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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

¡Era muy bonita! and En el jardín había una piscina muy grande

Hola,

I have a couple of questions on this activity:

Question1:

why the use of the imperfect here:

Kwizbot ¡Era muy bonita!

Question 2:

Kwizbot En el jardín había una piscina muy grande
You En el jardín había una muy grande piscina

How to learn this structure, what rules govern this use.

Thank you for your help,

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question of subject pronoun usage

I am often unsure as to when a subject pronoun is necessary, as I recall lessons that indicate the subject/person is known by the verb. So, my question is, please help me to understand why the subject pronoun "vosotros" is included in the above example, "¿Teníais vosotros las llaves del coche?

Gracias,

Pati E.

Asked 4 years ago

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Edward R.C1Kwiziq community member

comma o no?

Dear Kwizteam,

I noticed that this construction places a comma before 'que' but not before 'porque'. In English, if the subordinate clause follows the independent clause, there is no comma. In Spanish, does this depend on the type of subordinate conjunction used?

Regards.

Asked 4 years ago

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Janet c.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Verb list Irregular verbs Vocabulary - missing Play All

It has some, but I would appreciate having all the verbs played, thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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Karim B.B2Kwiziq community member

puedo preguntarte algo

If I want to ask a question, can I say "puedo preguntarte algo"? ie. can I ask you something (meaning a question)?

Asked 2 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

carretera andarina

Hello

I'm having trouble qualifying, classifying and understanding "andarina"

I gather it is used as an adjective here, but despite a long search online, haven't found anything that fits here specifically in this case of describing the road. Pls help.

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Benhur B.C1Kwiziq community member

Casi me desmayé vs Casi me desmayo

Hola,

Just wanna clarify the translated answer for "I almost fainted". The correct answer given in the exercise is "¡Casi me desmayé!". On the lesson on 'Using por poco/casi/un poco más y + present tense for nearly/almost', says the verb should be conjugated in El Presente so my answer was "Casi me desmayo" which was marked as incorrect. Are there other considerations we should note with this construction?

Thanks,

Benhur

Asked 4 years ago

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Erika 에.A2Kwiziq community member

ME ENCANTO ESTA PEQUEÑA HISTORIA

ayyyyy necesitamos otra parte para saber que pasara con Angela y Robertooo

Asked 4 years ago

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Jamie L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Styling issue

The second example sentence for Hasta que + Subjunctive has the “Desde que” emphasized rather than “Hasta que.”