Mistakes on this site or is it just me?

Question

Is the interrogitive section messed up or am I just not on the ball today?

For the practice quiz Asking questions: interrogatives -the instructions are -Given an answer in Spanish, write the question that was most likely asked.

Tenemos que escribir un informe de tres páginas.

The correct question according to the site- ¿Cuántas páginas tienen que escribir? I assumed someone in a group was asking how many they had to do to other people in the group so i uses tenemos again.. How could I possibly know they want tienen?

Also this site gives this info about interrogatives. Is this right or is the correct answers in the quiz wrong because only cuánto is used for how much
. ¿Cuánto? ¿Cuánta? How much?
¿Cuántos? ¿Cuántas? How many?

this makes no sense because these examples are given ¿Cuánto es la camisa roja? (How much is the red shirt?)
¿Cuántas camisas rojas tienes? (How many red shirts do you have?)

Hola, welcome to the site. Did you report this to Feedback? - rac1, Mar 24, 2012

So are you saying the sire is wrong? If I knew it was wrong then I would have a reason to report it.. - Yankee111, Mar 24, 2012

I don't know if it is wrong or not, but the moderators will know. I'm sure someone will answer you soon. - rac1, Mar 24, 2012

Mmm... this is dealing more with grammar... not feedback. I am sure someone will be able to help you out soon. =) - NikkiLR, Mar 24, 2012

Answer 1

this is a gramar question. IIs it cuanta for how much?Is it cuantas for how many? why are you people so mean.

Yes, cuánta means how much with feminine singular nouns.

Cuántas means how many with feminine plural nouns.

Cuánto means how much with masculine singular nouns.

Cuántos means how many with masculine plural nouns.

We are very sorry about the errors in the Learn Grammar section. As these are discovered we are trying to fix them. - bandit51jd, Mar 25, 2012

Answer 2

Hola Yankee111. I have been working through the Asking Questions section and I see the two places that are in error. I will be sending the information you are seeing via the red feedback button. If you haven't done so yourself, please do.

In the Asking Questions: Interrogatives

I believe these are the errors that are confusing this member and myself. I know you are looking into this so please let me know when you get a chance to change this. I know there are multiple issues that are being addressed by the website personnel.

• feminine -- ¿Cuánto Cuánta es la camisa roja? (How much is the red shirt?)

• this one is okay--¿Cuántas camisas rojas tienes? (How many red shirts do you have?)

In the actual quiz for Asking Questions: Interrogatives -- 1 -- Answer Given: Compré siete manzanas ayer.

But at this point the “you” is not known as formal or familiar, or singular or plural. There needs to be a way to let the member know what form of the “you” is being looked for. Once the form is know the member can use “compraste” without confusion.

Correct answer: ¿Cuántas manzanas compraste ayer?

-- 2 – Answer Given: La camisa azul cuesta treinta pesos.

Nope! Study the explanation. Use "cuánto" when you want to know how much of something there is. In this case, how much it costs. Correct answer: ¿Cuánto cuesta la camisa azul?

I think this needs to be changed to “Cuánta” to match gender with “la camisa”?

If you have other difficulties with this same Quiz, we will try and help. I am sorry if we have not been quick enough to respond, but really it sometimes takes 3 weeks to get an appointment with a doctor!

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I do not have a red feed back button - Yankee111, Mar 25, 2012

Here is the url address that goes directly to the feedback page. http://www.spanishdict.com/feedback - bandit51jd, Mar 25, 2012

Answer 3

Paralee sent me a message and in part it says:

As for "¿Cuánto cuesta la camisa?" and "¿Cuánto es la camisa?" you always use the masculine form when it precedes a verb.

If it were just "¿Cuánta sal?" you would use the feminine form because it is modifying how much salt.

For "How much is" something, you use the masculine form. Sorry for any confusion!

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

thank you

De nada, Yankee! - bandit51jd, Mar 25, 2012

Answer 5

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That was a rude comment. I am not looking for perfection and never said so. .Stating an opinion is not a complaint. learn the difference. If I wanted to say I expected perfection that is exactly what I would have said. - Yankee111, Mar 24, 2012