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¿Dónde_____una floristería, por favor?
I answered "está" but it's saying it's "hay" even though the examples shown in the lesson show
¿Dónde está el parque?
Why was I incorrect?
I love this article! I spent over two years in the ROP and I loved the people! I think an article on how Spanish affected the major indigenous language Tagalog would be fascinating. For example the Tagalog greeting "Komo staka" is very close to Como esta and the term for very good "may sarap" is from muey sabroso. (My spelling of Tagalog words are probably wrong.) I also remember that the word for stop in Tagalog is "parar". I know that during my time of the ROP I never heard anyone speak in Spanish. I only wish that I had known some Spanish back then (circa 1977-1980). It certainly would have helped me to learn more Tagalog phrases.
Just a comment. I think this subject is difficult without making the English incorrect. It becomes much more understandable when the translation is made using correct English. Some examples:
¿A quién le enviaste la carta?
Who did you send the letter to?
The English should be: To whom did you send the letter?
¿Para quién has comprado esas flores tan bonitas?
Who have you bought such pretty flowers for?
The English should be: For whom have you bought such pretty flowers?
¿Con quiénes vais de vacaciones?
Who are you going on holiday with?
The English should be: With whom are you going on holiday?
¿Por quién harías una locura?
Who would you do something crazy for?
The English should be: For whom would you do something crazy?
This does not include all the examples, but it is enough to see the problem.
There was a question in one of the quizzes I took and it led me to this grammar topic (questions with qué):
Which flowers do you prefer?
¿ _____ flores prefieres ?
I put cuales in the blank, but was marked wrong, it said the answer was qué.
I went to the lesson on cual/cuales (interrogative pronouns) and there was a sample sentence referring to flowers, using cuales prefieres.
In the English translation to the quiz it uses which and I assumed that a select few flowers were being referred to, thus the answer should be cuales. It is a bit ambiguous.
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").
Hi...
My name is Zotya and I wonder how I can expect it to be pronounced by Spanish people when I arrive there in October.
I am specifically interested because if the first letter "Z".
Thank you all.
Hi!
I noticed that when writing that "you" like something, you change the tú form from "vas a" to "va a" even though you are writing that "you" will like something. For example, the sentence "you are going to like this therapy" is written as "Te va a gustar...." instead of "Te vas a gustar..." even though you are not instructed to write in usted form. Could someone please explain why this is?
Thank you!
Hi,
In "... hacer la compra." could 'las compras' have been used instead?
Which is better?
Thanks.
Colin
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