Spanish language Q&A Forum

!No me encuentro/no encuentro   las llaves del coche! is the test item.

The correct answer is reported to be no encuentro.  
Encontrarse is said to be used when "surprised to discover something".  I interpreted the exclamation marks as indicating surprise at discovering I was unable to find the keys.  I was probably overthinking it, ?verdad?

Small clarification: does cocer actually mean "to boil"?
I thought it meant to cook in a hot water, not exactly "boil". 
If I am wrong then how is it different from hervir?

Thank you in advance.

Why is Hay used for It is foggy? Isn't foggy an adjective?

Hello! This article is great, and I want to play it for my students, but the Play button isn't working for me. I am signed in when I try. Is there something I am missing?

Thanks!

Is word order important in questions?  Years ago, I learned that when asking a question, the order should be verb then subject, but I've seen an example where the word order is reversed: "¿Miguel estará en la oficina?"  I would have asked, "¿Estará Miguel en la oficina?"  It seems important because often folks (even some native speakers) don't use an inflection in their voice when asking a question. By using verb then subject, it becomes clearer that it is a question.

For this lesson I got a question something like this:

    Te voy a regalar el apartamento que ________.
    I am going to buy you the apartment that you like.
    (HINT: The speaker is referring to specific apartment that she likes)

And the correct response is "te gusta", so it it seems to me that the correct Hint would be something like:

(HINT: The speaker is referring to specific apartment that the listener likes)

No?

Can you please speed up and make the replay of these writing exercises with more natural and less stilted voice? The accent is great but the replay sound unnaturally slow. 

The examples make sense of using, ex: tuviera, because the subject “had” something in the past. However, I’m confused by the test question because I don’t see a reference to the past. The sentence is “I hope i have a son by the time im 33.” I understand Ojalá triggers the subjunctive but I don’t see the connection to the last and therefore don’t understand why “tuviera” was the correct answer. I only selected it because it was the only subjunctive response. 

¿Cómo se traduce esta frase en negativo?: Pienso que el alcalde debería tener un salario más bajo.

No pienso que el alcalde ???

¡Muchas gracias!