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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 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could algo be used instead of nada in the second sentence? Antes que digas nada...

Asked 6 years ago

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Dhruv L.B1Kwiziq community member

Al and del togetherEste profesor es diferente al del otro día

This has al and del appearing right next each other. How does that work?

Asked 5 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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Eula J.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is it muchos años I understood mucho stays singular in front of a noun. I assume it is mucho fruta y verduras because it is a group.

Asked 6 years ago

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Eric B.C1Kwiziq community member

Why not the hijos?"Él la respeta a ella pero no respeta a sus hijos."
Why wouldn't it be "no los respeta a sus hijos"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

llevar with gerund

i have just learned about llevar + gerund, which also used to say how long has someone done something. is this structure the same as the one in this lesson where we use present tense + desde hace?

llevo estudiando español 6 meses

estudio español desde hace 6 meses.

If they are not equal, what is the difference then?

Appreciate any answers or replies! muchas gracias

Asked 3 years ago

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Arianna G.A1Kwiziq community member

the > symbol

what does the > symbol mean when used in e>ie, e>i, etc?

Asked 4 years ago

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Connor L.B2Kwiziq community member

Indirect object needed?

Why isn't it 'Los estudiantes les dan los deberes al profesor'

Asked 4 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

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