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Isabel M.KwizIQ community member

future time in a relative clauseHello everybody:

we can say: Would you mind me raising my price for the following packages you buy

we can say: Would you mind me raising my price for the following packages you are buying/ you are going to buy/ even: you will be buying, but:

iI don´t think we can say: Would you mind me raising my price for the following packages you WILL buy

can we? why?

Asked 5 years ago

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why preterite, not imperfect?Los niños jugaron en el parque mientras los adultos nos tomábamos un café y charlábamos.

Hi, i’m confused about jugaron here. Why not jugaban? We don’t know when the playing stopped. Thanks a lot. Shirley.

Asked 4 years ago

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S. B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Encontrarse con v. encontrarse a

Pensé que "encontrarse con" significaba un encuentro planeado mientras que "encontrarse a" significaba un encuentro casual. ¿Estoy equivocado?

Asked 1 year ago

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Susan B.A2KwizIQ community member

preterit or imperfect?

Good morning,

Could you please help me with the decision process for which tense to use for questions like:

- The journey was difficult.

- It was easy to learn the language.

Thank you very much!

Susan

Asked 5 years ago

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Ross G.A1KwizIQ community member

How do I form the up-side-down question mark on an English keyboard?

Asked 5 years ago

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why is por needed? Usted anduvo por el Camino de Santiago el año pasado. Hi, why is “por” needed here? Gracias, Shirley.

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.B1KwizIQ community member

Subjunctive present, imperfect, perfect

Hola, Inma,

In a previous reply to Remy, you gave the example:

Quizás Miguel no apruebe.

He may not pass (in the future, he hasn't done the exam yet)

Quizás Miguel no aprobara.

He may not have passed (he already did the exam and we doubt if he passed or not)

Is it possible to use the perfect here

Quizás Miguel no haya aprobado.

and if so, how would the meaning be different from the earlier two examples?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Asked 3 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

A veces cojo en autobús a la una.

Shouldn´t it be A veces cojo el autobús a la una?

Asked 6 years ago

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ALexander ANdrés A.B2KwizIQ community member

question said I was wrong when I wasn'tEsta ________ mi antigua escuela.This used to be my old school.(HINT: Conjugate irregular “ser” in the imperfect past/El Pretérito Imperfecto. Example: "ella tenía" = she had/used to have)

Esta solía ser mi antigua escuela.

I'm pretty sure that I'm right and it puts "era". I know that "solía ser" is even more accurate than "era".

Asked 5 years ago

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Shirley S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The word “poems” is missing in spanish.En clase de inglés ________ en voz alta. At English they make us recite poems out loud.Hi,Poems is missing in spanish. Shirley.

Asked 4 years ago

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