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Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Valeria — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:22:24 GMT

dom
Thanks a lot everybody who helped me with this - it's over now and I think it went ok!
Cheers!

You're welcome, whatever you need just let us know!

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

dom — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:25:22 GMT

Thanks a lot everybody who helped me with this - it's over now and I think it went ok!

Cheers!

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

heidita — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:24:49 GMT

I hope you will see this before you do the exam:

dom
Okay, my exam is tomorrow!

I have thought of some questions I might be asked on my speeches, so if anyone wouldbe kind enough to check them for errors, that would be great. I did them really quickly.

Thanks again!

Â¿Usted enseÃ±arÃ¡ a niÃ±os en JapÃ³n?
No, serÃ¡ una cursillo para ~~los~~ adultos, en la universidad.
Â¿Sabe usted hablar japonÃ©s?
No, Nosotros no lo necesitamos.. Aprenderemos japonÃ©s mientras ~~que~~ estemos allÃ, sin embargo, pero no necesita.
Â¿Usted necesita qualificaciones?
No, pero nosotros vamos a hacer un curso de TEFL en Tailandia de todas maneras. Pienso que serÃ¡ Ãºtil.
Â¿DÃ³nde en JapÃ³n ~~usted~~ trabajarÃ¡?
Viviremos en un pueblo llamada Iida, cerca de Nagoya. EstÃ¡ a 2 o 3 horas de Tokio en tren, en el oeste del sur.

Â¿Fuisteis a algÃºn otros sitios en EspaÃ±a?
A Muchos de lugares. Otro gran recuerdo lo tengo de Tomatina. Era muy sucio, y una nueva experiencia para nosotros. Era muy extraÃ±o tambiÃ©n.
Â¿Cuanto tiempo hace que usted conoce a laura?
La ConocÃ hace cuatro aÃ±os, en una fiesta de un amigo comÃºn. Hemos estado juntos desde entonces, y hemos vivido juntos unos 3 aÃ±os.
Â¿QuÃ© ~~usted~~ harÃa diferente~~mente~~ en el parque?
TomarÃa mÃ¡s agua y planearÃa la ruta mÃ¡s a fondo.
Â¿Por quÃ© le gusta viajar?
Me gusta la libertad, y ver una nueva cultura. Pienso que la cultura inglesa es aburrida. Probablemente porque he vivido en Inglaterra toda mi vida. Si fuera rico, viajarÃa constantemente.

Good luck!!

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

dom — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:47:51 GMT

Also can anyone think of any more questions i might be asked?

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

dom — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:01:48 GMT

Okay, my exam is tomorrow!

I have thought of some questions I might be asked on my speeches, so if anyone wouldbe kind enough to check them for errors, that would be great. I did them really quickly.

Thanks again!

Â¿Usted enseÃ±arÃ¡ a niÃ±os en JapÃ³n?
No, serÃ¡ una cursillo para los adultos, en la universidad.
Â¿Puede usted hablar japonÃ©s?
No, sino nosotros no necesita. Aprenderemos japonÃ©s mientras que estamos allÃ sin embargo, pero no necesita.
Â¿Usted necesita qualificaciones?
No, pero nosotros vamos a hacer un curso de TEFL en Tailandia de todas maneras. Pienso que serÃ¡ Ãºtil.
Â¿DÃ³nde en JapÃ³n usted trabajarÃ¡?
Viviremos en un pueblo llamada Iida, cerca de Nagoya. EstÃ¡ a 2 o 3 horas de Tokio en tren, en el oeste del sur.

Â¿Fuisteis en algÃºn otros sitios en EspaÃ±a?
Muchos de lugares. Otra gran memoria era la Tomatina. Era muy sucio, y una nueva experiencia para nosotros. Era muy extraÃ±o tambiÃ©n.
Â¿Cuanto tiempo haga que usted sepa laura?
Le ConocÃ hace cuatro aÃ±os, en una friesta de un amigo mutuo. Hemos sido juntos desde entonces, y hemos vivido juntos por 3 aÃ±os.
Â¿QuÃ© usted harÃa diferentementeen el parque?
TomarÃa mÃ¡s agua y planearÃa la ruta mÃ¡s a fondo.
Â¿QuÃ© usted tiene gusto sobre viajar?
La libertad, y ver una nueva cultura. Pienso que la cultura inglesa estÃ¡ aburrido. Probablemente porque he vivido en Inglaterra toda mi vida. Si fuera rico, viajarÃa constantemente.

