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Tim R.A2KwizIQ community member

Fue vs Era when describing the day

"Fue un dia muy lindo" is describing the day and the weather. Why wouldn't it be "Era un dia my lindo"?

Asked 3 years ago

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John O.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

¿A quién no le gustaría.....?

Hola Inma,

Regarding the sentence "¿A quién no le gustaría quedarse en un lugar así? With the meaning "who would not like to stay in a place like this" I expected that the subjunctive may be needed, though exactly how this would work with the conditional is beyond me. Perhaps the inference is that absolutely nobody would refuse to stay there but I am speculating. Can you help?

Saludos

John

Asked 6 years ago

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Rosalie L.A2KwizIQ community member

Nada de + infinitive

In this example, "No me gusta nada ir de compras" why the preposition DE after the word NADA was omitted?

Asked 4 years ago

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Peter W.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Definite articlesla lluvia ácida. Esta es muy perjudicial para el medio ambiente porque contamina los ríos y la vegetación.

If definite articles are used on the subject of a sentence, why are they used with ríos and vegetación? Isn't the subject of the sentence acid rain? If a word that receives the action of the verb (contaminar) is the object , doesn't that make ríos and vegetación objects not subjects?

I think I've reached the limit of all my understanding of grammar in both Spanish and English. I can't get this right. I'm ready to quit.

Asked 5 years ago

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Benhur B.C1KwizIQ community member

Para tentar a la suerte

Hola,

Why is there an 'a' is this sentence? Is suerte considered a 'person' for the personal a to apply or is it an obligatory preposition after tentar?

Gracias,

Benhur

Asked 5 years ago

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Peter W.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Necesitas tener piernas fuertes

To translate " you need to have strong legs", I put "hay que tener piernas fuertes" and it was marked wrong. I understand that "Necesitas tener piernas fuertes" is correct but don't understand why mine was wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is there a translation for this exercise

Hi,

I was wondering if this is a story from Cervantes or a fairy-tale from the Grimms brothers?

Also, I was wondering if there is an official translation of this, as there are many phrases, etc that are difficult to translate.

Thank you.

Nicole

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Luna de miel

Could I also say por vuestra luna de miel? In case I would like to emphasize the reason for going here, not the timeframe?

Asked 7 years ago

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Dawn S.C1KwizIQ community member

When I find my car keys

Hola 😊

I translated the above as Cuando me encuentre las llaves. I was marked wrong, the answer is said to lack the "me". I think without the "me" they could be anybody's keys. Am I wrong?

Asked 2 years ago

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