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Tony B.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ser vs Estar

Every episode of News in Slow Spanish starts with "Es jueves, ..." and so I got the answer to this wrong. So to clarify,

do we use "estar" plus a preposition to be less formal and it's correct, but more formal to use "ser" and that form doesn't take a preposition?

Asked 5 years ago

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Kerry B.C1Kwiziq community member

Accidental seWe often forget that we need to take out the rubbish on Tuesdays.(HINT: Use the grammatically correct form used with the verb olvidar)How in this instance do we know to use the accidental se?Why can we not use Nos olvida, instead of se nos olvida?

Asked 3 years ago

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Colin H.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tengo algo que contarte.

Hola,

I understand the sentence above but I am new to using a pronoun with the infinitive of the verb. Is there a lesson that covers this topic? For example, how would you say 'I have something to tell them/you (plural)/him'?

Gracias.

Saludos,

Colin

Asked 4 years ago

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steve g.A1Kwiziq community member

Not B1 subject rather C1

I think this lesson should be in a C1 category as it is very subtle. I just cannot see the difference in the meaning of the first two sentences,,,,estoy&esté. Maybe you could provide better examples or explanations on this point of grammar

Asked 4 years ago

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P. P.A2Kwiziq community member

Another column with examples

Would be great to have another column in the table above with example sentences, or just the verb in action.

I know e.g. how to use "doler" -> me/te/etc. duele, but I don't know it for e.g. "caer bien".

That way I wouldn't need to change the tab and tell ChatGPT to write down the examples.

Asked 3 years ago

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slim b.A2Kwiziq community member

Unclear translationSusana trabajaba muy duro.Susana worked very hard.
I think the English translation should be "Susana used to work very hard".

Asked 2 years ago

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A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lesson and quiz differ

In the lesson it says convertirse en and hacerse can both be used to talk about a career change with the former indicating a more drastic change. However in the quiz both answers are listed (for a sentence about a career change) but only hacerse is marked as being correct.

Asked 3 years ago

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Missy E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using de vs en

One of the questions for this section was

Yo soy directora en una empresa. (I am a company manager).

Wouldn't it be better to say

Yo soy directora de una empresa. ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Weekend Workout - My new couch (A1)

Hello,

In this workout there is a sentence - 'I have a new couch' the spanish translation in the answer and the complete text at the end it 'tengo sofá nuevo', should it be 'tengo un sofá nuevo'? I did notice that the lessons recommended for this section did include the lesson for indefinite articles.
Thanks, but now my wife wants a new sofa :-(

Asked 5 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

El rey del vino

Why is it rey del vino instead of rey de vino?

Asked 3 years ago

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