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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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Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Terminar vs terminarse

Hi, why is terminarse (vs terminar) used here: “no quería que se terminara”, (I didn’t want it to end). Thanks a lot,

Shirley.

Asked 3 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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Johan V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Should the "la" not be replaced with "mi"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Conectives porque, ya que, puesto que

Are the three connectives synonymous or is there a slight difference in their meaning?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jim K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Poneos doesn't seem to make sense with vosotros...

Your example is:

Cuando os tumbéis en la playa poneos la crema solar.When you lie down on the beach put some suncream on.Why isn't 'poned' used here? It's an imperative command isn't it? Is it because of the 'OS' tacked on the end?

Asked 5 years ago

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Anne B.A2Kwiziq community member

It is foggy. It is sunny

Why does the lesson say to use Hay with “It is foggy” but Está with “It is sunny”? I would think both would use Está

Also the lesson says to use Hay when it is followed by a noun, but Foggy is an adjective.

Thanks for your help!

Asked 4 years ago

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Bryan H.A1Kwiziq community member

Pues versus Porque

Why are we using pues instead of porque in the first sentence to say because?

Asked 5 years ago

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Harold R.Kwiziq community member

reflexive verbs

I have a question about reflexive verbs. In general I understand the concept, and I in general I know when to recognize the verbs. What I have trouble with is knowing when to use them in a sentence. For example take these two sentence:

I walk in the morning. Camino por la mañana.
I bathe in the morning. Me baño por la mañana.

Now I use the Google translate app and one of these sentences uses a reflexive verb and its pronoun and one does not. I don't understand the difference. I understand "I bathe myself in the morning" is how the translation would be from Spanish to English. But why does "I walk in the morning" not translate as "I walk myself in the morning". After all I'm not walking the dog or walking somebody else, I'm walking myself. Or is this just a matter of the Google translate app being incorrect??

Asked 4 years ago

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