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MixedUpCody
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 Message 57 of 110
19 November 2010 at 6:14am | IP Logged 
Awesome idea! Thank you very much for posting this.

Spanish

Hola Lisa,
     Aquí está una postale de mi ciudad. No es muy grande, pero es hermosa. Me conta lo que tu ciudad es como por favor. ¿Cuántas personas viven allá? ¿Qué es bueno acerca de tu ciudad? ¿Adónde vas por la noche?

John

Edited by MixedUpCody on 19 November 2010 at 6:17am
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koba
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 Message 58 of 110
20 November 2010 at 4:57am | IP Logged 
Mikael84 wrote:
Portuguese (Brazil):
Oi Lisa,
aqui esta um cartao postal da minha cidade. Nao é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quanta gente vive nela? O que que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Onde você costuma sair a noite?


That's very well put, almost no mistakes :) but there is one or two expressions that sound odd that i'd like to point out, so here's the correction:

"Oi Lisa,
Aqui está um cartão postal da minha cidade. Não é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quantas pessoas vivem nela? O que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Para onde você costuma sair a noite?"

You could also say "Aqui vai" instead, which is a bit more colloquial and IMO sounds better for this situation.

To ask about "population" you have to use "pessoas", "gente" would sound weird here.

Edited by koba on 20 November 2010 at 4:58am
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Mikael84
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Peru
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Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Russian

 
 Message 59 of 110
20 November 2010 at 4:59am | IP Logged 
koba wrote:
Mikael84 wrote:
Portuguese (Brazil):
Oi Lisa,
aqui esta um cartao postal da minha cidade. Nao é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quanta gente vive nela? O que que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Onde você costuma sair a noite?


That's very well put, almost no mistakes :) but there is one or two expressions that sound odd that i'd like to point out, so here's the correction:

"Oi Lisa,
Aqui está um cartão postal da minha cidade. Não é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quantas pessoas vivem nela? O que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Para onde você costuma sair a noite?"

You could also say "Aqui vai" instead, which is a bit more colloquial and IMO sounds better for this situation.

To ask about "population" you have to use "pessoas", "gente" would sound weird here.


You are right, that is a bad Portunhol mistake! "cuanta gente vive en esta ciudad?" would be correct Spanish.

Edited by Mikael84 on 20 November 2010 at 6:03am
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koba
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 Message 60 of 110
20 November 2010 at 5:10am | IP Logged 
Here's my attempt in Hungarian.

Kezdő:
Szia Lisa,
Itt van egy levelezőlap a városomról. Nem nagyon nagy, de király. Mondd el tovább a városodról. Hányan laknak? Mi van különösebben szép róla? Hová szoktál szórakozni járni?

I probably committed mistakes here and there so I'd appreciate some feedback. :)

Mikael84 wrote:
koba wrote:
Mikael84 wrote:
Portuguese (Brazil):
Oi Lisa,
aqui esta um cartao postal da minha cidade. Nao é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quanta gente vive nela? O que que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Onde você costuma sair a noite?


That's very well put, almost no mistakes :) but there is one or two expressions that sound odd that i'd like to point out, so here's the correction:

"Oi Lisa,
Aqui está um cartão postal da minha cidade. Não é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quantas pessoas vivem nela? O que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Para onde você costuma sair a noite?"

You could also say "Aqui vai" instead, which is a bit more colloquial and IMO sounds better for this situation.

To ask about "population" you have to use "pessoas", "gente" would sound weird here.


You are right, that is a bad Portunhol mistake! "cuanta gente en esta ciudad" would be correct Spanish.


Oddly enough "Quanta gente nesta cidade" would sound alright in Portuguese. :)

I guess it's just when you refer to the population as a whole and specially in the question: "How many people live here?", but you can perfectly say: "Tem muita gente aqui" (There's too many people here) or astonished "Quanta gente!" (How many people!), as a rule I'd say "gente" suits better for most situations and sounds more natural, but watch out for the exceptions :)

Edited by koba on 20 November 2010 at 5:21am
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Mikael84
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Peru
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 Message 61 of 110
20 November 2010 at 6:08am | IP Logged 
koba wrote:
Here's my attempt in Hungarian.

