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Hi, my understanding was that "un poco" was always used when poco was used as a pronoun, instead of as an adjective or adverb along with the explicit noun?

Ex:  Quieres arroz?  Si, un poco (de arroz).

Ex:  Solo quiero poco arroz.

Ex:  Necisito estudiar poco.

Is this not correct?

Thanks!!  

*(BTW, this website is so incredibly helpful. 

I understand the main point of the lesson, how the subjunctive adds conditional inference to the sentences. 

However, I'm confused with your first example sentences. Isn't it generally the case that in simultaneous past actions in the indicative the preterite is usually followed by imperfect? For instance.......

Mientras ella reñía a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado

Shouldn't that be.......

Mientras ella riñó a su hija, nosotras mirábamos hacia otro lado

Your examples don't seem to follow that rule. Is it perhaps because 'mientras' occurs at the start of the sentence, but in this one it occurs in the middle......

Los niños jugaron en el parque mientras los adultos nos tomábamos un café y charlábamos.

Saludos 

Kevin

Hola!
La segunda pregunta de la prueba dice:
Espero que ____ el avion a tiempo.
I hope that (we will get) the plane on time. 

Elegí "tómaremos" en las opciones. Porque tomar en futuro de subjuntivo es esto - we will take. 
Pero Kwiziq me dijiste que la opcion correcta es "tomemos". Pero esta opcion está en presente de subjuntivo - we take.
Puede explicarme por qué me equivico?
Gracias!

I think that the concept of "verbs like gustar" might become clearer by seeing a literal translation as well as the English interpretation/translation. 

Is this the correct sentence construction for "verbs like gustar"?

Indirect Object + verb like gustar + subject ?

Le entristece la mala noticia = The bad news saddens her.

Could the literal translation be: For her, the news is saddening OR should it be To her, the news saddens? Neither really make sense in English! “Her, the news saddens = The news saddens her” and makes the verb transitive, no? And “her” becomes the Direct Object “la” instead of the Indirect Object “le”. Can “entristecer” be used as a transitive verb AND as a “verb like gustar”?

But surely the more correct Spanish would be: 

Las malas noticias la entristecen OR la entristecen las malas noticias

Are both forms acceptable?

How then can I reconcile la in that last version with the le in the lesson version? "La" is a Direct Object while "le" is an Indirect Object, no?

So, again, can “entristecer” be both transitive and a “verb like gustar”? OR is either version incorrect?

 Phew! HELP?

Hello where is the transcript for this video?

in the text...

´Me ha invitado al teatro varias veces, y se ha ofrecido a pagar para los dos.... ´

Question is....      Is ´se ha ofrecido´ a typo of ´me ha ofrecido´?

gracias de antemano

Does "al ser" in this exercise mean "being"?  Is there a document/lesson that talks about that?  Thanks!

Would it be "Ella estuvo" here if we add a specific time like "Ella estuvo lavándose el pelo de 8 a la 8:30" ?

Also, we would appreciate the El indefinido progresivo examples with all pronouns as just having 3 is not enough to remember the conjugations.

en el text dice que Paraguay tiene comidas tipicas. que es eso comidas?