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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Jannice K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tal Como/Cuál Me devolvió el libro tal como se lo presté, en perfectas condiciones.He returned the book to me just as I lent it to him, in perfect condition.
Should this not be singular eg. En perfecta condición as we are talking about a book and your hint suggests singular. I lent it to him in perfect condition.

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 6 years ago

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CHRISTINA B.A1Kwiziq community member

I think the word Hermano is missing the letter r....right?

Hermano in the story is missing the r.

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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Isabelle S.B1Kwiziq community member

Difference between preterito pluscuamperfecto and preterito perfectoWhen do you use preterito perfecto

Asked 2 years ago

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James G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Help Desperately needed PLEASE

I'm having brain death when it comes to the following concepts:

1. alguno alguna algunos algunas - when to use the singular forms vs. the plural forms

2. ninguno ninguna ningunos ningunas - when to use the singular forms vs. the plural forms

3. I cannot distinguish between pero and sino que. i Have no problem with sino, itself.

I have read the explanations of these topics at least 10 times and I still get them wrong in my quizzes. During my reading of the explanations my brain gets all fogged up and I can't make the necessary distinctions.

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hola. I ment the last sentence. No sabremos

Asked 7 years ago

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nick b.B2Kwiziq community member

Thanks for the explanations here. I am still a little unclear how the last two examples can be Pret Indefinido as no mention/suggestion of timeframe?

Thanks!

Nick

Asked 7 years ago

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