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Amethyst K.B2Kwiziq community member

"Ojalá encuentren" example

Hi, in this example:

Ojalá encuentren la medicina adecuada para tratar su enfermedad.I wish they found the right medicine to treat his illness.

Doesn't the Spanish say "I hope they find the right medicine to treat his illness."? That is, "ojalá encuentren" is in the present tense expressing a hope, not the past tense expressing a lament ("I wish they (implied: had) found.")

Asked 4 years ago

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Gromit L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There's an error in one of the hints...The best answer is:Compare your answer

fue reina de Castilla, Aragón y Navarra.

Here's the hint we gave you:
Castile = Castilla, Aragon = Aragón, Navarre = Navarra, don't put any article in front of "queen", use El Pretérito Imperfecto

Asked 5 years ago

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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

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Caroline K.B2Kwiziq community member

Vistas Al Mar

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

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Em B.A2Kwiziq community member

How would this differ for latin America?

At the top of my page it says: Note that this is a Europe focused lesson. Your active focus is Latin America

Obviously Latin America covers a huge range of countries/dialects but generally speaking how would this differ in Latin America?

Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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Ελισάβετ Α.C1Kwiziq community member

usar las tarjetas, prevenir contagios

Hola Inma,

".... usar las tarjetas, ..... prevenir contagios"

can you, please, explain why do you use the article in the first case but not in the second? I thought articles in Spanish are used when talking in general, which apply in both cases (I think).

Muchas gracias

Ελισάβετ

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Tara R.C1Kwiziq community member

Colloquial present vs subjunctive

Can you describe in what general contexts these would be used?

Are they interchangeable or are meanings slightly different depending who you’re talking to? Example such as when talking to children.

Asked 5 years ago

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ama s.C1Kwiziq community member

Preposition + infinitiveI know this lesson is about the use of the gerundio but is it also correct to use (perhaps not in all cases) a preposition + infinitive? For example: Puedes adelgazar bebiendo / por beber dos litros de agua al día.