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Barry H.A1Kwiziq community member

Vosotros is only confusing

We do not use vosotros in Colombia, this is really messing up my tests. Is there a way to avoid this? It is just confusing to learn something that is not necessary.

Asked 5 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Preposition de in

Hello,

In reading one of your lessons on Prepositions, I saw "fiarse de" i.e: fiarse de algo, Roberto, etc.

I was surprised that "de" is used here and not "a" for a person, or "en".

1) Could you help me understand why "de" is used here?

and:

2) Can these forms be used and if so, what would they mean? and if not, why not?

fiarse en algo

fiarse a algo

Thank you,

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Stuart M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Huir en España

Hola soporte,

Qué es la situación con huir en la forma de vosotr@s; ¿con i o la í?

Gracias,

Asked 6 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English and Spanish disagreeEs posible trabajar en el estudio ________ los niños? Is it possible to work here without the kids bothering me?Hi, “en el estudio” doesn’t mean “here”. Thanks, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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Lyn F.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Forming the singular masculine and feminine of regular adjectives

Question in A1 Focus Test

Mi vecina Patricia es ______.

Hola,

I put "maleduca" because it's a woman, it's singular and when "maleducar" is conjugated in El Presente, it comes up as "maleduca." Why is it marked wrong? Why is "maleducada" the correct answer?

In relation to that, I don't feel the question has been covered well because we have not encountered that word previously and I cannot find it in any lessons on the Lawless website.

Gracias por la respuesta!

Asked 6 years ago

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Maxi A.B2Kwiziq community member

wrong translation el año pasado

Nuestras vides produjeron mucho vino el año pasado. Our vines produced a lot of wine last year. but this was the answer you provided. Our vines produced a lot of wine this year. (HINT: Conjugate "producir" in Pretérito indefinido)

Asked 4 years ago

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Tanner C.A1Kwiziq community member

Confusion when comparing with the other lessons on imperfecto.

So this lesson explains that imperfecto can be thought of as currently happening, while the indefinito is something that happened in the past. But then in the lesson that compares the two with "time markers" it says the opposite. Imperfect is meant to indicate something "used to" happen. Seems like a contradiction. Actually the more I try to understand this topic the more it seems like the type of thing I should just try to memorize first, and then try to wrap my head around it much later.

Asked 4 years ago

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Marcos G.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Can we use a gerund instead

This is an excellent lesson. Very clearly explained.

I understand the idea of using the imperfect to picture what is happening in the moment. But there is another tense for this as well. I forget the name of it, so I will just use an example.

"La profesora abría la puerta."

"La profesora estaba abriendo la puerta."

Would the choice between these two tenses be up to the speaker, or would there be a grammatical rule that tells us which one to use?

Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Kathleen W.B1Kwiziq community member

Use of Tu and Vosotras

Question

Why is vosotros/cantais used in the second sentence? vs Tu siempre cantas la misma cancion?

Tu cantas opera - (you sing opera)

Vosotras siempre cantais la misma cancion - (you always sing the same song)