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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

Abby F.C1Kwiziq community member

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Asked 7 years ago

John O.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Ver is regular in the pretérito indefinido?

Hola,

Is Ver "regular" if the accents are missing on the first and third persons singular conjugations?

Regards

John

Asked 6 years ago

Benhur B.C1Kwiziq community member

Hola,

In the sentence 'if my wife sees me dressed like that...', is the subjunctive vea acceptable since it hasn't actually happened yet?

Gracias,

Benhur

Asked 4 years ago

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 6 years ago

Katie S.B1Kwiziq community member

I wonder if there is a discussion of the pronunciation of these two words. Depending on the speaker, they sound the same to me. I have noticed in some accents in the north, there's a slight "l" sound in the ll, and even my late great uncle (from the north of Spain) had explained to me that this is a thing, but also he explained this to me a long, long ago and I just want to know if I'm hearing things correctly or if my brain's making it up. ¡Gracias!

Asked 5 years ago

Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Impersonal yes or noIs this an impersonal sentence? "En esta zapatería venden sandalias mallorquinas."yesno

Being in a specific location "They" (Implicit in venden), could be the shop owners or staff and it would not be impersonal. I know it fits the format of the lesson but in this situation, I would have thought "se venden" would have been a more impersonal expression with no possibiloity of ambiguity.

Asked 6 years ago

allison h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why can't you also use "que" here?

Asked 7 years ago

steven s.C1Kwiziq community member

plancha definition

the English translation of "la puedes cocinar a la plancha" is rendered as "you can cook it on the plancha". Is "plancha" an English word? I have never heard it before and I don't know what it means. I looked it up and it says "flat top grill". I'm not even sure what that is. Is "plancha" a word that is used in Brittish English?

Asked 1 year ago

andy v.B1Kwiziq community member

Is this about the affirmative command from ir or irse?

Asked 6 years ago

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