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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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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In my question below the “a” refers to unas (vs unos) but can you omit unas

is “Fueron vacaciones fantásticas” ok or is it awkward in spanish? Muchas gracias! Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Por ciento

Hi,

Could you please add a lesson covering how to use the term (un) ... por ciento?

Thank you,

Best,

Emanuel

Asked 5 years ago

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Larry C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confused by different tenses

Why is "You will see..." translated to a command (Mira que...) whereas "Your will forget..." is translated to the future (olvidarás)? The structures appear to be the same.

Asked 5 years ago

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Christine B.C1Kwiziq community member

talking about the weather

I don't understand the difference between hace and hay when talking about the weather. Can anyone explain the difference to me?

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Leslie F.A0Kwiziq community member

Continuation of my previous post requesting permission

Is it okay to use one of your sentences in my Cantonese and Mandarin language learning video? I want to show repetition of words in different languages and would like to use your: Lo que se dice dolor dolor no tengo. If you're okay with my using your sentence, I will of course credit you and have a link to your website. If you want to see what my videos are like before you make a decision, they're at: https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago

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Eric B.C1Kwiziq community member

Using the gerund as a commandNiños ¡________!

One of the choices was "Comportándose" which was marked wrong. However, according to this lesson, wouldn't that also be correct:
Using the Spanish gerund as a command %252Fsearch%253Fs%253Dusing%252Bthe%252Bgerund%252Bas%252Ba%252Bcommand

Maybe I'm missing some reason why it doesn't work in this case? Thanks!

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Claire N.C1Kwiziq community member

Choice of subjunctive or indicative

If using the indicative or subjunctive is completely interchangeable without affecting the meaning, what are the reason(s) for choosing one over the other? Can you give some examples?

"Lo de que" can be followed by the indicative or subjunctive, without changing the meaning of the sentence

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Patricia T.A2Kwiziq community member

Usa de verbos y nouns

Porque es usa viva no vive atras leyenda. Tambien porque no permite juegos y partidos?

Asked 5 years ago

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I. C.A1Kwiziq community member

Commands in negative versus subjunctive

Some of the phrases sound like commands, why not use the imperative mood as opposed to subjunctive?

Asked 3 years ago