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| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5705 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes  Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 01 August 2010 at 5:44pm | IP Logged |
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I'm preparing for an oral exam in Spanish and have just finished translating answers to
the list of questions I was given, 1--I prefer spicy food. I like chicken and rice, and salad. I like to drink tea and juice 1--Prefiero la comida picante. Me gusta el arroz con pollo y ensalada y me gusta tomar el té y jugo. 2--I like to travel. I have traveled most of the united states and canada, and I have also travled to west africa 2--Me gusta viajar. He viajado por la mayoría de los Estados Unidos y Canadá, y también he viajado al oeste de Africa. 3--It has been 12 weeks since I began studying Spanish. 3--Hace doce semanas que estudio español. 4--I dont practice sports but I like to watch them on TV. 4--No practico ningun deportes, pero me gusta a ver unos en la televisión. 5--(MY TOWN) is a small city. There are many trees and flowers, it is the capital and there are 2 big universities here. 5--(Mi Ciudad) es una ciudad pequeña. Tiene muchos arboles y flores. Es el capital y hay dos importantes universidades esto. 6--I take my vacation in the summer with my family. We go south to the beach. We like the beach a lot. 6--Tomo mis vacaciones en el invierno con mi familia. Vamos al sur a la playa porque nos gusta la playa mucho. 7--This weekend I am going to clean my house and go to the store for food. 7--Esta fin de semena voy a limpiar my casa y ir al la tienda para comida. 8--My favorite show is Clean House (With N. Nash) 8--Mi programa favorito es Casa de Limpieza (con N. Nash) 9--I take tylenol and drank alot of water for a fever, I take tea with lemon for a cold and for a cough, I take robotussin. 9--Tomo tylenol y bebo mucha aqua para la fiebre. Tomo te con limon para una gripe, y para la tos tomo robotussin. 10--Yes, money is important. You need money to buy food, clothes, gas and to have fun. 10--Sí, el dinero es importante. Necesitas dinero para comprar comida, ropa, gas, y divertirse. This is the first ten. I'm about to record them so that I can begin committing them to memory. There are 15 more to go. I really need the feedback to be sure I have good translations. Thanks in advance. Edited by global_gizzy on 01 August 2010 at 5:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| karaipyhare Tetraglot Groupie Paraguay Joined 5587 days ago 74 posts - 150 votes Speaks: Portuguese, Spanish*, English, Guarani Studies: German, Italian, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 3 02 August 2010 at 6:26am | IP Logged |
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Here my corrections:
1--Delete the article before "té", "me gusta tomar té" sounds more natural 2--Perfect! 3--Correct 4--It must be "ningun deporte" in singular, also "me gusta verlos en la televisión" would match the English sentence. And no "a" after "me gusta" 5--"Es LA capital", it's feminine. "y hay dos importantes universidades AQUÍ" 6--"nos gusta mucho la playa" 7--"EstE fin de semAna voy a limpiar mI casa E ir a la tienda para COMPRAR comida. There is a rule that says that before a word starting with the "i" sound, you change "y" for "e". "Para comida" doesn't sound natural, it's like you're gonna do something as a favor to personified food. Another option is "ir a la tienda POR comida". 8--Ok 9--Maybe a typo with "aqua" instead of "agua". And watch for the acentos in "té" and "limón". Also, "para la gripe" sounds better. 10--Excellent. But I think gas should be translated as "combustible" or "gasolina" Your Spanish is very good overall 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5228 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 3 of 3 08 August 2010 at 4:34pm | IP Logged |
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1- Correct. "Tomar té" also works, as kaipryhare said.
2- ... He viajado por la mayor parte de los Estados Unidos y Canadá, y también al oeste de Africa. "Most of" can be translated as "la mayoría de" or "la mayor parte de"; USA is a bunch of states so it's not a big difference. But Canada is one big block, so you can't count individual parts of it, hence "la mayor parte de". 3- Good, but a more literal translation would be: "Hace doce semanans / han pasado doce semanas desde que empecé a estudiar español". 8- "Limpiar la casa" o "Limpieza de casa" but I'm only guessing, that wasn't aired here AFAIK. 10- Correct. Or, "Se necesita dinero para" (in the sense of "one needs money"). Congratulations, you seem to be doing well. Where are your next 15? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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