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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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Rick N.A2KwizIQ community member

The "United States" in Spanish7Ellos ________ en Estados Unidos el verano pasado.They were in the USA last summer.(HINT: Conjugate "estar" in El Pretérito Indefinido)
I think "the U.S." should be translated as "los EE. UU.", not "EE. UU". I think in Britain, people often call the United States "United States", but in Spanish it would be better to say "los Estados Unidos".

Asked 4 years ago

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大可文武 D.A1KwizIQ community member

¿le gusta o le gustan, y por qué?

"En su tiempo libre a Rafa le gusta jugar al golf, pescar, leer libros, ir al cine, ver series, pasar tiempo con su familia y cocinar platos de pasta."

Here all the things Rafa do in the free time please him and make him like them, why the verb "gustar" is not in plurar, since there are more than one inf. verb, thought gustan makes more sense. Could you plesae help me out.

Asked 4 years ago

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Graeme R.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

He estado+gerund vs he estado+DE infinitive

Hola a todos

I just found this sentence on Kwiziq:

'He estado de viaje y me ha encantado todo'

So, with de I guess roughly this means 'I have been doing travelling'

But please can someone explain...

1) The differences between using 'he estado de viajar' vs 'he estado viajando'?

2) And can we use 'he estado de +infinitive' with all verbs?

Saludos

Asked 5 years ago

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Ελισάβετ Α.C1KwizIQ community member

proceso VS procedimiento

Hola Inma,

is there a difference between proceso y procedimiento or these words are interchangeable?

Muchas gracias!

Ελισάβετ

Asked 5 years ago

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Marcos G.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Do we ever use definite articles with “casa”

In the examples we have “llegar a casa”, “salgo de casa”, and there is also the expression “estoy en casa”. None of these expressions use articles. They also all use verbs of movement or location.

Do we ever use the definite article with “casa”, for example, to say “I’m going back to the house” by saying “Regreso a la casa”? Or does it change the English translation if we omit the definite article, that is, if we say “Regreso a casa” does it mean “I’m going back home”?

I know this is off topic but you use many rich examples that provoke questions.

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.A2KwizIQ community member

I hear you saying I HAVE TO use the vosotros form for Juan y tú. In my part of the world that would be the ustedes form.

I'm finding myself very confused because you are assuming something that I haven't been taught to assume. (I've been taught to assume something else.) I don't want to reprogram my brain! I'm content with *recognizing* (in a passive way) when the vosotros form is being used. But I'd like to continue to use ustedes when it is appropriate in the form of Spanish I've been learning and using. I don't want to learn (in an active way) the vosotros form.

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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M. C.A2KwizIQ community member

Vosotros pudisteis caminar a la montaña. You were able to walk to the mountains.I think it should be either "a las montañas." or "to the mountain."

Asked 8 years ago

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James S.C1KwizIQ community member

Dejar caer vs caerse

Although somewhat not directly related to the main topic, I have always known 'To drop' as 'Dejar Caer' and 'Caer/caerse' being synonyms for 'To fall.

Have I made a mistake here?

Asked 4 years ago

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