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Geoff G.C1Kwiziq community member

Another person confused by this lesson

I'm also very confused by this lesson...

The tip in the text of this lesson states "You will never find es followed by bien/mal. However, está can be followed by bueno/malo, but the meaning will be different" (it doesn't really explain what that difference is though).

In the test I checked "Está malo que comas 6 veces al día." (It's bad to eat 6 times a day) as valid and it was marked as wrong. "Está buen que ayudes a tu hermana con los deberes" (It's good that you help your sister with her homework.) was also marked as wrong and it's not easy for me to see why.

It's early in the morning, so perhaps I'm missing something obvious?

Gracias

Geoff

Asked 2 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

another wording and esperar with a

the correct answer to what do you think? is ¿qué piensas? but can we write as "qué te pareces?"

and looking forward to your reply, should we include a preposition 'A'? ¡Espero a tu respuesta! or without a is then the correct one?

Asked 3 years ago

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J. M.C1Kwiziq community member

Table for crear in the present indicative and creer in the present subjunctive

I believe that according to RAE, the vosotros form of both verbs should have a tilde – creáis.

This problem is in addition to the yo form problem others have mentioned.

Asked 2 years ago

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Rob H.B2Kwiziq community member

Conjugation of Crecer

In this exercise the preterit 3rd person singular of "creer" is shown as "crió" whereas in my other Spanish dictionaries it is shown as "creció". Is the former conjugation specific to Latin America whilst the latter (creció) is specific to Spain?

Asked 3 years ago

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William K.C1Kwiziq community member

test question for "we only wanted to help you with our advice"One of the test questions is, "We only wanted to help you with our advice." And it asks which form of the verb querer is correct.

It says that the correct answer is "QUERÍAMOS". I don't understand why you don't use "quisimos". We wanted to help and actually did help, so it is a completed action.

Asked 4 years ago

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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about use of gustar followed by reference to a person

I am confused about the translation for a section of this exercise. That section is: "I like King Baltazar". For this, I wrote "A mí me gusta al Rey Baltasar", but the corrected answer/translation was presented as "A mí me gusta el rey Baltasar". I thought the preposition "a" needed to be inserted after use of gusta if the reference was to a person (in this case "rey Baltasar" --- lower case in "rey" notwithstanding). Apparently, I am wrong. Could you please explain why "el" and not "al" was correct?

Pati Ecuamiga

Asked 3 years ago

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Dee J.C1Kwiziq community member

Definite article or not?

"Esta debe ser roja para tener amor, blanca para llamar a LA paz, azul para buena salud y negra para atraer EL lujo". I consistently get this wrong. I either add a definite article or miss it out. Are there any rules for this?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English not quite rightSara dijo que ella ________ al perro. Sara said she'd take the dog for a walk. English should be: Sara said she’d take the dog out. Saludos, Shirley.

Asked 3 years ago

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Camille G.B1Kwiziq community member

tomar de

¿Por qué usa "de" con la frase tomar de postre en lugar de "como" o "por"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shirley S.B1Kwiziq community member