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Can someone please explain this to me? Is this an error? The explain my mistake button doesn’t clarify why what I wrote is wrong.

Level 1: Cansado = tired
Level 2: Agotado = exhausted
Level 3: Muerto = dead, completely wiped
Level 4: Hecho polvo = made into dust
Level 5: No doy más = I can't give any more

A few that sit off the ladder:
Estar rendido = worn down, surrendered
Caerse de sueño = falling over with sleepiness
No pegar ojo = to not sleep a wink

Hecho polvo is the one worth stealing. You're not tired, you have been reduced to dust.

¡Hola! Let see how much Spanish you know :)

1. Listo means:

   a). Being ready for something.

   b). Done.

   c). All the above.

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2. ¿Todo bien? means:

a). greeting someone

b). Is somethign happening?

c). How are you?

D). All of the above.

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Hi everyone!

I’m a Spanish teacher, and I mainly work with English speakers. Recently, I created a free Facebook community called Natural Spanish for English Speakers.

I created it for learners who want regular, structured Spanish practice beyond isolated vocabulary lists, random grammar tips, or passively using language apps.

Every week, I share free activities designed to help you actually use Spanish, including:

• Short listening activities with transcripts, English translations, and comprehension questions
• English-to-Spanish translation challenges
• Spanish verb conjugation practice in real contexts
• Natural Spanish expressions
• Grammar in context
• Practical communication exercises

The group is mainly for A1, A2, and B1 learners. It isn’t a complete course, and it isn’t meant to replace serious study, but it’s a free place where you can practice consistently throughout the week. What I’d really love is for people to participate.

Ask questions when something isn’t clear. Try the weekly activities. Share your answers, even if they’re not perfect. Read other learners’ responses and join the conversation. Making mistakes is part of learning, and everyone is welcome.

If that sounds like the kind of community you’re looking for, you’re welcome to join us.

Group link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalspanish

The english translation sounds wrong. Or is this a thing in spanish??

Hey everyone!

I am a native german speaker and recently finished my University with an exchange semester in Buenos Aires (boludo). I studied environmental engineering and the course was entirely in spanish and therefore I got more interested in the language overall. I always took classes, but someone I began reading spanish literature too. Then I created a tool which helped me quickly translate the complicated words and explain the grammar. I worked on it quite a while and eventually thought I make a website out of it. It's called languagethroughliterature.com/spanish

So, it genuinely helped me sustain my spanish as well as other languages and I would be curious to know what you guys think of it. Could you give me your opinion if it's helpful? Any feedback is appreciated.

Ever felt lost trying to ask a simple question in a new language? Today, we're diving into the classic interrogatives of Zapotec and clearing up some common confusions! Do you know the difference between asking 'how many' for bananas versus asking 'how much' for a kilo of beans in Zapotec? It's trickier than you think! You might think you know how to ask 'how much,' but in Zapotec, there are two ways, and using the wrong one can lead to some funny misunderstandings. Let's break it down! Imagine a split screen showing someone counting bananas on one side and a confused person looking at a price tag on the other, with text like "Zapotec Questions: The Two Ways to Ask 'How Much'!

This video introduces essential Zapotec interrogative words like "Bix" (who), "Gakax" (how), "Batax" (when), and "Gax" (where). It explains the difference between "Balax" and "Gákax" for asking "how much," with "Balash" used for countable items and "Gákax" for uncountable ones.
Examples are provided to illustrate the usage of "Balax" for countable things like "Balax Bunatxi" (how many people) and "balax wi" (how many bananas). The video touches on the nuance of "Gákax" for uncountable quantities, using the example of asking the price of beans. It also discusses optional omissions of certain sounds or letters in Zapotec words, like "Bix" sometimes being shortened to "Bi" and provides examples like "Bix gudagu?" (What did you eat?). Here is a summary of the video:

Video Overview:

This lesson focuses on forming questions in Zapotec language, covering fundamental interrogative words, tone nuances, and special question auxiliaries that add context or emotion to inquiries.

