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I don’t understand the use of quedarse in this sentence: “me quedé gratamente sorprendido”. It means I was pleasantly surprised. Why not use a form of estar in the preterite to express surprise? Unless this is a phrase used or has another meaning? I thought quedarse meant to stay. Thanks!

But correct answer is "...and can be unstable" (the weather') y puede 

SER variable / cambiante / inestable.  (I put puede estar variable)

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Wrong: ¿Queréis que Juan recite un poema?

Correct: ¿Queréis que Juan recita un poema?

I want to ask if you can tell me the format for Letter Writing (Imperfecto/ Indefinido))

Hello! Did the test and picked “consideres” instead of “consideraras” that is currently showing as the correct answer.  Is this an error in the test? Thanks. 

In Spanish the word Pachamama is their way of telling if it's a masculine or feminine word.

in the phrase  Compré estas joyas porque quiero regalarselas a mi esposa. Why do you need the se?

Hi - I understand the basic gist of this lesson, and I see in other responses the note about another part of the sentence indicating the uncertainty with the future tense. However, on the short 2 question quiz, the first sentence I'm being given is "El cine nuevo abrirá el mes que viene"; nothing in this sentence indicates the uncertainty in the English translation - "The new cinema will probably open next month".  In a case like this, would it be incorrect/stilted to use probablemente/an equivalent? 

Hola, tengo una pregunta sobre una frase que encontré en un libro que estoy leyendo. El párrafo dice: "Pero había un problema: si se quedaban allí juntos, no habría comida ni agua suficientes para todos."

Mi duda es: ¿Por qué se utiliza el imperfecto de indicativo ("se quedaban" en esta oración condicional en lugar del  imperfecto de subjuntivo ("se quedaran") ? Si ambas son correctas, cual es la diferencia?

Gracias de antemano