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#19242 Sun, 28 Oct 07 11:03 PM

I'm currently taking a spanish course and basically all sentences in the textbook are really short. Like:

"Madrid es la capital de España. Está en el centro del país." and so on. Maybe it supposed to be easy in the beginning but...
Couldn't you instead write:
"Madrid es la capital de España que está en el centro del país."

Or does that change something? Is that incorrect?

And this one?
"Gran Bretaña está en el oeste de Europa, y es miembro de la UE." Is that correct spanish?

Thanks in advance.

/Anathema

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Pucca

#19243 Mon, 29 Oct 07 12:00 AM

Anonymous

"Madrid es la capital de España. Está en el centro del país." and so on.
Couldn't you instead write:
"Madrid es la capital de España que está en el centro del país."

Or does that change something? Is that incorrect? - It doesn't change anything. Two simple sentences come to be one and it is correct to say that. We all start learning simple sentences first and then learn how to match them. :) It's a correct sentence, yes.

And this one?
"Gran Bretaña está ~~en el~~ al oeste de Europa y es miembro de la UE." Is that correct spanish? It sure is!

Good luck with the course!;)

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#19245 Mon, 29 Oct 07 12:29 AM

Well, I didn't think it would change the meaning of the sentence. :) I was just wondering if it would change all these "en el es del la".

And I guess that it did in the second one. "al" instead of "en el". Or was that wrong from the start? Cause I have a text about Spain, and I'm going to make a similar one about Great Britain as an assignment. And I wanted the text to flow a bit better than having short sentences stacked on each other like in the Spanish one.

In the text about Spain in my textbook it says "España es miembro de la UE. Está en el sur de Europa.". And I was just trying to switch them and add them together.

And also, another question I have. "Gran Bretaña limita con Irlanda en el oeste". I don't want to start every sentence with "Gran Bretaña". So would this be correct for example "El país limita con Irlanda en el oeste."? Cause El país should be correct here, right?

Thanks a lot of the quick reply by the way. Much appreciated.

//Anathema

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Pucca

#19246 Mon, 29 Oct 07 12:47 AM

And I guess that it did in the second one. "al" instead of "en el".
Gran Bretaña está al oeste de Europa                    ---> Indicates direction
Gran Bretaña está en el oeste de Europa.               ---> Indicates location

..I think.                   "Gran Bretaña está en el oeste de Europa" sounds weird to me.

Another option, less confusing could be "Gran Bretaña está por el oeste de Europa.

In the text about Spain in my textbook it says "España es miembro de la UE. Está en el sur de Europa.". And I was just trying to switch them and add them together.      Personally, I would say "España es mienbro de la UE. Está al sur de Europa"

And also, another question I have. "Gran Bretaña limita con Irlanda en el oeste". I don't want to start every sentence with "Gran Bretaña". So would this be correct for example "El país limita con Irlanda en el oeste."? Cause El país should be correct here, right?     The use of "El país" is correct

Hope I am helping..

Pucca

Anonymous

#19247 Mon, 29 Oct 07 03:00 AM

Yea, helped a lot. Might be back for more questions in a few days :)

Gracias.

Anonymous

#19253 Mon, 29 Oct 07 03:57 PM

I received the highest grade on that assignment :)

//Anathema

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Pucca

#19256 Mon, 29 Oct 07 09:39 PM

Hey Anathema, I've seen that you registered yesterday, why aren't you posting with your nickname?:)

Congrats for the marks!;)

Pucca

Anathema

#19287 Fri, 02 Nov 07 03:29 PM

I had some problems logging in, but it seems to be fine now :)

thanks

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Anathema

#19304 Wed, 07 Nov 07 05:08 PM

I have to ask something else. Not sure if I got this correct. My book isn't really clear here.

It's about the verbs. And I'm gonna take Hablo as an example here.

yo:                            hablo = I speak (singular)
tú:                            hablas = you speak (singular)
él, ella, usted:         habla = he, she, you(more formal 'you') speak (singular)
nosotros(-as):           hablamos = we speak (plural)
vosotros(-as):           habláis = you speak (plural)
ellos, ellas, ustedes: hablan = they speak (plural)

Is this correct? In this book it says that hablan means both THEY speak and YOU speak. Which is confusing me a bit.

Habláis castellano? should mean, Do you(plural) speak castilian?
Hablan castellano? should mean, Do they speak castilian?
Is this correct?

Anathema

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