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Tom W.A2Kwiziq community member

Hay / Il y a

I had wondered whether Spanish 'hay' and French 'il y a' were derived the same way - a combination of third person singular from the verb 'to have' ('ha' and 'a') and 'y'.

Is that completely wrong?

Thanks

Tom

Asked 4 years ago

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Bonnie Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No comprendo este frase ni en inglés ni en españolWhat does "Todo el alquiler incluye las facturas" mean?
All the rent includes the bills.

Asked 7 years ago

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allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is this sentence really correct?

Si viniérais, os ________ una paella riquísima. If you guys came, we would make a delicious paella for you.HINT: Using the "nosotros" form, conjugate "hacer" in El Condicional Simple

Because the first clause is in the past, wouldn't the second be in the contitional perfect?

Si viniérais, os habríamos hecho una paella?

Asked 7 years ago

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Linda F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Medio vs la mitad de

In the quiz asking for “half a sandwich”, I put “la mitad de un bocadillo” instead of “medio bocadillo” and was marked incorrect.

Is my answer in fact incorrect or just not what the answer was looking for? When we say “half a sandwich” in English, my understanding is that it is really shorthand for “half (of) a sandwich” and so I thought either “la mitad de” or “medio” would be correct - perhaps that is not true in Spanish?

Thanks in advance for your explanation.

Asked 6 years ago

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Ruth M.A2Kwiziq community member

so the difference between this and using cuanto to ask how much is just the intonation??

Asked 6 years ago

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Ricky M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why 'que'?

I understand the use of 'para' in these sentences:

¿Quieres algo para comer?

Tengo algo que contarte

Can you help?¿Necesitaba algo para escribir?

But I don't understand the use of 'que' in the following:

Asked 7 years ago

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Kay N.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of tú

If I am 70 and my neighbour is 50, why can´t I use tú instead of usted?

Asked 5 years ago

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Alka S.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we add nosotros/as or vosotros/as ?

Hello,

I would like to know that in sentences like' Nosotros estamos en Uruguay esta semana' is it essential to write the Nosotros ? Wouldn't starting with estamos itself indicate 'We are'?.Similarly for the other sentence Vosotros estaís aburridos.....the conjugated verb form itself indicates that it is referring to vosotros. Please clarify.

Thanks

Alka

Asked 5 years ago

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