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Brenda K.A2Kwiziq community member

Why does the answer require including "tú" after "enciendes"?¿ ________ la chimenea? Can you light the fire in the fireplace?(HINT: Use "tú' form for conjugating "encender" in El Presente)

Kwizbot says the correct answer is "Enciendes tú." Why does excluding the "tú" make my answer incorrect?

Asked 4 years ago

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Dolan S.B1Kwiziq community member

Why is the answer the yo form and not the usted form?

Asked 7 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Para ello? “celebraremos la despedida de soltera de Paula y para ello,”.

Why “ello”? Despedida is feminine.

Asked 5 years ago

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Kevaughn G.B1Kwiziq community member

Al vs A. Passive statements

At " Con la nueva red 5G, podrán acceder a Internet", why is it 'a Internet' and not 'al Internet'?

Also, how do i know when and where to use a passive se sentence Instead of a regular simple future tense as seen here: "los coches automáticos se controlarán" ? I was going to say 'los coches automáticos controlarán' without the se.

Asked 3 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 4 years ago

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Herb K.A2Kwiziq community member

The vosotros forms

Confession. I always cheat on questions regarding the second person plural because I live in California where I have frequent opportunities to use Spanish and hope to have more both at home and in travels to Central and South America. No disrespect to Spain, but is there any way to alter my tests so they exclude questions which test Spanish as it's spoken in Spain. Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Sherri ..C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confusing sentence

Te vamos a ayudar y vamos a hacer que pases este examen sin problema.

We're going to help you and get you pass this exam with no difficulty.

This above sentence in English makes no sense and would not be said. I tried to think of alternate ways of saying it, maintaining the integrity of the sentence. Here a couple examples:

We're going to help you, and make (sure) you pass this exam with no difficulty.

We're going to help you, and get you through this exam with no difficulty.

Perhaps someone else could provide a better solution?

Asked 4 years ago

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