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| JaKorChi Newbie Australia Joined 4845 days ago 18 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Afrikaans, Mandarin | Message 73 of 110 18 January 2011 at 9:28am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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This is an amazing idea, and quite helpful to me. Thank you. Feel free to correct my paragraph and explain any corrections if you can... I'm not perfect. I'll start out with a beginner and then work my way up.
Beginner: リーサさん、こんにちは。 これは僕の町の絵葉書です。大きくないです が、とてもいいですよ。リーサさんは町につ いてを語ってください。リーサさんの町で、 何人は住んでいますか。町について何がいい ですか。夕方にどこに行きますか？ ジョンより。 I'll edit it and post the other levels if I feel I can later. Thanks for any feedback. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Syntax Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie South Africa Joined 4881 days ago 28 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans*, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 74 of 110 18 January 2011 at 5:24pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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English->Spanish (I think) Corrections and critic very welcome.
(probably very needed, too:-)
Hola Lisa, Aquí esta una postal de mi ciudad. No es muy grande, pero me gusta. Por favor, dime más de tu ciudad. ¿Cuánta gente vive allí? En particular, ¿Qué te gusta de tu ciudad? ¿Adónde vas por las noches? John
Muchísimas gracias. Estoy encantada de que he ganado el premio. Quisiera viajar a los EEUU en julio porque tengo que trabajar. ¿Podré ver a mi prima Ann en Dallas? Sé que el viaje sólo va por Houston… También me encantara muchísima nadar en el mar. Espero que también haya tiempo para eso. Atentamente Michelle Dubois
(I've never actually read a book in Spanish, so I don't really what a narrative looks like. This was my best guess...) No conocía mi padre muy bien. Cuando murió con 75 años, yo no ya tenía 10. Puedo recordarme aquel día muy bien. Era un dia de septiembre y hacia mucho sol. Había un ambiente anormal en la casa. Puedo verme sentado solo en una silla en la habitación grande; una avispa volaba por la casa, pero con excepción de eso la casa estaba muy callada. Uno de mis hermanos mayores había dicho: “Padre está muriendo, pero debes quedarte aquí.” Todos estaban con él, solo yo estaba “demasiado pequeño” de nuevo y por eso excluido. No sé qué me daba más tristeza, esta condición o la muerte de mi padre, de cuyo significado yo, por supuesto, no entendía nada. Una imagen de él en particular me dio la impresión más destacada: mirando su dormitorio del pasillo y verlo sentado a su escritorio en la luz de un lanterno; como una luz al fin de un túnel. Ps- don't forget about corrections being welcome... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4852 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes  Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 75 of 110 19 January 2011 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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English --> Bulgarian Аз почети не съм знал баща ми. Когато той омря на седемдесет и пет години, аз не бях на десет години. Аз мога да си спомнъм деня много добре. Беши слънчеф ден в Септември и имаше страна атмосфера в къщата. Аз мога да се видя как седях сам на стол в голямата стая. Оса литеше наоколо обаче освен за това къщата беши тиха. Един от по възрастните ми братя каза, "Татко омира обаче ти трабва да стоиш тука." Всеки беши с него ама аз бях много малък пак и бчх изостанал. Аз не знам какво ме направи по тъжен, тази факта или смърта на баща ми, значението на койе аз в действителност не разбирах най малко. Една спомен от него остана с мене най много: когато аз гледах към неговата стайята на края на коредора и виждах го как седеши на бюрото си в светлината на лампата му. Беши като гледани на светлина на края на тунел. Edited by Kartof on 20 January 2011 at 11:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Tropi Diglot Groupie Austria Joined 5217 days ago 67 posts - 87 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 76 of 110 20 January 2011 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
"Sie ist nicht sehr gross, aber so nett." If you want to translate it exactly you can translate it word for word. If you want to use "so" it has to be emphasized somehow to sound natural. For example: "Sie ist nicht groß, aber sooo nett." (~ Despite being not big, it is really nice.) "Wie viele wohners gibt sie?" You can either say: "Wieviele Leute wohnen dort?", which is word for word translated or use "Einwohner" (don't forget nouns are capitalized in German) instead of "wohners". "Was ist besonders schoen in der Stadt. Wo gehtst du nachts?" The first sentence is perfectly fine, just that it's a question, not a statement, so use "?". The second should be "Wohin gehst (also no 2 Ts here) du nachts?". This is probably because you're an English native, so let me explain when you want to use "wo" and when "wohin". "Wo?" is used to ask for a location or where someone/something can be found? Eg.: Wo ist das Hotel? Wo ist Tim? Wo liegt New York? "Wohin?" is used for direction or when you want to go somewhere. Eg.: Wohin gehst du? Wohin gehen wir jetzt? (Advanced: You can also split wohin, so: "Wo gehst du hin?" or "Wo gehen wir jetzt hin?" would be correct too. You might use this if you want to emphasize the where. For example: "Wo gehst (denn) du hin?" when someone walks into the completely wrong direction. Edited by Tropi on 20 January 2011 at 12:32pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| xander.XVII Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4840 days ago 189 posts - 215 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC1 Studies: French | Message 77 of 110 24 January 2011 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hi Lisa,
here is a postcard of my town. It is not very big, but it is nice. Please tell me more about your town. How many people live in it? What is particularly nice about your town? Where do you go in the evenings? John Ήρασμενή Lisa Καί γάρ τοι βιβλην εκ εμής πόλεις ταύτη.Ή δέ ουκ τυχόν πολλή μεγάλη εστί,ούτως καλή αυτή.Προς θεών, λέγετε μοι το πολύ περί σης πόλεις! ποσος άνθρωποι οικούσιν εν ά? Τί κατά λόγων καλλιότερων ή αλλά αυτά της σης πόλεις εστί? Που έρχεσθε υμείς αμ'εσπέρα ? John Ancient Greek Unfortunately accent are quite often wrong. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ibraheem Groupie United States Joined 5151 days ago 84 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Mandarin | Message 78 of 110 24 January 2011 at 4:30pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Thanks, this is very helpful. Yes, I know when to use Wo and Wohin, but I simply forget to use the correct words sometimes. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| begliocchi Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5120 days ago 4 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English, Italian | Message 79 of 110 26 August 2011 at 3:59am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'd like to correct your Italian: Ciao Lisa Ecco una cartolina della mia città. Non è molto grande, ma è bella. Dimmi, prego, di più della tua città. Quante persone ci abitano là? Che c'e` di particolarmente bello nella tua città? Dove vai le sere? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Fazla Hexaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6048 days ago 166 posts - 255 votes Speaks: Italian, Serbo-Croatian*, English, Russian, Portuguese, French Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 80 of 110 26 August 2011 at 11:17am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Actually Ecco una cartolina della mia città. Non è molto grande, ma è (una) bella (cartolina). Per favore dimmi di più sulla tua città. Quante persone abitano li'? Cosa c'e' di particolarmente bello nella tua città? Dove vai la sera? I put (una cartolina) like this as it's not wrong but it would just sound a bit weird hearing "non e' molto grande, ma e' bella". Le sere could also be employed but "la sera" is better in this context Edited by Fazla on 26 August 2011 at 11:18am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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