Why is costar used without a pronoun to express something people in general find difficult, while other words DO use a pronoun to express general things, as explained in the "The impersonal se in Spanish" lesson?

Lesson - The impersonal se in Spanish:
Expressing instructions and general statements in Spanish with the impersonal se = one

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Viha D.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use lo vs leam getting confused about when to use le vs lo when used in conjunction with verbs. My understanding is that le is used to refer to him, her, and you formal and les for them, and that lo/la/los/las is used for objects

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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of ya in the sentenceHola, what does ya mean in this sentence? Muchas gracias, Shirley. ¿________ ya no quedan chocolates? How come there are no chocolates left?Cuál es Qué pasaComo siCómo es que

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Christine C.B1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation yo quepo

The yo example given sounds like quipo rather than quepo? Is that generally how it is pronounced? I noticed the yo is not standard and more like jo. Are these regionally differences?

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Donogh M.C1Kwiziq community member

Creo que...

Por favor, la última oración usa la frase "Creo que", y yo creyó que normalmente se necesite usar el subjuntivo después esta expresión... ?porqué no es "Creo que mañana vayamos a buscar más accesorios"?

Gracias

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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..."

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C R.B2Kwiziq community member

unos cuarenta(s) países

"Yo visité unos cuarentas países cuando era joven" (taken from a test, correct answer), pero "unos ochenta minutos".

I would have expected that "unos cuarenta países" is correct. Why isn't it?

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Gerald R.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tense nomenclature

Is this lesson demonstrating the use of the PRESENT perfect subjunctive after "esperar" or the PAST perfect subjunctive? If the former, why is it referred to as "Pretérito Perfecto Subjuntivo", if we ordinarily translate the word "pretérito" as "past"?

To phrase this question differently, when I use "haya", "hayas", "haya", etc. plus the past participle of a verb, am I using the Present perfect subjunctive, or the Past perfect subjunctive, or, in fact, is there another name, English and/or Spanish for this conjugation?

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