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Gennady F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aún así o aun así

"Ella ha roto con él pero ________ así él sigue insistiendo.

She broke up with him but even so he keeps trying.

The quiz answer is aun así. But why can’t it be aún así in the sense of todavía? She broke up with him but he still keeps trying.

Asked 3 years ago

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E. O.C1Kwiziq community member

Haber de + infinitive instead?

Hi there! One of the quizzes asks for the correct phrase in the following sentence:

Las aceitunas ________ en septiembre. (The olives must be harvested in September.)

Would it not be possible to use "han de recolectar" here instead of "deben ser recolectadas"?

Asked 4 years ago

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John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Has de saber, que ocupan 1.800 metros cuadrados.......

Hola Inma,

I'm not familiar with this construction "Has (Hacer) de."

I have looked it up (WordReference) but can't reconcile the meanings that they provide, with the phrase in this exercise.

Can you help with it please?

Saludos

John

Asked 5 years ago

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Alan K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This usage is also common in colloquial English.

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).

Asked 4 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

El gobierno ha invertido ________ dólares en el sector de la educación.

Hola,

In the sentence above, which was in a test today, is 'la' necessary? I would have thought that it would be 'de educación'.

By the way, I cannot type accents in this dialogue box, I cut and paste from my word processor. Is there a way to type accents in here?

Also another answer is mixed up:

Prefiero ________ armario porque es más grande. because it is bigger.)I prefer that wardrobe (over there(HINT: The speaker is referring to a wardrobe that is far away from the speaker and the listener.)

Gracias y saludos,

Colin

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

I need practice but don't know where to look

What exercises could i do to practice this?

Asked 5 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ser feliz or estar feliz

Hi,

I would have thought that as feliz is a transient feeling, estar would be apprpriate. However, in the example above, ser has been used.

Can you please explain.

Thanks and regards,

Colin

Asked 2 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thanksgiving Day sentence: we were very happy.Hola, Re: we were very happy. Kwizbot nos pusimos muy felices. You nos pusimos muy feliz. When I answered this, I wondered if I should put “felices” or “feliz”. I opted for “feliz” because I felt it was the “state” of being happy, and therefore would be invariable. Is this a possibility? And if so how to tell the difference? Thank you so much, Nicole

Asked 6 years ago

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Mark C.C1Kwiziq community member

Imprecise lesson semantics

As an extremely well-educated native North American speaker trying to learn Latin American Spanish, I find the semantics in this lesson frustrating. This is punctuated by all the comments seen here. There is insufficient context provided. For example (ignoring the hint since hints aren't given in real life), one of the quiz questions asks to translate: "They are having ice cream." I would immediately think "Están tomando helado." - or perhaps "desfrutando" given some of the loose lesson translations. However, to think: "Van a tomar helado." I need further context. For example: "They are having ice cream this afternoon." - "Van a tomar helado esta tarde." Otherwise in English you are much less ambivalent saying: "They are going to have ice cream." I understand both sides of the arguments and I fall more on the side of "They are going to have," but a better solution is to provide a more complete explanation and context in the lesson, after all, it is more common to say "They are going to have." Concede that we use the exact same literal expression in both Spanish and English but then take it further in the lesson to explain the nuanced differences in English thought compared to Spanish thought.