cualquier or cualquiera?

Question

I come across a exercise like this in my spanish book:

¿Es difícil aprender a conducir?

No,es fácil.________________ puede aprender.

a.cualquier

b.cualquiera

I choose "a" but the answer is "b".

i just can't figure it out why so and think that the answer is wrong.

Can anybody help me with it? waiting....

Answer 1

The correct answer is indeed cualquiera, because what you need there is a pronoun, not an adjective, e.g. cualquier hombre... to agree with the noun.

Answer 2

I, too, think that "b" is the correct answer because "cualquiera" is translated as "anyone" there.

FZ said: .... because what you need there is a pronoun, not an adjective....

Please note that "cualquiera" can also be an adjective, e.g., una ciudad cualquiera.

Yes, but what was said was that a pronoun was needed. That disqualifies optiion A. The fact that both can be used as an adjective is irrelevant. - 0074b507, Aug 20, 2010

I just think that the comment left the impression that "cualquiera" is not an ajective and I wanted to clear that up...it can be an adjective at times. - --Mariana--, Aug 20, 2010

Answer 3

According to a book by Jean Yates

Cualquier is used before a masculine or feminine noun. It is in invariable and does not change according to the gender that it modifies. And cualquiera is used after noun.

Me llamó como cualquier otro día./ Me llamó como un día cualquiera. -- He called me just like any other day.

Tráeme cualquier chaqueta./ Tráeme una chaqueta cualquiera. -- Bring me any old jacket.!

Terrific answer mate , well done. - ray76, Mar 4, 2013

Answer 4

Cualquiera puede hacerlo.

Cualquier persona puede hacerlo.

Anyone can do it?