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Elaine C.A1Kwiziq community member

What are reflective verbs

Asked 7 years ago

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A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bad translation into English

As someone else pointed out this is a bad translation of English. In English it would be said that, "It's a good thing I left Miguel!" I don't buy the British translation that was proposed as I have literally never heard that.

Asked 2 years ago

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Marco G.A2Kwiziq community member

La clínica vs el consultorio

¿Sería el mismo decir "la clínica de libros" como "el consultorio de libros"? ¿Son sinónimos?

Asked 5 years ago

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G. M.C1Kwiziq community member

Plural or Singular for hospital

For this phrase;

Se necesitan médicos con experiencia en ese hospital.

My instinct would be to translate it as necesitan - the same as English 'they need - but I normally look at Spanish nouns like Hospital & Gente as singular - so I might say "se necesita médicos". What is up with my logic here? Ta

Asked 6 years ago

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Susan D.A2Kwiziq community member

Encontrar ?This lesson seems to define encontrar as 'being able to find': ex. I can't find my keys' : Yo no encuentro mis llaves. Why not : Yo no puedo encontrar mis llaves.

Asked 8 years ago

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Catriona T.B2Kwiziq community member

Placement of pronounsI'm getting confused. This lesson tells us pronouns can go before the conjugated verb or after the verb, attached to it, except with imperatives it must be the latter. I seem to remember a situation in which they must go before the verb but can't remember what it is.

Asked 8 years ago

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Vince V.C1Kwiziq community member

La familia es/está?

I wrote "La familia está" since it seems to discuss a relationship. The correct answer is given as "La familia es". So, "es" seems to be a strong opinion. Couldn't both be correct?

Also, the issue with my answer doesn't really relate to plural versus singular ("es" vs "está").

Asked 4 years ago

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

a ti TE gusta, no?

a ti TE gusta, NO?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jamie L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No tener que hacer algo vs No tener por qué hacer algo

Hola,

¿Qué es la diferencia de significado entre "Alguien no tiene que hacer algo" y "Alguien no tiene por qué hacer algo"? Y ¿por qué no se use "por que", sino "por qué" con el acento?

Gracias! (I hope that all made sense!)

Asked 5 years ago

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Sara T.A0Kwiziq community member

Gusta vs Gustan

If gustar is followed by a verb, you always use gusta, right? Example: Me gusta nadar con los delfines. VS Me gustan los delfines.

Am I understanding that correctly?

Asked 7 years ago

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