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Mohmmad Q.A1KwizIQ community member

¿Puedes venir a casa a las cinco?

i have two questions for this one first why there is an a after venir is it coz its

equivalent to be able to ?

second why five is las not la five is a number singular thx in advance for the support gracias

Asked 5 years ago

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Marcos G.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Use of comprarse

Hello,

I'm just wondering about the use of the reflexive comprarse. It is used in this example:

En esta tienda pueden comprarse unas joyas muy bonitas.You can buy very nice jewels in this shop
Why is the reflexive used here, and in general when do we use comprarse instead of comprar?
Thanks!Marcos

Asked 6 years ago

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Mieke v.A2KwizIQ community member

Where can I learn more about when to use Había and when to use Hubo?I know había is imperfecto and hubo is pretérito, but in this context it seems not always applicable. Is there a clear distinction?

Asked 8 years ago

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Dhruv L.B1KwizIQ community member

Había vs. Hay

In terms of usage, can había considered to be the the past tense of hay? Había =There was' vs. Hay = 'there is'?

Asked 6 years ago

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john b.A1KwizIQ community member

los cines de verano

Texto muy bueno y fácil para principiantes. La misma imagen hermosa con los cines de verano existe en mi país, Grecia.

Asked 6 years ago

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Peggy S.B2KwizIQ community member

How is it the sentence “Dónde tienes el dinero” is translated as an exclamation instead of an interrogatory?In English, to ask a question a compound verb is split into “do/have/are etc. -pronoun- root verb form. The use of exclamation points instead of question marks does not make sense.

Asked 7 years ago

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allison h.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Confusing example?

Usted ________ el dinero en euros. You would be paid in euros.HINT: Conjugate "cobrar" in El Condicional Simple

This appears to be a passive construction in English. It makes me want to translate tú serías cobrado el dinero en euros.

As written, doesn't the sentence in English mean "You would pay in Euros?"

Asked 8 years ago

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C. P.A1KwizIQ community member

Translating el pretérito perfecto

Leaving aside the issue of what you call this tense, I had trouble because I thought that the "perfect" tenses corresponded more closely with English in the sense of use of the auxiliary verb. It seems that most of the examples given show English translations with the auxiliary verb, but not all of them. So what is the difference between "No le dije" and "No le he dicho"? It would seem that the first translates to "I didn't tell him" and the second to "I haven't told him." But the examples seem to conflate the two.

Asked 6 years ago

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Paul E.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Courage to talk to someone in Spanish?

Is anyone else just chipping away at the Spanish lessons here hoping that one day they will understand enough to have the courage to talk to someone in Spanish? I'm level B1 in the lessons, but probably A2 when it comes to writing, A1 when it comes to listening and A0 when it comes to converations!
I fully understand I won't ever be fluent unless I talk with Spanish people, but I'm level C2 at making up reasons why today just isn't the day.

Asked 6 years ago

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