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David M.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Passive with "estar"?

It is possible, I believe, to form a [sort of?] passive with 'estar' - is it? … Do you have an exercise on that? (perhaps highlighting comparisons with the 'ser' passive).

Asked 6 years ago

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Sandy R.A2KwizIQ community member

What would help with some of the examples, to clarify why it is preterito that should be used, not imperfecto, is to give more context...

For example: We were in Brazil with friends could easily also use estabamos, if it were the setting for when something happened:

Estábamos en Brasil con amigos cuando ella murió

La semana pasada, estuvimos en Brasil con amigos

Asked 8 years ago

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Nicole P.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Question about masc agua using fem. for mucha agua

I was just reading over the questions, and wondered about this one:

"with some adjectives like mucho/mucha, hambre would take the feminine form (mucha hambre). It works the same way as the word "agua": (el agua caliente, but mucha agua caliente)"

Is there a rule and lesson that covers this? It certainly is a curious phenomena.

Nicole

Asked 7 years ago

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Anne B.A2KwizIQ community member

Youngest daughter: pequña or mas joven

Hello,

One of the questions involved translating a sentence that mentions a “youngest daughter.” I used “muy joven” but the answer was “pequeño.” I thought that pequeño means small, so this use of the word surprises me. Is it just one of those things one has to know?

Thanks for your help!

Anne

Asked 5 years ago

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Daniel L.A2KwizIQ community member

Inanimate Objects#Why does it say "You never use le and les to replace inanimate objects." When other sources say that spanish does not distinguish between inanimacy.

Asked 8 years ago

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AA W.C1KwizIQ community member

Asistir meaning "to assist"?

Hello! I was always taught that "asistir" was a false cognate to "assist" (to aid/help) in English. My understanding was that "asistir a" means "to attend," either attending an event/school, etc. or to wait on someone. Can you please clarify whether "asistir" in fact can be used to mean "to assist"? Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Ricky M.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

DistanceI'm having trouble figuring out when a noun is "far from the speaker (medium distance) [ese, etc.]" and "a further distance from the speaker"? [aquel, etc] when "over there" can mean in a corner of a room and "far from the speaker" can mean two blocks away. Can you help?

Asked 8 years ago

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Paul E.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Aqui, ahi, alli and now allá!!

Hi there, I love the summer too, but I'll need a little help with the word "Allá" please.

One of the answers given in this test was "y suelo ir allá mucho", the suggestes lesson for this part of the quiz was aqui, ahi & alli, but not sign of allá... I'm wondering if allá is so far away we can't even see it :-)

Please would you help?

Asked 6 years ago

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Benhur B.C1KwizIQ community member

Quedarse + [gerund] vs Continuar/Seguir+[gerund]

Hola,

This lesson seems very similar to continuar/seguir+[gerund] to me. Any particular differences in nuance between the two that we should look out for?

Gracias

Asked 5 years ago

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