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Marcos G.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Does “pedir algo a” = “to ask for something from”?

In this example above, a = from:

Tú pides demasiado a la vida.

You ask too much from life.

Is this always the case? For example, could we say:

Él pide 100000 pesos al banco.

He is asking for 100000 pesos from the bank.

I would expect that we would use “del”, so is “al” correct?

Asked 1 year ago

Edwin R.C1Kwiziq community member

Imperfect of Ir
The question asked for imperfect for Ir with subjects of "tu y Marcos", and I put "ibais". This was counted wrong and the correct answer given as "iban". I could understand both being counted as correct, but why is "ibais" incorrect?

Asked 3 years ago

A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Loaded political sentences

This is the third time in the past month that I'm finding loaded leftist political sentences in the quizes. You guys should really leave politics out of the learning environment. It's a huge turnoff. It makes you guys look very ignorant and extremist. One sentence for example was celebrating socialism. Very inappropriate to say the least.

Asked 3 years ago

Sherry M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiénes or quién when asking a question

"-¿A ________ vamos a ver esta noche? -A Luis y Gerardo."

I wrote 'quién' because I thought the questioner wouldn't necessarily know that they would be seeing more than one person. That answer was marked wrong. Would we normally use the plural when asking about an unknown number of persons?

EDIT: I just looked at the question again and see that there was a hint (which I managed to miss) about which PLURAL to use, but my question about which we would normally use still stands.

Asked 2 years ago

Susan L.B1Kwiziq community member

I don’t understand why you use an infinitive (endurecer) in the last sentence when there was a subjunctive earlier.

Asked 4 years ago

Caroline K.B2Kwiziq community member

Hi I have a question. For the phrase "and with sea views," why is it "y con vistas al mar", rather than "y con vistas del mar"?

Asked 2 years ago

D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Omission of "some" for "unos"

In the test question, "Rafael y Julio son unos chicos muy . . . ," The English translation omits the "some" (unos). I wonder why that was done. Was it to show that "unos" is always added in the given Spanish usage? I would be interested in any corresponding lesson.

Asked 3 years ago

Julie F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sino pero sino queCuando me rompí la muñeca no me operaron ________ me pusieron un vendaje.When I broke my wrist they didn't operate on me but they put a bandage.(HINT: Choose "pero", "sino" or "sino que")i put sino que because there are two different verbs and they substituted an operation for a bandage is there another way of explaining the difference. I've looked at other answers here and see that many people are confused with this.

Asked 3 years ago

brian h.B1Kwiziq community member

I don,t understand why the correct answer is not " pudisteis " Please help.Ustedes ________ beber unos mojitos en la playa.You were able to drink some mojitos on the beach.(HINT: Conjugate "poder" in El Pretérito Indefinido)pudieronxpudisteis

Asked 4 years ago

Alan T.C1Kwiziq community member

usage of "cosa que" for "which"

Apropos of ' "Lo que" vs "la cosa que" ', I sometimes see "cosa que" used to mean "which", as in

Querían detenerme por robo, cosa que no hice.

Is this usage correct? If so, is there a lesson that discusses it?

More examples here:

https://context.reverso.net/translation/spanish-english/%2C+cosa+que

Thanks!

Asked 3 years ago

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