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Michael M.C1KwizIQ community member

Correction suggestionI belive the "i.e" in the first sentence below (and anywhere else you use it) should have two periods, as in "i.e.". It is also customary to italicize it since it is refering to a Latin phrase.

"All yo-go verbs in Spanish, i.e verbs where the yo form ends in -go in El Presente, take that same stem to form El Presente de Subjuntivo and keep it all the way through the conjugation. However, the El Presente de Subjuntivo endings are the same as regular -er and -ir verbs endings."

Asked 5 years ago

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Pati E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Confusion of final "hint"

For the final section (i.e., "to enjoy the evening") the hint was "disfrutar (de)". I do not understand the significance of "de" as a hint for that segment of the sentence. Why was "(de)" part of the hint? I was completely thrown off by that "hint".

Pati Ecuamiga

Asked 3 years ago

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Sophie K.A1KwizIQ community member

Quiz said to say “ella” but not “él”

In one quiz answer it marked me wrong for choosing “Se llama [girl’s name],” saying I should have chosen “Ella se llama…” Then in the next quiz I chose “Él se llama” and it was marked wrong, saying I should have chosen “Se llama.” I’m confused, what is the difference?

Asked 2 years ago

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Garry M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The funniest thing all year!

I was reading along and halfway through it struck me that I was understanding every word easily. Wow! I was so pleased with my progress and then . . . I realized I was reading the Background segment which is in English!!! ¡Qué avergüenza!

¿A alguien más le ha pasado eso? Oh well, back to the grind . . .

And now, having read-along with the audio, and failed in trying to figure out where the text related to the audio, it's almost enough to make me grab a plane and head for Seville. Well, a little more vocab and I'll be hot to trot . . .

Asked 3 years ago

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Philip T.A2KwizIQ community member

Difference between two examples of there being food at the party is not clear

This is stupid. The examples of the party are both the same. No action is being completed or not being completed. It is just a statement of existence that there "was" food at the party. So we need a better explanation for why in one case it would be "habia" and in one case it would be "hubo."

Asked 3 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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Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Re: We’ll start slow and then go wild. Related grammar lessons: spelling change z > c and e > ie in El Presente de Subjuntivo

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

European pronunciation

The European pronunciation is really weird-sounding. "Z" pronounced as "f," "c" pronounced as "th," and "vodka" sounded like "votha." And this is the first time I heard a "g" pronounced as it was in "ginebra." I guess I need to do more of these listening exercises! Or is it too much trouble to include a Latin American version?

Asked 3 years ago

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Stuart L.B2KwizIQ community member

Gremlins - no exercises are working

Hi, when will these exercises be fixed? It has been several days now. Thanks for a great app.

Asked 3 years ago

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nikita p.A1KwizIQ community member

Why is there subjunctive when the statment is a fact or is true as far as the speaker is concerned

Why does Aunque SEA por uno minutos or Aunque ESTEMOS encerrados use subjunctive?

Asked 5 years ago

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