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Kerry B.C1Kwiziq community member
Imperfect for present or future.

When I read into this, I found it a little confusing, we would actually say, he was meeting the lawyer tomorrow, to mean, He is meeting the lawyer tomorrow. 

I think we say it as it was a decision taken before the present or the future. So for once a literal translation would work?

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Garry M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
going to be or not going to beAre the rules for using haber, hacer, ser and estar inflexible? Are any of them able to be substituted for any of the following?

Las casas reales europeas están de visita oficial a Latinoamérica y esta noche va a haber una cena muy especial. Para este evento, la decoración va a ser muy elegante y el menú va a ser muy variado, con platos tradicionales de países latinoamericanos. Finalmente, va a haber música y un baile para disfrutar la noche.


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Jason P.B1Kwiziq community member
Así que, es una broma o no?

Así que, es una broma o no? 

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R. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Preposition "para" before an infinitive.

Is there a comprehensive rule for when to use (or not use) PARA before an infinitive? I sometimes encounter examples where para is used without the sense of "purpose" that is supposed to trigger the use of "para."  In other words, I can't use the rule "in order to" to translate these sentences.

Cuándo estaba en Australia, tenía muchos problemas para hablar inglés.

Tuvimos muchas dificultades para encontrar la parada de autobús.

Fue un día demasiado bueno para quedarse adentro.

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Todd M.B1Kwiziq community member
can we use this also to express doubt

+ es improbable

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Por or con el ruido

Can I use both por and con el ruido. Is there any difference between them?

Can I use mi pierna? In other lessor it was siad that it should ne la pierna. When can I use pronoun with body?

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Purpose of seNi se te ocurra llegar más tarde de las 12!Don't even think about arriving after 12! Hola, I’m confused about “se” here. If se is omitted, wouldn’t the sentence mean the same thing? eg isn’t te for ocurrirse ( to think of)? Muchas gracias, Shirley. 
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HELLEN A.A0Kwiziq community member
what is the purpose of this text give justification from the text
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Aric M.B2Kwiziq community member
Possible error

Would it be more correct to change this sample sentence:
 "Puede que yo haya sido un poco brusca, pero tenía que decir la verdad."

Vs.

"Puede que yo haya ESTADO un poco brusca....."? \

Thanks for your input. 

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Ashlyn T.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
recordar or acordarse, unos pocos

there is this sentence = the deceased were only remembered on November 1st.

the answer is = solo se recordaba a los difuntos el primero de noviembre.

But is using acordarse acceptable as well? 

= solo se acuerdaba ?


second question is that, for a few years = unos pocos años or pocos años.

can we use unos cuentos años or un par de años?

i do not understand why one is preferred over the other.


by the way, the audio seems to have some problems as i cant play it.

thanks

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