I think if the English was restructured for a few of the examples, the distinction between haber/tener would be clearer. Essentially the past participle would be moved towards the end of the sentence while placing the object after have/has.

For example: You have two rooms painted. Marta and I have a trip to Egypt planned.

Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.A2Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

El Presente vs. El Preterito Indefinido

Hola,

The third person plural form of the Present tense, (El Presente), and the Preterite tense, (El Preterito Indefinido), are identical for -ar verbs.

Since that is the case, may I suggest that there is a note about this in the lesson with a few examples to show how context can clarify which tense is being used? This would be very helpful.

A simple chart comparing the present and past conjugations alongside each other of some common verbs such as 'trabajar' or 'hablar' would also be useful, especially for those learners who are very visual.

Gracias y Saludos!

Asked 3 years ago

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Marcos G.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Confused about same subjects

In many lessons, we're told not to use the subjunctive when we have the same subject in both clauses. Yet a few examples in this lesson don't follow this rule. Could you please help us to understand when the rule applies and when it doesn't? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I would like to ask why sometimes a is used after oler and sometimes not ... huelo a gas/huelo algo horrible?

Asked 5 years ago

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Roberto K.C1Kwiziq community member

Kwiziq left out the word "it".

The combined verb with pronouns now has an accent [´] even if didn't have one as a simple imperative with no pronouns, this is to maintain the pronunciation of the original verb.

Asked 5 years ago

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Llew G.A2Kwiziq community member

when when the subject is plural its esta rather than estan

Why is it esta rather than estan when referring to las oficinas (plural of office)?

Asked 6 years ago

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Mike R.A1Kwiziq community member

Las or Estas for "These tickets for the tennis match are cheap."

These tickets for the tennis match are cheap. : ___ entradas para el partido de tenis son baratas.

The key word here to me is "These". The answer of "Estas entradas" is marked as wrong and should be "Las" -- which would be "The tickets for ..."

This looks like a mistake to me.

Asked 6 years ago

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George C.C1Kwiziq community member

tense choice for one example

One of the quiz examples translates They achieved the objectives for the year. using el preterito indefinido.

My first thought would be that this sentence would fall under the "in the same time period" rule and end up being el preterito perfecto (rule is at this link) link When to use the perfect tense versus the simple past (Perfecto vs Indefinido)

I am curious how I can tell (other than the hint given in the exercise) that this should be indefinido.

Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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