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I am a bit upset at the fact that I changed my correct answer to an incorrect answer based on a hint given.   I just finished taking a quiz and the question was:  

Sus padres ________ bastante delgados.

Their parents are quite slim.

(HINT: Their parents have always been slim )

 I knew the answer was "son", however I changed it to "tienen" based on the hint given.  Imagine my dismay when I got the question wrong after knowing the correct answer and changing it because because of the hint.   

Hola,

1. None of the examples use 'usted' or 'ustedes'. Can you use those or is gustar just not used in a formal way?

2. What if I want to say something like "Sarah likes David"? Do I still have to include the indirect pronoun? And use "a xxx" for the name of the person doing the liking?

like: "David le gusta a Sarah"

Fred.

Hola Inma,

1)  El hecho de que no haya. 

Why do you use subjunctive here? I thought el hecho is refering to something real (la falta de la oferta).

2)  ....  hasta que pueden dejar la casa de sus padres. 

In this case (future action) i would use the subjunctive. Would it be wrong?

¡Feliz año nuevo!

Ελισάβετ

Why does árabe have two accent marks?

is there a rule if adjectives are before or after the noun?

Tengo dos hermosas hijas OR Tengo dos hijas hermosas?

Proteger becomes protejo in first person present tense. Can’t you pretty much always dro the o and have the stem for the present subjunctive? For me, it is easier to remember.

Suggestion: To be consistent with other pages, and avoid confusion, I suggest you mark all the "i"s that are irregular in this conjugation. 

I don't understand why numbers written out in full rather than as numbers are regarded as incorrect.  Siete  = 7.  Should have the option.

In the example sentence, “ Tengo que ir al supermercado. Me falta fruta y carne.”, should the verb be faltan, since the subject of the sentence is fruta y carne?