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Stuart R.B1KwizIQ community member
Structure in Pasado Imperfecto

Hola,

Is it possible to convert this structure into the past tense, as if I was telling a story in the continuous past:

Hacía tres meses que Nuria vivía en California.

Or does this structure only work in the present?

Gracias,
Stuart

Asked 3 years ago
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Trista L.A0KwizIQ community member
Come usage Hi I realize it's a little off topic from the verb trabajar,  but in the second example the use of the word Como is confusing me.   
Yo trabajo como secretaria en una empresa.I work as a secretary in a company.
Doesn't Como mean "how"?    As in "Como estas"   But in the example above it seems like it means "as".      Also I have seen it mean "eat".  Am I mixing something up here? 
Thank you 
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Alan T.C1KwizIQ community member
and the 2000's ?

What about the (even in English) problematic decade of 2000-2009? 

or 2010-2019 ?

Asked 4 years ago
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Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
I woild like to ask whether there is a lesson covering the construction either ... or ...?
Asked 6 years ago
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Jose R.C1KwizIQ community member
La frase inicial es incorrecta?

"An impersonal statement in Spanish, e.g. "Es bueno que...", "Es importante que..." can be followed by the infinitive", no está correcta, según se puede leer más abajo en el texto.

Asked 3 years ago
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Jerald W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Lo vs le, regional difference?

The answer says:  Pasó dos días sumergido en plena naturaleza sin que nadie lo molestara enviándole mensajes o llamándolo.

Can you also say: Pasó dos días sumergido plena naturaleza sin que nadie le molestara enviándole mensajes o llamándole.

Is this  Spain vs Latin America  grammar?    Also, in general, I thought molestar was an inverted verb like gustar and required "le."

Asked 2 years ago
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Punya G.A1KwizIQ community member
para el/la que

What is the difference between para la que and para el que.


Can someone please explain when we cannot use either of the two.


Gracias!

Asked 2 years ago
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Stephanie S.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Why 'para A tus hijos'?

The sentence ending

y conseguirá el mejor colegio para a tus hijos.

Do we have to use the personal a after prepositions? I have never seen this before.

Asked 5 years ago
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Elizabeth C.A2KwizIQ community member
i am having problems vs i am dying of thirst (both questions in el presente)

two different answers, i think...

i am having problems... estoy teniendo

i am dying of thirst... muero   por que no estoy muriendo de sed???

elizabeth

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Clara M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor
Re: Pero, sino y sino que...

Just to say thank you for this great explanation here!  I don’t remember reading this lesson before and I’m really glad I’ve found it now via the Q&A forum. Whenever I consider ‘sino’ I think of the word ‘instead’...  I also didn’t know about ‘sino que’. Great lesson! 

Gracias y saludos.

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Asked 6 years ago
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