Great question! The use of "es" in this sentence, even though it's referring to the future, is because "es" expresses a scheduled or planned event, which is common in Spanish when talking about events in the near future.

In Spanish, the verb "ser" (in its present form "es") is often used to talk about events that are considered certain or scheduled, especially when talking about things like plans or appointments. It’s similar to how we might say "Our trip is next week" in English to describe something scheduled for the future.

So, even though the trip is in the future, it is being treated as a scheduled event, and "es" is used to express this.

Here’s a comparison:

Nuestro viaje a Argentina es la semana que viene ("Our trip to Argentina is next week" – planned/scheduled event)
Nuestro viaje será la semana que viene ("Our trip will be next week" – future event, but more general)
Both are correct, but using "es" makes it feel more like a confirmed plan.

In this case, "qué" is used with an accent because it is functioning as an interrogative word (meaning "what") in a direct or indirect question.

Here’s the breakdown:

Qué with an accent is used in direct or indirect questions to ask for specific information. It translates to "what" or "which" when asking about something.

Example: "¿Qué detalles son necesarios?" (What details are necessary?)
Que without an accent is used as a relative pronoun or conjunction, meaning "that," "which," or "who."

Example: "Los detalles que son necesarios..." (The details that are necessary...)
In your sentence:
"Debería saber qué datos son necesarios para la visa de trabajo argentina,"
The qué is used because it's asking about the specifics of which details are necessary. Even though it’s not a direct question, the structure suggests an indirect question, which is why the accent is used.

In general, unos/unas and algunos/algunas both mean "some," but they are used slightly differently.

Unos/unas are more often used with countable nouns and imply an approximate quantity. For example: "unas semanas" (some weeks) suggests a non-specific number of weeks.
Algunos/algunas can be used in similar contexts, but they are often used to express "some" in a more general or uncertain way, and they can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.
In your example, "unas semanas" is correct because it's referring to a countable, but unspecified, number of weeks.

So, the difference is subtle, but unos/unas tends to be used more when you're talking about a quantity that can be counted, and algunos/algunas is a bit more flexible for a wider range of situations.

In Spanish, the adjective mínimo can be used both as an adjective that agrees with the noun (mínima) or as an adverb (mínimo) when indicating a minimum amount or extent.
In the phrase "una semana mínimo," mínimo is functioning as an adverb, meaning "at least" or "a minimum of." It's similar to saying "one week at a minimum" in English, which is why it doesn't need to agree with the noun semana.

If you were describing something as the "smallest" or "least" of its kind, then you would use the adjective form that agrees with the noun, for example:

una cantidad mínima (a minimum amount)
una duración mínima (a minimum duration)
In summary:

Mínimo (adverb): "una semana mínimo" (one week minimum)
Mínima (adjective): "una semana mínima duración" (a week with minimum duration)

Great question! Both quisiera and le gustaría can express "would like," but they have slightly different nuances in Spanish.

Le gustaría is the more common and neutral way to say "would like." It’s often used for wishes, desires, or polite requests, like in the sentence: A tu sobrino le gustaría tener un gato (Your nephew would like to have a cat). This phrasing is more straightforward and typically used when expressing someone's preferences.

Quisiera, which is the imperfect subjunctive of querer, carries a slightly more formal or polite tone and is often used in hypothetical or more polite contexts. It's commonly used for making polite requests or expressing more tentative desires, e.g., Quisiera un poco de agua (I would like some water).

In your example, while Tu sobrino quisiera tener un gato is grammatically correct, it might sound too formal or hypothetical for the given context, which is likely why it wasn't accepted as the correct answer. The sentence is simply stating a straightforward desire, so le gustaría is the preferred choice here.

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Wow, that sounds like such a wonderful experience! Mérida sounds like a beautiful place to visit, and how amazing that you got to converse in Spanish with the locals. There’s nothing quite like connecting with people in their own language!

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I’ve checked, and the voice says: ¿Podrían ENSEÑARNOS los pasaportes ahora?

The correct version would be:
¿Podrían enseñarnos los pasaportes ahora? (Alternatively: ¿Podrían enseñarnos a nosotros los pasaportes?)

In Spanish, it would be incorrect to say: ¿Podrían enseñarlos los pasaportes? A more accurate option would be:
¿Podrían enseñarlos ahora? (In this case, "los pasaportes" is omitted).

However, in this case, you can write exactly what the voice says, and the system will only accept the phrase: ¿Podrían ENSEÑARNOS los pasaportes ahora?

I hope this clarifies it for you!

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Hi @Keats ! In August this year you were working through Level 1. It took me several years to start and restart to complete levels 1, 2, and finally level 3. What is your learning journey like today?

When I began learning about phonemes in Spanish, my awareness of how I pronounce my native English was heightened. I've found that language exchanges, or intercambios, are a fantastic way to see two languages from two perspectives at once. English learners have such fantastic questions, and that helps me understand that I am experiencing similar challenges as I learn other languages. Making learning social has been absolutely key to my growth!

Glad to see this being asked as I'd noticed it as well...

Your understanding of Visitare=places (Andare a)Trovare=people is what I'd been taught as well. Some searches seem to indicate that while Visitare for people isn't technically incorrect, it just 'sounds bad' and generally isn't used.

Will be curious to see what kind of response this gets...