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Pati E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Frequency of usage

Imna, I'm curious to know, how frequently this structure is used in Spanish? Moreover, is it more common in Spain than say in Central and/or South America?

P.S. When I first read this lesson my thoughts were similar to Alan's. I too recognized that there are similar 'past for present' verb structures in English.

Asked 5 years ago

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Peter W.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Siempre voy a Málaga en verano.

Why isn't this en EL verano?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ean H.A1Kwiziq community member

Cómo estás Hello, about the question: "Pedrito, how are you? " My answers were: ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal? and ¿cómo está?. The bot took my third choice as non correct. At the explanation tab however, it states : "even when we greet a person using their first name, we can still use a formal greeting as a sign of respect for an elderly person or because we feel that person prefers a more formal approach - in this instance we can still use the formal question: "¿Cómo está?", for example: Carmen, ¿cómo está?" So, I dont understand why cant we use the formal type for Pedrito too. I would think because he is a child but still a child could have the right to prefer a more formal approach. What is the case here, and why is the question: "Pedrito, ¿cómo está? wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

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ANSHU P.A2Kwiziq community member

Use of Piso

Is 'piso' used to refer to a flat only in Spain?

Asked 4 years ago

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Seth N.A2Kwiziq community member

If "hubo" is used for one item or many, when is "hubieron" used?

"In Spanish, you use hubo whether it is followed by one item or many, unlike in English."

In Preterite, if third person singular is also used for plural, when is third person plural used?

¡Gracias!

Seth

Asked 2 years ago

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Lyn F.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The question was How do you say: "You must tidy up your room. Is “Debes ordenar su habitación,” wrong?????? Please, if so, Why

Asked 6 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sentence: El gato sale a la calle por la ventana.

I was reading this sentence:

The cat walks out the window.

El gato sale a la calle por la ventana.

It seemed to me that this means more like: The cat go out through

the window. So I put it into Google, which gave:

Google: The cat goes outside through the window. Then tried another site:

Reverso: The cat walks out the window.and they translated it as: The cat walks out the window.

I would appreciate getting a clarification on this. Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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L. B.A1Kwiziq community member

R vs D Confusion in Cardinal Directions?

Hello! I'm not understanding why these cardinal points sometimes have a "r" and some have a "d" in the name (as bolded). Can you explain this further? ie: El sureste as south-east makes sense (literally south+east), but what is sudeste??

El sureste/sudeste = south-east

El suroeste/sudoeste = south-west

El noreste/nordeste = north-east

El noroeste = north-west

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael K.C1Kwiziq community member

In the quiz sentence 'Cuando estés tan agobiado que no puedas relajarte, llámame.', can you explain the structure of this sentence.'Cuando' triggers the subjunctive 'estés', is there a double trigger due to 'Cuando estés tan agobiado que' causing 'no puedas relajarte' where 'puedas' is in the subjunctive or is 'no puedas relajarte' just in the imperative?

Asked 7 years ago

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Bo S.A1Kwiziq community member

Alberto llora ________ a menudo.