Kezdő:
Szia Lisa,
Itt van egy levelezőlap a városomról. Nem nagyon nagy, de király. Mondd el tovább a városodról. Hányan laknak? Mi van különösebben szép róla? Hová szoktál szórakozni járni?

I probably committed mistakes here and there so I'd appreciate some feedback. :)

Mikael84 wrote:
koba wrote:
Mikael84 wrote:
Portuguese (Brazil):
Oi Lisa,
aqui esta um cartao postal da minha cidade. Nao é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quanta gente vive nela? O que que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Onde você costuma sair a noite?


That's very well put, almost no mistakes :) but there is one or two expressions that sound odd that i'd like to point out, so here's the correction:

"Oi Lisa,
Aqui está um cartão postal da minha cidade. Não é muito grande, mas é legal. Me fale mais sobre a sua cidade. Quantas pessoas vivem nela? O que tem de particularmente legal na sua cidade? Para onde você costuma sair a noite?"

You could also say "Aqui vai" instead, which is a bit more colloquial and IMO sounds better for this situation.

To ask about "population" you have to use "pessoas", "gente" would sound weird here.


You are right, that is a bad Portunhol mistake! "cuanta gente en esta ciudad" would be correct Spanish.


Oddly enough "Quanta gente nesta cidade" would sound alright in Portuguese. :)

I guess it's just when you refer to the population as a whole and specially in the question: "How many people live here?", but you can perfectly say: "Tem muita gente aqui" (There's too many people here) or astonished "Quanta gente!" (How many people!), as a rule I'd say "gente" suits better for most situations and sounds more natural, but watch out for the exceptions :)


Indeed, I meant that "cuanta gente vive en esta ciudad?" would be correct Spanish. For all the other examples you mention Spanish would be identical to Portuguese...

Talking of "gente", I have a question: in Portuguese, what would be the difference in meaning between "essa gente" e "esse pessoal"? Pessoal is more colloquial right?
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Vos
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 Message 62 of 110
20 November 2010 at 12:05pm | IP Logged 
Sprachprofi wrote:


Beginner:
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


Querida Lisa,
aquí está una tarjeta postal de mi pueblo. Es no muy grande, pero es muy bueno. Cuéntame más por favor sobre
tu pueblo. ¿Cuánto gente vive allí? ¿Qué es especialmente bueno sobre tu pueblo? ¿Dónde vas por las tardes?

Un abrazo,
Juan

Sprachprofi wrote:

Intermediate: (answer to having won a tour through the USA)
Thank you very much. I am so glad I won the prize. I would like to travel to the USA in July because of my job.
Will I be able to see my cousin Ann in Dallas? I know the tour only goes through Houston... Also I would really
like to go swimming in the ocean. I hope there will be time for that.
Yours sincerely,

Michelle Dubois


Muchas gracias. ¡Soy tan contento que gané el premio!. Me gustaría viajar a USA en julio debido a mi trabajo.
¿Podré ver a mi prima Ann en Dallas? Sé que la gira va solamente por Houston... Además me gustaría mucho a ir
nadando en el océano. Espero que lo habrá tiempo.

Atentamente,
Ginsberg

Does 'lo' in the very last sentence there make sense, in regarding to swimming in the ocean?

Great idea by the way Sprachprofi! Fantastic way to practice.
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koba
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 Message 63 of 110
21 November 2010 at 3:50am | IP Logged 
@Mikael84: I wouldn't say that "esse pessoal" is more colloquial, but it sounds much better than "essa gente", you should stick to that :)
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patuco
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 Message 64 of 110
21 November 2010 at 11:19am | IP Logged 
Vos wrote:
Does 'lo' in the very last sentence there make sense, in regarding to swimming in the ocean?

No.

There's a few other things which don't sound right either.


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