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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No he quedado means i have not met or i didn’t meet. The correct answer is in the present tense, i am not meeting anyone. Wrong tense?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

usage of a instead of paraEs evidente que Halloween ha venido para quedarse en este país.

can we say ha venido a quedarse instead of using para?

Asked 3 years ago

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Wyq R.B2Kwiziq community member

Hace cinco años tú ________ en Italia.It seems to me that "vivías" should also be a correct answer here...

Asked 7 years ago

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Thea R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

literal translation

May I respectfully draw your attention to your example immediately under 'The accidental 'se' with olvidarse and suggest as a literal translation

'The keys have forgotten themselves to me'? This accounts for the perfect tense and the reflexive 'se'.

You also give examples of forgettibg things 'accidentally'. Can one forget things 'on purpose'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

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Why is the "quedarse + gerund" translated throughout as "stay...". I'm a native U.S. English speaker, and I don't know anyone who would say that someone "stays doing" anything. We'd say the person "keep doing...".

Pati Ecuamiga

Asked 6 years ago

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Nick L.C1Kwiziq community member

Obligación a repetir el objeto indirecto

Dice aquí “When we name the person

If we are more specific and either name the person or say who it is, for example "A María" or "A mi padre", the same rule applies. You cannot omit the "short" pronoun.” Pero según el RAE dice “ Pero si el complemento tónico aparece pospuesto al verbo, las condiciones para la coaparición del pronombre átono son diferentes según que el complemento sea directo o indirecto: En el caso del complemento indirecto, la coaparición del pronombre átono es normalmente opcional y suele ser lo más frecuente, especialmente en la lengua oral: No (les) da importancia a los problemas; (Les) he contado nuestro secreto a unos amigos; (Le) han denegado la beca a Juan; (Le) he dicho la verdad a mi madre. E incluso hay verbos, como gustar, encantar y sinónimos, que exigen la presencia del pronombre átono junto con el complemento tónico: ¿Le gustan a tu hermana los bombones? (y no *¿Gustan a tu hermana los bombones?)”

Asked 4 years ago

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Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of cansadas sounds wrong in the example.La clase de zumba nos ha dejado un poco cansadas.The zumba class left us a little tired.It might be my hearing, but Cansadas sounds to me as though it is pronounced cansado.in this example from the lesson.

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

New Network

Hi there, I find the adjective position of "la nueva red 5G" very interesting here. I can see how it could also be "la red 5G nueva".
I'm a telecoms engineer (ex Telefonica) and technically the 5G network is "brand new" and "newly created" and it is not intended to replace the other networks of 2G, 3G, 4G etc at the time if it's creation. I'd say that both adjective placements could be argued for in this exercise.

Asked 4 years ago

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