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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive and Imperative

Hello,

I have had a lot of difficulty distinguishing between choosing whether a verb is in the imperative or subjunctive in some complex sentences.

Is there a clear way to determine this?

For example, I'm not sure which of the 3 categories in the lesson, this sentence I came across and failed to identify as subjunctive, would fall under:

"Al final será el consumidor quien pague la factura."

I would have used the present or imperative here more so. (Would it be possible?)

Thank you,

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Aditya B.A1Kwiziq community member

Rico for food

Hello,

I am under the impression that rico means rich.

So when we call food item rico, it appears to me to be rich in calories.

Or is it that we call it delicious because only rich people can have such a meal/ food item?

Asked 3 years ago

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Teno D.B1Kwiziq community member

Va o Vas?the first question .....Mi hermano ________ a Paraguay. I entered 'vas' and it was incorrect. If i'm talking about my brother why is the formal answer of 'va' correct?

Asked 1 year ago

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Gwendlyn B.Kwiziq community member

using "ni que fuera"

I know for "¡Ni loca te presto dinero!" if you want to use "ni que fuera" it goes: "Ni que fuera loca. . . " but what do you replace "presto" with? i.e. "Ni que fuera loca te ___ dinero."

Asked 4 years ago

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Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Weird translation of proponer un brindis"Nos gustaría proponer un brindis" means:We don't want to make a toast.We wanted to make a toast.We like making a toast.We would like to make a toast.

We wouldn't say "We would like to make a toast". Best English would be direct translation: "We would like to propose a toast"

We might say: "Let's make a toast" but "we would like to make a toast" is not natural English.

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Creer - prepositions

What prepositions can be used with creer and how do they change the meaning.

Creer en/a ...

Asked 6 years ago

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A. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Don't drink a lot" translations available are all incorrect

You guys have the "correct" answer as bebe poco. Bebe poco means drink a little. Don't drink a lot would be "no bebas mucho" ...I'm staring to wonder why I'm paying so much money for a Latin Americna course that has consistent errors both in Spanish and English and also teaches variations that are not Latin American Spanish.

Asked 4 years ago

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Catriona T.B2Kwiziq community member

AccentsPlease explain the rules for accents in Spanish -- not just written accents, but we also need to know which is the stressed syllable in a word without written accents that we have not heard before. This is very confusing because most explanations I have seen elsewhere only describe rules for written accents in terms of the variation from the usual norms for pronunciation but that is not helpful if we don't know what the norm is.

Asked 8 years ago

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Annie c.B2Kwiziq community member

Stem-changing ir verbs (e to i)Are there any rules for stem-changing ir verbs (from e to i) like reir , servir that I could apply to help me remember better

Asked 4 years ago

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Suzanne P.A2Kwiziq community member

Una ciudad muy interesante