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FAO: Speakers of Spanish
I need to translate the following sentence in its purest form into spanish:
"I went to the station."
(station = railway station or train station... do you have to specify in Spanish that it is a railway station or is there one word for it like in German or French? (der Bahnhof/la gare) )
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Apr-07-2009 20:40
Reza
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Location: Richmond Hill
fui a la estacion
my iphone translator came up with that. hope its right
Apr-07-2009 20:43
Ania_xox
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Registered: Apr 2007
Location: on the midnight street
lol thanks for the try
I need something confirmed by a native or fluent speaker though - I'm using this example for a very highly detailed analysis of the way this sentence is translation in 5 different languages.
Babel fish/google translator won't do
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Originally posted by Slylee
oh well, different strokes different vaginas
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Apr-07-2009 20:47
MeLLyMeL
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Registered: Dec 2003
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i dunno my spanish is bad.
yo fui a la estacion de trenes?? don't trust me though.
I don't know if you can just use "station" in spanish. Maybe in a place like New York you can... or maybe it is common knowledge that station means - train station.
wait for other people ;]
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Apr-07-2009 21:02
Damerchi
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yo fui a la estacion del tren
Apr-07-2009 21:04
stren
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
estacion el ferrocaril ?
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Apr-07-2009 21:07
MeLLyMeL
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quote:
Originally posted by stren
estacion el ferrocaril ?
never. lol
estacion de tren if anything.
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Apr-07-2009 21:11
stren
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
quote:
Originally posted by MeLLyMeL
never. lol
estacion de tren if anything.
estacion de stren ?
why is ferrocaril not associated with a train station ?
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Apr-07-2009 21:13
Ivand
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Yo fuí a la estación
native speaker here
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Apr-07-2009 21:14
stren
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
quote:
Originally posted by Ivand
Yo fuí a la estación
native speaker here
lol @ avatar
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Apr-07-2009 21:15
nefardec
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there are a few words.
fui a la estación (most people know what you are talking about)
fui a la estación de tren
fui a la estación ferroviaria
fui a la estación de ferrocarril
ferrocaril/ferroviaria is going to be used for older stations, it's like saying 'railway' as opposed to 'train'. i think you might see it more in spain
as for one word, there is not one single word that i know of. spanish is not like german, lol, where you can just add things on - 'de' is used to create compounds.
bahnhof is like 'hof von der bahn', in the spanish way of making compounds..
i'd imagine itd be more appropriate to call a train station by name/location/system.
Apr-07-2009 21:16
MeLLyMeL
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i dunno.. who uses railway?
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