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Jim B.A1KwizIQ community member

“Maths” is not an English word

In English it’s only math, never the plural “maths.” This word doesn’t exist.

Asked 5 years ago

Gennady F.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

¿admitía o admitiría?

In one of the examples above, shouldn't it be admitiría? Or the translation should be She didn't admit

No admitía que vosotras estuvieseis enfadadas con vuestros maridos.
She wouldn't admit that you were angry with your husbands.

Asked 7 years ago

john b.A1KwizIQ community member

Pareja dispareja

Mujer trabajadora - hombre perezoso, pareja dispareja. Una relación que terminará rápidamente

Asked 5 years ago

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

Celia V.A2KwizIQ community member

Conjucations for acaba de

What are the rules for conjucating "acabe de"? Is it:

yo: acabo detu: acababas deel/ella/ud: acaba denosotros: acababamos devosotros: ?ellas/ellos/uds: acababan de

Asked 7 years ago

N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.A2KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Use of words "calor" and "caliente"

I understand that saying:

"Hoy, hace mucho calor" and "Hoy hace frio" are both correct.

Is it correct to use the adjective, "caliente" to describe the weather?

And, if so, would you say: "Esta mucho caliente." or "Hace mucho caliente." ?

Gracias!

Asked 4 years ago

Jim K.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Using 'a donde' vs 'adonde'

I used 'a donde' as on of three possible answers, but was marked wrong:

IMPORTANT

For the long forms adónde and adonde, it is also perfectly acceptable to write them as two separate words:

adonde = a dondeadónde = a dónde

For example:

Iremos adonde/a donde tú quieras.¿Adónde/a dónde vas?

Asked 6 years ago

Jonathan B.C1KwizIQ community member

Difference between the tenses

Would another way of explaining the difference be to say that in English you could get the meaning of the imperfect by saying "The teacher [was] opened[ing] the door" and the indefinido as "The teacher [had] opened the door"

Asked 8 years ago

Julie F.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

poder preterite indefinidoUsing poder in the present perfect and the preterite for "could" in past actions

I am very confused. In the above lesson it describes when to use poder in the preterite indefinido.

in this lesson there seems to be No specific moment in the past or where speaker is outside the time frame

This lesson "Conjugate poder in the preterite tense in Spanish (El Pretérito Indefinido)" it describes when to use the preterite indfinido when referring to a specific moment in past and time it happened is relevent OR referes to pastwhere speakersees themselves outside the time frame

Asked 4 years ago

Meltem O.C1KwizIQ community member

Estar vs Sentir vs SentirseIn the same exercise, I translated "he wouldn't have felt so afraid" as "no se habría sentido tan asustado" but again it was corrected as "no habría estado tan asustado" and "no habría sentido tanto miedo". In the explanation pages for sentir and sentirse, we are told that we should use adj/adv with sentirse because it is about how one feels and with sentir noun should be used because it is about what you feel. I preferred to use sentirse+adj. I am confused why the version I used not accepted.

Asked 6 years ago

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