziq community member

the name of the tense

Hi, I was organizing my tenses chart and realize there's only "Pretérito perfecto simple" that can find "fui" in both ser and estar. I cannot find a page that shows "El Pretérito Indefinido", I'm wondering are this two tenses the same thing?

Thanks,

Hayley

Asked 4 years ago

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Hans d.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is this kwizz answer correct? Antes de recibir Ana los regalos ella sopló las velas

One of the questions is: .(fill in)....los regalos ella sopló las velas. One of the correct answers is "Antes de recibir Ana". De complete sentence sounds odd to me, is it correct?

Asked 6 years ago

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Claire N.C1Kwiziq community member

Usage of de + infinitive compared to conditional si

When using the de + infinitive construction, does the tense used in the main clause indicate the level of probability? Eg present = possible, future = less possible, conditional = very unlikely/impossible?

When is use of de + infinitive preferable to using the conditional si construction?

Asked 5 years ago

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Harkonnen L.B2Kwiziq community member

ojalá -> I wish/ I hopeOjalá ellos fueran al concierto de Beyoncé.Maybe they went to the Beyoncé concert.Wouldn't this mean "I wish they would go/ were going to the Beyoncé concert"?

Asked 3 years ago

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