Spanish language Q&A Forum

Hello, please would you explain why the verb SER is used in the sentence "la comida del restaurante era mala".  I'm confused which rule is used to trigger SER rather than ESTAR,

Thanks

Examples: "What you did was well out of order" (very wrong).  "My dog's well hard" (very tough). "I'm well chuffed" (very pleased). "He was well choked" (very disappointed).

Hola! Podrías explicar por qué tendríamos que usar 'sonara' aquí en lugar de 'suene' o 'haya sonado'? Serían todas correctas y simplemente significan cosas diferentes? Gracias! 

Hola Inma,

When referring to 'around' a given time, is 'a eso de' the only way to express an approximate time? 

Gracias y saludos 

Hi.... how do you choose between habia (etc) and hubiera/hubiese (etc).  What are these called? Thanks in advance

I used the imperfect subjuntive - "'Es sorprendente lo lejos que viniera este artista en su carrera" Why gave you used the preterite? I've looked up the phrase Es sorprendente and it does say it will take the subjunctive as is an impersonal phrase.

Es sorprendente lo lejos que este artista llegó en su carrera

I need to listen at a lower level than this.  Can we go back to the beginning?

Not quite sure of the English in the translation - at the bottom a drawer in the chest of drawers.

Do you mean -  in the bottom draw of the chest of drawers?

I was marked wrong for answering "Nosotros LES damos juguetes a nuestros hijos" instead of just "damos" I thought that the indirect object pronoun HAD to be used. What am I missing? When should I be using it? 

Thanks.

I noticed that "lunch" was turned into a noun in the English translation. That really is not necessary because every English speaker is familiar with "lunch" being used as a verb. It is not common, but not improper or unknown. If Spanish speakers think of it as a verb, then it can only help learners to think of it as a verb as well, no?