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Kat M.C1KwizIQ community member

Adjectives + prepositions

Is there a list anywhere of which adjectives take which prepositions? I’m C1 level and still make mistakes at times! Would be great to have a comprehensive list!

Asked 3 years ago

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R Z.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Literal translation would be easier to follow

Instead of translating the English as a negation, translating it "as if you knew how to make a fried egg!" (for example), it's still completely clear that the response is meant to imply that the other person does *not* know how to fry an egg. I don't think this even qualifies as sarcasm.

Asked 5 years ago

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Sherry M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Querer questionHola. Does "quise" imply that the person is now a dentist and that that was always their intention? The lesson is perfect vs simple past, but I see the English and want to use the imperfect. Siempre __________________ ser dentista. I always wanted to be a dentist

Asked 3 years ago

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Ben H.C1KwizIQ community member

I don’t know if this can be classed as a common mistake

…but I’ve just realised why I get confused about when to use the subjunctive after ‘no sé que…’ (‘I don’t know that…’) or ‘no sé qué…’ (‘I don’t know which/what…’), now I realise that I should use the subjunctive in the first case and not in the second. Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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R. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why ser and not estar in this sentence?

No seas tonto. It feels like we are describing a temporary condition. Why is ser used?

Asked 3 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

using of que and others such as el cual, el que

From this lesson, it states that they are all interchangeable.

but i read from elsewhere such as spanishdict, it says el cual, el que etc have to be used after prepositions, and commas.

may i have a clearer explanation on when will we have to use the others, when do we have to use que only.

Asked 3 years ago

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Eric L.C1KwizIQ community member

Is se optional?

It appears from your examples that “se” is optional, although I don’t see that explicitly stated. For example, “ Ayer me depilé las piernas.” doesn't have “se” in it.

Asked 2 years ago

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Adam G.C1KwizIQ community member

No accent on final vowel

I see here that querer does not have an accent for the first person preterito indefinido: quise, whereas some verbs have one, like compré - is there a rule that I can apply to distinguish it, or is it just because querer is irregular?

Thanks

Asked 2 years ago

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Aditya B.A1KwizIQ community member

Any example sentences for this list?

Hello

Can you please share some example sentences for each of the above items?

It will help understand the application better.

Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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amanda M.B1KwizIQ community member