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djhaziel
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Aug-09-2010 07:00
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RandomGirl
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Can someone please proof read this?! Remember, I am a total n00b and have only been studying Spanish for 4 months... so it may be really simple/bad. I just need what is there to be corrected in terms of grammar etc.
Thanks!
Una vez, cuando tenía la niňa, para vacaciones iba a Florida. Iba con mi madre y mis abuelos. Antes, corría en la playa. Jugaba con otro niňos. Me gustaba nadar en la piscina y me gustaba tomar el helado. Florida era caliente y sympático. La playa era sucio. El hotel era grande.
El verano pasado, fui a Ontario. Fui con mi novio. Visitamos nuestros padres y nuestros amigos. Fuimos a la playa y comimos muy comida. Fuimos de camping con nuestros amigos. Nadamos a la playa y vimos los lobos. Sacé muy fotos! Visitamos por dos semana y regresamos a casa.
Todos los días me levanto temprano. Me cepillo los dientes después de comer y luego me ducho. Más tarde, voy a la universidad y estudio para mi clases. Por la noche, regreso a casa y como comida con mi novio. Estudio espaňol y navego por Internet. Finalmente, duermo.
Al aňo que viene, para vacaciones, voy a ir a Cuba. Voy a nadar y voy a sacar fotos. Voy a ir con mi novio. Vamos a estar en Cuba por la semana. Vamos a escuchar música y vamos a bailar. Mi madre voy a comprar una tarjeta. Mi novio voy a comprar los pantalones cortos.
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I REALLY appreciate the help!
EDIT:
Just to make sure I am doing this right, the first paragraph is supposed to be past imperfect. The next is past tense, the next is present and the last one is future "I am going to".
Thanks in advance for the help!
Last edited by RandomGirl on Aug-09-2010 at 20:00
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Aug-09-2010 19:50
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RandomGirl
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| quote: | Originally posted by daydreamer
i'll edit if you tell me what you want to say in english.
so i can actually....understand....it
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Is it that bad you can't even understand it!? WTF? I didn't think I sucked that bad.
Una vez, cuando tenía la niňa, para vacaciones iba a Florida. Iba con mi madre y mis abuelos. Antes, corría en la playa. Jugaba con otro niňos. Me gustaba nadar en la piscina y me gustaba tomar el helado. Florida era caliente y sympático. La playa era sucio. El hotel era grande.
One time, when I was a child, for vacation I went to Florida. I went with my mother and my grandparents. Before, I used to walk on the beach. I used to play with other children. I used to like to swim in the pool and I used to like to drink ice cream. Florida was hot and nice. The beach was dirty. The hotel was large.
El verano pasado, fui a Ontario. Fui con mi novio. Visitamos nuestros padres y nuestros amigos. Fuimos a la playa y comimos muy comida. Fuimos de camping con nuestros amigos. Nadamos a la playa y vimos los lobos. Sacé muy fotos! Visitamos por dos semana y regresamos a casa.
This past summer, I went to Ontario. I went with my boyfriend. We visited out parents and our friends. We went to the beach and ate a lot of food. We went camping with our friends. We swam at the beach and saw wolves. I took a lot of photos. We visited for 2 weeks and returned home.
Todos los días me levanto temprano. Me cepillo los dientes después de comer y luego me ducho. Más tarde, voy a la universidad y estudio para mi clases. Por la noche, regreso a casa y como comida con mi novio. Estudio espaňol y navego por Internet. Finalmente, duermo.
Every day I wake up early. I brush my teeth after I eat and later I shower. Much later, I go to the university and study for my classes. In the evening, a return home and eat food with my boyfriend. I study Spanish and surf the Internet. Finally, I sleep.
Al aňo que viene, para vacaciones, voy a ir a Cuba. Voy a nadar y voy a sacar fotos. Voy a ir con mi novio. Vamos a estar en Cuba por la semana. Vamos a escuchar música y vamos a bailar. Mi madre voy a comprar una tarjeta. Mi novio voy a comprar los pantalones cortos.
Next year, for vacation, I am going to go to Cuba. I am going to swim and I am going to take photos. I am going to go with my boyfriend. We are going to be in Cuba for a week. We are going to listen to music and we are going to dance. I am going to by my mother a card. I am going to buy my boyfriend shorts.
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Aug-09-2010 22:20
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Lira
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
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| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Is it that bad you can't even understand it!? WTF? I didn't think I sucked that bad. |
You don't suck, and I actually got what you meant, but your expressions are still very "Anglophone", which is only natural given your background.
How much have you been reading in Spanish? Try to learn not the words, but how the expressions are used in general. For example, "When I was 5 years old" is, indeed, "Cuando yo tenia 5 años" - but this only works for numbers. If you want to say "When I was a small kid", though the construction is the same in English, you have to say "Cuando yo era pequeña/una niñ" or something of that sort.
ps.: You're using the imperfect too often. In the beginning, stick to the perfect past unless (1) you see them using the imperfect past in key expressions, such as the one I mentioned or (2) when you can use the progressive in English.
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Aug-09-2010 22:51
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RandomGirl
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| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You don't suck, and I actually got what you meant, but your expressions are still very "Anglophone", which is only natural given your background.
How much have you been reading in Spanish? Try to learn not the words, but how the expressions are used in general. For example, "When I was 5 years old" is, indeed, "Cuando yo tenia 5 años" - but this only works for numbers. If you want to say "When I was a small kid", though the construction is the same in English, you have to say "Cuando yo era pequeña/una niñ" or something of that sort.
ps.: You're using the imperfect too often. In the beginning, stick to the perfect past unless (1) you see them using the imperfect past in key expressions, such as the one I mentioned or (2) when you can use the progressive in English. |
The first paragraph is supposed to be all in past imperfect (according to the assignment). She is checking to see if we understand how to conjugate properly. However, my structure/grammar etc. still needs to be good too.
Other than the cuando yo tenia 5 año part, is there anything obvious that should be changed or adjusted?
I am getting rather frustrated with this class. The book is utter shite, and the prof is Argentinian and has her own dialect which further confuses/complicates things since we were originally learning Spain Spanish. Not to mention that we are going through it all super fast. Maybe once I take it during a normal semester it wont be so bad.
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Aug-09-2010 23:27
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