Spanish language Q&A Forum

I wrote many of the answers correctly. Why is my score so low? 

One example drives me crazy (again). When to use pero or sino que. 

Example: Luis y yo no hemos terminado, ....... decidimos darnos un tiempo para pensar en lugar de tener que romper.

My answer = pero, because it is correct and I asked as well native speaker and they would use pero.

Strict rules instead of colloquialism @kwiziq? 

In 99% of all cases pero is correct but not in Kwiziq. 

Would it be possible to rate the answer as correct but add a hint stating that the strict rules would rate differently?

Thanks,

bernd

Marta va ___ cine con su novio. 

(Marta is going to the cinema with her boyfriend.) [one, some or all may be correct]: para el, hasta el, del, por el . I would go for „al“ cine porque it is the most natural option! But with the named posibilities and multiple choice para el (direction/end point) hasta el (end point) and por el (route/location) are the correct ones! 

if idea is feminine sowe use la, but in a quiz it was incorrect and the correct one was ( el idea)so is idea a feminine or musculine noun? 

In the weekend workout the corrections are in different colors.  What do they mean?

Hola! ¿Cómo está? Soy estudiante. Me gusta escuchar música y practico basquetbol en mi calle. En mi famila yo tengo los padres y una hermano. (I Am worried Duolingo is messing me up because my Spanish teachers is from Cuba but I think Duolingo teaches Spanish from Spain but i want to learn Spanish from Latin America . Also I always mess up when to put el or la and when to put una or un can you guys help please)

The Kwiziq Spanish Tense Names master sheet I downloaded 8/6/2024 defines El Condicional Simple as "expresses a hypothetical action that would or might happen in the future".  El Condicional Perfecto is defined as "Expresses an action that would have or might have happened in the past".  Are these definitions correct?  

The item "Abuelos ...... muchas patatas en aquel entonces" is given the hint that the speaker is expressing probability about what happened in the past.  The correct action is given as comerían, el condicional simple.

If the master sheet has been updated, where might I find it?  

Thank you,

Sheila Dickson