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Jamie L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hasta que no

Hola,

In a Spanish show, a character says to another:

Tú no sales de aquí hasta que no me traigas a ese chico.

Which I believe roughly translates to "You are not to go out until you bring this guy to me." If that is the case, could you explain why the subordinate sentence would be negated with no. Wouldn't it be:

Tú no sales de aquí hasta que me traigas a ese chico.

Thank you for your help!

Asked 5 years ago

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Heather S.C1Kwiziq community member

Quiz question. Can pensar translate think about rather than pensar de or pensar en? Mis padres piensan viajar for my parents are thinking about.

Asked 7 years ago

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Joseph A.A1Kwiziq community member

Tú te peinas todos los días. You comb your hair every day. How come we do not use the word pelo in spanish for this instance?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ron B.A1Kwiziq community member

estar en Mexico DF

Why does Mexico DF mean Mexico City ?

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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Kent W.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of definite articles before a country name“Tú debes viajar a la India.” Is it correct to have a definite article in this sentence? “You must travel to THE India?”

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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Johan V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a lesson for the rules on Spanish accents and if not why not?

My understanding was that the accent falls on the penultimate syllable unless another syllable is accented. Given that where does the accent fall on “peinar”? Is it not split into pe in ar?

Asked 6 years ago

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Melvin P.A2Kwiziq community member

«¿Qué es eso?»

Hello!

In the example, ¿"Una iglesia"? ¿Qué es eso?, why is it eso and not esa?

Asked 5 years ago

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Keila H.B1Kwiziq community member

Vivia vs vivioWhy is it correct to say, "Su tío vivía en Uruguay cuando era joven." Wouldn't it be vivio?

Asked 1 year ago

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