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Valeria — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:29:31 GMT

dom
Ok, thanks again. One more question!
"irÃ© a nueva zelandÃa y entrenarÃ© para ser piloto" Should that be "me entrenarÃ©"?

"me entrenarÃ©" is wrong, it means "to train myself" you can say that, at least that you know how to fly a plane

ohh I forgot "Nueva ZelandÃa" es sin tilde o sea: Zelandia

I wrote: "the sentence have no sense. " it should be "has", i'm sorry, my english is not good

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

dom — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:35:20 GMT

Ok, thanks again. One more question!

"irÃ© a nueva zelandÃa y entrenarÃ© para ser piloto" Should that be "me entrenarÃ©"?

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Valeria — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:42 GMT

Anonymous
Oh I understand - it's because the noise is doing the waking, not us.
Ok. How about "DespuÃ©s de siete horas de andar y escalar, habÃa llegado a la cumbre." Shouldn't that be habÃamos?

You're right, it should be "habÃamos"

HabÃa is singular

HabÃamos is plural , well you know that.

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Valeria — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:41:59 GMT

Anonymous
I have one question:
Shouldn't "el sonido de animales grandes nos despertÃ³" be despetamos?
Thanks again

"el sonido de "los" animales grandes nos despertÃ³" ("los" is opccional, but is better saying "los")

The sentence is correct, but if you say "el sonido de los animales grandes nos despertamos" the sentence have no sense.

If you want to say "nos despertamos" you have to use the word "con"

"Con el sonido de "los" animales grandes nos despertamos"

Or you can say:

"Nos despertamos con el sonido de los animales grandes"

So, the 3 ways are ok, you can choose anyone of them.

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Anonymous — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:07:20 GMT

Oh I understand - it's because the noise is doing the waking, not us.

Ok. How about "DespuÃ©s de siete horas de andar y escalar, habÃa llegado la cumbre." Shouldn't that be habÃamos?

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Pucca — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:27:56 GMT

No, but you could say "Nos despertamos con.."

Don't forgot that the verb and the subject always agree (agree?) El verbo y el sujeto siempre concuerdan.

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:28 GMT

I have one question:

Shouldn't "el sonido de animales grandes nos despertÃ³" be despetamos?

Thanks again

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:58:12 GMT

Again, thanks very much! That's very helpful for me, you're very kind.

Now I just need to memorise all of this and be able to answer questions about them both!

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Valeria — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:49:58 GMT

Anonymous
Thanks a lot, that's very very helpful!
The things that you didn't understand:
Fuimos un pedacito loco
I was trying to say 'we went a little crazy'
lo recuerdas muy bien, cuando hacÃa bueno
I meant 'I remember very well, when the weather was good...'

Ok, I understand now

1.- 'we went a little crazy'

Fuimos como locos or Fuimos algo locos or Fuimos un poco locos, In this case, I think the first one is the most usable.

2.- 'I remember very well, when the weather was good...'

Lo recuerdo muy bien, cuando hacÃa buen clima..... you also wrote "y habÃa calor" so the correct form is: "y hacÃa calor"

ohh, I made a mistake Me encantarÃa tener un trabajo que nos permita viajar y trabajar al mismo tiempo. (I thought you was talking about Laura and you)

you have to say: "que me permita viajar y trabajar"

Re: Help with short spanish essay please

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:03:05 GMT

Thanks a lot, that's very very helpful!

The things that you didn't understand:

Fuimos un pedacito loco

I was trying to say 'we went a little crazy'

lo recuerdas muy bien, cuando hacÃa bueno

I meant 'I remember very well, when the weather was good...'