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jenny Senior Moderator



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Post subject: Practice your Spanish writing here: Question 1 |
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As the forum is rather quiet at the moment I thought I’d make a game for you all to help you practice/learn Spanish.
Please answer the questions in Spanish (your answers will be corrected) and with the English below to help those who do not speak so much Spanish.
1. ¿Dónde vives? Explícanos un poco sobre su/tu casa, el pueblo/cuidad, la zona, etc… (Where do you live?)
Oh, and no cheating. I can tell when it's done by Babelfish  _________________ Who am I? Find out more here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=17
I will make this day a happy one for I alone can determine what kind of day it will be. |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:43 am
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strippersrus Supreme Reefer



Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 4190 Location: tenerife
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OH mi Madre....
Yo vivo en Amarilla Golf, en el sur de Tenerife. Yo tengo un apartamento con dos habitaciónes.
heehee...nada mas...
I live in Amarilla Golf in the south of Tenerife. I have a 2 bed apartment.
Nothing more....heehee _________________ Find out more at www.myspacetenerife.com
Stripps
Where the party starts.....
www.tenerifehennights.com |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:17 pm
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jenny Senior Moderator



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Excellent. Thanks for getting the ball rolling Stripps.
Just two small comments
1. You don't really need to put "yo". The verb ending indicates who you are talking about so it is unnecessary.
2. You would usually say un apartamento de dos habitaciones rather than con dos habitaciones.
These are very unimportant errors though and the sentence was clear. 9/10  _________________ Who am I? Find out more here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=17
I will make this day a happy one for I alone can determine what kind of day it will be. |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:28 pm
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strippersrus Supreme Reefer



Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 4190 Location: tenerife
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Thanks Jen...I don't normally say the yo but was trying to be politically correct lol.....
9 is not to b ad though.lol _________________ Find out more at www.myspacetenerife.com
Stripps
Where the party starts.....
www.tenerifehennights.com |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:32 pm
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Dave and Alli Pro Reefer



Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Canada Blanca Nr Las Galletas
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Hola Jenny! - vivimos en Essex en Inglaterra, tenemos una casa de quatros habitaciones y dos banos.
Alli y Dave
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Life is what happens whilst you're busy making plans. John Lennon |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:54 pm
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rob Moderator



Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 7408 Location: Tenerife
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Excellent apart from "quatros" should be cuatro. Cuatro is plural, think of the time...... Son Las Cuatro _________________ .
Who am I? Follow the myspacetenerife link under my avatar.
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing. |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:01 pm
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Dave and Alli Pro Reefer



Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Canada Blanca Nr Las Galletas
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Gracias Rob x Cuatro!
 _________________ Alli and Dave
Life is what happens whilst you're busy making plans. John Lennon |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:17 pm
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jamafrind Supreme Reefer



Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2609 Location: La Isla del Amor..
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Mi? Vivo en inglaterra, en una aldea pequena. Es muy linda. Mi hogar tiene cinco domitorios y cada cuarto posee un bano. Hay un jardin grande, muchas flores brillantes y tres arboles viejos... eso es todo por ahora, mis amigos seductoros...
Me? I live in England, in a little village. It is very pretty. My home has five bedrooms, each with a bathroom. There is a large garden, many brilliant flowers and three old (mature) trees... that is all for now, my seductive friends..
Please note: I've recently re-built my laptop and do not have the spanish character set yet installed, which partially explains the conspicuous absence of accents and other spanish punctuation marks.... |
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:33 pm
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jenny Senior Moderator



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Well done Jama. Just two points for you to remember too:
1. Me = Yo (My = mi).
2. Mis amigos seductores (not seductoros).
Other than that a very good effort. Where did you copy it from?  _________________ Who am I? Find out more here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=17
I will make this day a happy one for I alone can determine what kind of day it will be. |
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:21 am
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jamafrind Supreme Reefer



Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2609 Location: La Isla del Amor..
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Hey Jenny, que atravieso! ( ) ... porque, no he copiado nada. Lo que he escrito es verdadero..  |
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Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:35 pm
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okeefa Baby Reefer


Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 13 Location: uk
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okay here goes.
vivo en Dudley, en Inglaterra con mi esposa y dos hijos. Vivimos en una casa de cuatro dormitorios. Queremos vender la casa para vivir en Tenerife esta o próximo año.
I live in Dudley, in England with my wife and my two children. We live in a 4 bedroom house. We want to sell the house to live in Tenerife this or next year.
Go easy on me, i only started learning in January
Keith _________________ desperate to get out to tenerife!!!! |
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:45 pm
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rob Moderator



Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 7408 Location: Tenerife
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We're not trying to castigate or make fools of anyone. It's an attempt to help people to 'have a go' at some Spanish in an informal way, my Spanish is far from perfect but I use it when I can in order to try to improve. I hope that more beginners will try to see what may be wrong with each others attempts as I believe that it sinks in better like this than just being taught. There are some mistakes in your sentence but IMPORTANTLY I can understand what you want to say. Please keep trying, any other learners who wish to have a go at any corrections? _________________ .
Who am I? Follow the myspacetenerife link under my avatar.
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing. |
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:57 pm
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jenny Senior Moderator



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| okeefa wrote: | okay here goes.
vivo en Dudley, en Inglaterra con mi esposa y dos hijos. Vivimos en una casa de cuatro dormitorios. Queremos vender la casa para vivir en Tenerife este o el próximo año. |
That's really good, particularly if you only started learning in January.
The only real mistake I can see there is "esta" should be "este" as it refers to "año" which is masculine.
Another point is that you normally hear "el año que viene" instead of el proximo año" for next year but I think in your sentence it sounds ok as long as you add the "el".
Like Rob says, the important thing is being understood.
Keep up the good work. _________________ Who am I? Find out more here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=17
I will make this day a happy one for I alone can determine what kind of day it will be. |
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Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:09 am
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okeefa Baby Reefer


Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 13 Location: uk
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muchas gracias por su palabras amable. soy aprender mas todos los dias. _________________ desperate to get out to tenerife!!!! |
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Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:12 pm
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jenny Senior Moderator



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| okeefa wrote: | | muchas gracias por sus palabras amables. Voy a / Quiero aprender mas todos los dias. |
Or were you trying to say "I learn more every day"? That would be "Aprendo más todos los días" or "I am learning..." would be "Estoy aprendiendo más todos los días".
De nada by the way. _________________ Who am I? Find out more here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=17
I will make this day a happy one for I alone can determine what kind of day it will be.
Last edited by jenny on Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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