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Sue H.A2Kwiziq community member

suggestion to make self grading optional

Self grading has no importance to me. It is cumbersome to have to click an emoji just so I can continue with the test. Please make it optional.

Asked 2 years ago

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Thomas A.C1Kwiziq community member

addresses vs is about

"La pelicula trata problemas de la sociedad" vs "La pelicula trata de problemas de la sociedad"

The movie addresses society's problems vs The movie is about society's problems

So in Spanish these two phrases mean the same thing, or there is a difference? Trying to wrap my head around this one. I have always said "...sobre de" and I want to stop using this, replacing with trata or trata de used correctly. Gracias!

Asked 3 years ago

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Rebekah R.C1Kwiziq community member

I'd love to put all my Kwiziq grammar notes & content & vocabulary lists in Kwiziq notebooks"At the moment you can only add lessons to notebooks, but we are working on a way of being able to add other content to notebooks. Coming soon!" That was 5 years ago! I'm a new user. I'd love to have flexibility to include all I want in my notebooks, including notes I write to myself so the only place I need to go for my learning content is Kwiziq.

Asked 2 years ago

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Linda W.C1Kwiziq community member

Throughout the year and it is recommended

For throughout the year you have suggested 'durante todo el ano but isn't al largo del ano also acceptable? (Sorry I could not type the tilde). Similarly sould you say ser recomendable as well as ser aconsejable for it is recommended?

Many thanks

Linda

Asked 2 years ago

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Mark F.C1Kwiziq community member

réir vs sonréir in the vosotros form are different?

Interesting that réir in the vosotros form is riais, without an accent, but sonréir in the vosotros form is sonriáis, which has an accent! This difference is not mentioned in this lesson.

Asked 2 years ago

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Marcos G.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Use of subjunctive

Just want to confirm that the use of the subjunctive follows the normal pattern: when the thing is unknown, we use the subjunctive to indicate "whatever".

Te presto mi ropa; puedes ponerte lo que más te guste.

Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Todd M.B1Kwiziq community member

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtLCbfdlR0&ab_channel=EasySpanish

1:45. ..que se ha ido a otros paises.

Diria que sea se aspectual porque no describe un viaje, sino que ahora se les faltan.

Asked 3 years ago

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Jan C.C1Kwiziq community member

Condition not relevant; imperfecto?Los cuadros estuvieron en el museo.The paintings were in the museum. (We are describing a situation where the condition is either no longer true or not relevant.)
The problem with saying 'either no longer true or not relevant' here creates a grey area because normally if we understand a condition to not be relevant, we would use the imperfecto, surely? See the first question in the quiz for example.

Asked 2 years ago

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Daniel R.A0Kwiziq community member

Cristina y Lucía son ________. Cristina and Lucía are slim. (HINT: Cristina and Lucía are female names)

I understand that plural feminine should be -as and plural masculine should be -os... The hint that they are feminine names made me opt for Delgadas but the answer was Delgado's... Why?

Asked 3 years ago

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