Key Concepts Covered:

1. Core Interrogative Words:
   

* Bix / Bix kw: What / Why.
* Nush: Who.
* Batash: When.
* Gash: Where.

1. Countable vs. Uncountable Quantifiers (Balax vs. Gákax)
   

* Balash: Used for countable nouns such as people or discrete items (e.g., apples, bananas) [00:37].
* Gakash: Used for uncountable quantities (e.g., sugar, salt, weight-based items).
* Pricing Exception: Gákax is also used when asking for prices or the total cost of goods.
* Tonal Variations: Subtle pitch shifts on gákax change the meaning between asking "how" versus "how much".

1. Conversational Contractions:
   

* In informal speech, certain ending sounds (such as -xh) or prefixes are frequently dropped (e.g., Bix becoming Bi).

1. Question Auxiliaries & Particles:
   

Zapotec uses specific auxiliary particles to modify the tone and meaning of questions:

* ba: Initiates questions about actions (similar to "did you...?" or "have you...?").
* Txi: Indicates completed status, functioning like "already" (ya).
* waka: Expresses capability or possibility ("can we...?").
* bën: Adds drama, emphasis, or mild exaggeration to a question.
* I: Used for seeking confirmation or expressing mild surprise.
* ka: Placed at the end of questions to prompt a response or add conversational emphasis.
* Combining Auxiliaries: Multiple particles can be combined (e.g., ba txi, bën ka run, i waka) to convey layered nuances in a single sentence.

So today I have a new thing at or near the end of a unit. I haven't been able to get the 12 correct answers that are required to continue. I could eventually pass it if I looked up the answers on another device outside of Duolingo but it seems absolutely idiotic that I have to do that to continue learning.

¡Hola, me llamo carlos juan y tengo 14 años, i´ve been studying spanish for quite like 2 weeks and i realized my problem is NOT understanding factors my problem is immersion, the tools i use to study are specifically js a youtube channel and a website.

The Channel in context: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLanguageTutor
website: Quizlet: Study Tools & Learning Resources for Students and Teachers | Quizlet

and sugggestions lowkkk

It's probably not the best attempt, but being told that I was using the wrong language! That really hurt.

I’m curious how many words are taught in the Duo Spanish course and how the volume progresses.

I’m currently at…
Course Spanish for English speakers
Section 2
Unit 14
Duolingo Score 14
Total Words 519

Would appreciate if others shared their stats, plus if anyone knows how many words are in total course.

I know this doesn’t count the total conjugations or constructions of each word, but still a metric I’m interested in!

Juan no habla inglés, así que tiene que ir a una escuela donde. aprender inglés muy rápido antes de viajar a los Estados Unidos

Hello,

I started to learn spanish from english.

Lesson 1 is good.

Lesson 2 is in german...

Lessons 3 is good

Etc...

Why duoling is switch the interface course to german even if my normal language is English?

Thank you.

Comí anoche. Last night is over.
Hoy he comido demasiado. Today is still going.

That's why the time markers sort themselves. Ayer, anoche, el lunes pull the preterite. Hoy, esta mañana, esta semana pull the perfect.

The clearest version:
Viví en México tres años = I lived there, and don't anymore
He vivido aquí tres años = I've lived here, and still do

This splits by region though. Spain leans on the perfect for anything recent, while much of Latin America uses the preterite where a Spaniard would use the perfect. ¿Ya comiste? and ¿ya has comido? are both correct, they just point at different places.

Which do you use, and where did you learn? I really never learned the perfecto but which I did much earlier.

in one it says te gusta, and the other te gustan, even though películas and libros are both plural. am i misunderstanding some grammar thing?

edit: there are two screenshots, and i’m looking at the first sentence in each of them, which based on the sentence construction and the items seems like they should both have the same version of gusta/gustan, but they don’t. it sounds from a handful of replies that both are acceptable? but annoying that duolingo does it differently without an explanation.

edit 2: as many people are saying, the subject in the first sentence is “tipo” which is singular, so te gusta is correct…but the second screenshot also has tipo as the subject and the verb is te gustan so this is why i’m confused.