I'm confused by the title of this article: "personal "a" verbs". Isn't the issue whether the direct object is a person or not, rather than the verb used? In addition to the verbs mentioned, isn't the same true of all the verbs on https://spanish.kwiziq.com/learn/theme/830919 as well as necesitar, golpear, ... indeed any transitive verb?

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

future tense with para que

if the main clause is in future tense, do we use subjunctive too?

Estudiaré más dúro para que mis padres me traigan al extranjero

I will study harder so that my parents will bring me overseas

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

era/eres

For the question, "El dinero de la cuenta corriente ________ para ti," I thought the answer would be "eres," but since that wasn't offered, I chose "habia" though that did not seem correct. "Era" was the answer, but I don't recall ever seeing a discussion of "era." Presumably that is a form of Ser?

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g m t.B1Kwiziq community member

Clear as mud

Yup. Makes no sense at all. I also watched videos on youtube for "por v. para." Incomprehensible. Pretty soon, I will shelve Spanish. I have gotten to the point where it is a reality that I will not achieve fluency or really go beyond the basic, "Quiere sal?"

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of infinitive

It might be helpful to point out how an infinitive is used to express what in English a gerund might be used for (Sorry, I know that's a horrible sentence.) To reference the quiz question, "conducir" is used for the concept "driving." As an English speaker, that is strange and it was not apparent right away what was going on.

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

estar or ser

why cant Estamos muy feliz be used?

why is ser being used to describe moods?

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Steven P.C1Kwiziq community member

Word order in questionsIs word order important in questions? Years ago, I learned that when asking a question, the order should be verb then subject, but I've seen an example where the word order is reversed: "¿Miguel estará en la oficina?" I would have asked, "¿Estará Miguel en la oficina?" It seems important because often folks (even some native speakers) don't use an inflection in their voice when asking a question. By using verb then subject, it becomes clearer that it is a question.

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Tonya G.B1Kwiziq community member

More examples, please

I would just like to request more examples for practice before this particular lesson gets to the Kwiz Questions. And thanks for adding the Latin America option!

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