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Gab D.A2Kwiziq community member

Este mira

No entiendo que el “este” significa en esta frase :(

Asked 4 years ago

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R W.A2Kwiziq community member

Why do these verbs need the irregular stem change?The pronouncitation without the change does not seem awkward to me.

Asked 6 years ago

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Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reply to Alex's question

I was wondering if there was a reply to his question below:

"didn't need to (infinitive) & needn't have (past participle) are used to express the lack of necessity in the past, ..."

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephanie S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Navidades in plural?

Is "navidad" typically used in plural, like in this example?

Estas serán las primeras navidades sin Cristina. -These will be the first Christmas without Cristina.

Also, the translation should be "This will be..."

Asked 4 years ago

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David M.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Future sense

1. I find it difficult to think in terms of the Imperfect subjunctive in examples which allude to an event in the future, e.g. "Ojalá nosotros viniésemos el año que viene"... Could we also say "Ojalá nosotros vengamos el año que viene"?

2. [A comment rather than a question]: I personally prefer the "-s-" option for constructing the Imperfect Subjunctive because there is less chance of confusing it with a future construction.

Asked 4 years ago

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Garry M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The voice-over was drowned out by the orchestra

Pretty much a waste of listening time . . .

Asked 5 years ago

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John O.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Siente que su grado de veterinaria no le llenaHola Inma, The translation provided gave this as "she feels that her veterinary degree does not fulfil her." I know that there are other verbs which function in this way, where an indirect object is used instead of a direct object. I think this is the case with pedir, decir, preguntar for example, where the direct object is implied as communicating "something ... to another person." Thus in my above question is it that "No le llena" implies that her degree does not fulfil "something" in her. Is there a lesson about this, or is there a way of recognising these verbs, or do we learn them as we go? I hope this makes sense. Saludos John

Asked 5 years ago

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papi p.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

the use of cuándo/cuando in these two statements1Llámame _cuando_______ tengas un momento libre.Call me when you have a free moment.Dime cuándo vas a viajar a Italia.Tell me when you are travelling to Italy.Can you help me to understand the difference between the use of cuándo/cuando in these two statements? Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

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Lyn F.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using demonstrative pronouns: este/esta & sacamos/tomamosTomamos esa foto en Madrid pero tomamos éste en Barcelona.

Please, why is este marked wrong and esta given as the correct one? I can't work out why foto (masc) has esta (female) and not este. Is it because its BarcelonA?

And why sacamos and not tomamos?

Gracias.

Asked 5 years ago

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