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Todd M.B1Kwiziq community member

continuous speech

Is there any advice to practice the rythm of spanish?

Él habría abierto la puerta.He would have opened the door.The speaker really says Habriabierto.
I think spanish should be taught this way but then how would that work?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jenny S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Title needs editing?

I think the title of this lesson needs to be edited - it looks like it's saying "un" + "tanto/algo" + adjective. But it's saying "un tanto/ algo + adjective"" (which is how people are saying it in the discussion below).

Asked 2 years ago

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

i find the way the speaker speaks is not natural compared to those i heard from TV

Asked 3 years ago

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Luverrain E.B1Kwiziq community member

Questions about this exercise “Mindfulness of Sleeping”

I learned that when referring to parts of the body, not to use the pronoun mi because it is understood that it is my body. Also does the verb estar refer to something temporary. If so, why does a sentence say va a ser una experiencia relajante?

Asked 3 years ago

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

different uses for "acabar"

I think the verb acabar can also be used to express finishing something. How does the use of acabar in Spanish differ when I want to say "I just..." vs. "I'm finishing..."

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question asked for a gerund but no gerund in answer choices

In a 10-question test these was the question:

¿Por qué lo ________ ?
Why are you cursing him?

I expected the answer would be a gerund, but it was not. Why was "cursing" used and not "curse?" As in, "Why (do) you curse him?"

Asked 3 years ago

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W. O.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is the possessive adjective being used here with a body part?

I have a doubt. I came across the following sentences in a book:

1. El ruido me bombardea los tímpanos sin cesar cada día

2. Los sonidos resurgían dentro de mis tímpanos

Sentence 1 seems like a perfect example of how you explained in this article. But what about sentence 2? Why would we use the adjective here instead of the article?

Thanks!

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Conjugating these

Is there a lesson or a table on conjugating these? Especially Traer could use some illumination in this regard, I don't recall seeing the kinds of conjugation as shown in the examples for traer. Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Peter K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Future action in main clauseYour explanation below is quite clear. However, the answer is the imperfect, not the imperfect subjunctive. Is this an error, or what am I missing?

If the main clause uses a tense or a mood that implies a future action, for example El Imperativo or El Futuro Simple, then the por si/por si acaso clause uses El Presente (probable) or El Pretérito Imperfecto Subjuntivo (less probable)

Asked 2 years ago

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