How come this should be 'pero'. I thought it was a substitute. First clause is negative and replaced by another, positive clause, hence I thought 'sino que'. Can one please point me to the critical part that would make me understand the difference? I feel so dumb.

Thank you in advance!

Asked 5 years ago

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David L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Present or Present Perfect?

Hablo inglés perfectamente desde los trece años. I speak perfect English since the age of 13. (since I was 13)

This sounds very Spanglish to me. Surely it's I have spoken perfect English since the age of 13

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Mysterious StrangerKwiziq community member

Question about example sentence

Hi!

So in "Si empiezas el trabajo mañana, te tocaría archivar los expedientes a primera hora", here tocaría is a conditional, so would the correct translation not be "you would have to file" Instead of "you will have to file"? Like this: "If you start work tomorrow, you would have to file the dossiers first thing."

Thank you and have a good weekend!

Asked 5 years ago

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Carl G.A1Kwiziq community member

Is Ustedes plural. If so Ustedes quieren: they want, would be correct.

Asked 2 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What does the blue pencil mean?

Hi, sometimes a blue pencil appears when I submit a question. What does it mean? Thanks, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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Larry C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Problems with the exercise

in the hints you define "terrorífico" as meaning "terrifyingly" but then in the translation you count that as wrong and use "terrorificamente" instead.

you say "some fake drops of blood" but a better English translation would be "drops of fake blood". The drops are real; the blood is fake.

Asked 4 years ago

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Michael M.C1Kwiziq community member

Correction suggestionI belive the "i.e" in the first sentence below (and anywhere else you use it) should have two periods, as in "i.e.". It is also customary to italicize it since it is refering to a Latin phrase.

"All yo-go verbs in Spanish, i.e verbs where the yo form ends in -go in El Presente, take that same stem to form El Presente de Subjuntivo and keep it all the way through the conjugation. However, the El Presente de Subjuntivo endings are the same as regular -er and -ir verbs endings."

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Thea R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of participle

'If Cristina had married him' - why is 'se hubiera casada' marked wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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