Hi! my first post, so first things first: kwiziq is great!
About the sentence "Ella piensa muy despacio." Isn't that supposed to be "despaciamente", as it is an adverb that describes the way she thinks?
Thank you!
The Spanish verb pensar (to think) is semi-regular since its stem changes in some forms in El Presente but it has the same regular endings as other regular ‑ar verbs:
| yo | pienso |
| tú | piensas |
| él / ella / Ud. | piensa |
| nosotros / nosotras |
pensamos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
pensáis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | piensan |
The first vowel -e- in the stem becomes -ie- except for the nosotros and vosotros forms.
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List of Common Spanish stem-changing (e > ie) verbs in the present tense
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¡Hola Alexander!
First things first... ¡Bienvenido al forum! and glad to hear you like Kwiziq.
Despacio is indeed an adverb (slowly) and the regular form of an adverb in Spanish is with an ending -mente, e.g. felizmente, rápidamente,... but in Spanish we can say "slowly" with two adverbs: despacio or lentamente. Despacio is irregular so it doesn't end in -mente however lentamente does (lento -> adjective for slow; lentamente-> adverb for slowly).
I hope this clarified your doubt.
Un saludo cordial,
Inma
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Hi! my first post, so first things first: kwiziq is great!
About the sentence "Ella piensa muy despacio." Isn't that supposed to be "despaciamente", as it is an adverb that describes the way she thinks?
Thank you!
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Vosotros
¿Qué pensáis vosotros sobre este tema?
I understand that pronouns can be left out and the subject is determined by the context of the sentence. I am not very familiar with Castillian, so can "vosotros" be left out in the above sentence and still be grammatically correct?
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Jen
Yes, you can omit the pronoun. In fact we tend to do that and use it only when it is necessary to clarify who the subject is or just for emphasis. You could say: ¿Qué pensáis sobre este tema?
Gracias y un saludo
Inma
StuartKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Hola Inma,
Could you also say ¿Qué pensáis sobre esto?
Gracias - ¡me encanta el Kwiziq!
Vosotros
¿Qué pensáis vosotros sobre este tema?
I understand that pronouns can be left out and the subject is determined by the context of the sentence. I am not very familiar with Castillian, so can "vosotros" be left out in the above sentence and still be grammatically correct?
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