Question

Imagine that you are an exchange student calling home to tell your parents about your experience so far in a new country.

In 8 complete Spanish sentences write about two or three of the following points.

- what you typically do every day
- something interesting you did last week
- where you are right now and what you are doing
- your feelings about being in a new country

***IN spanish 2... just simple sentences please!! :)

i just don't really know how to translate stuff and yeah :( i need help!! thank youu!! :D

Answer 1

pick something you want to say and I will help you translate it

Answer 2

i wanna write this:

1) I eat different kinds of food and see new places.

2) I have many new friends now.

3) On Friday, I saw the Statue of Liberty!

4) Right now, I am walking through the crowded streets and there are so many cars and people!

5) I am going to a store to buy a camera so I can take pictures.

6) I am very excited but nervous too.

7) I cannot wait to tell you all about it!

8) I have to go have more fun now!

***And i want to start with hola madre y padre!

is that a good start?? and idk how to translate those sentences into simple spanish 2 sentences... help please?? nothing too complex?? :)

Answer 3

I eat = ?

Answer 4

yo como ??

Answer 5

yes
"different kinds of food"
if I tell you that "kinds of" is "typos de" can you translate it?

Answer 6

idk how to translate the rest though.. :(

please help?? :D

Answer 7

you can't translate the word "different"?

Answer 8

differente?

Answer 9

yes, but here it is plural, so "differentes"
I assume you know the word for "food" so you should now be able to translate
" I eat different kinds of food"

Answer 10

diferentes*
no double f :P

Answer 11

okay :)

Answer 12

idk how to translate the rest cuz i gotta go soon :( please help??? :D

Answer 13

I am helping, and when you return I will help you more, but I won't translate it for you. That would not help you learn the material.

Answer 14

nvm lol false alarm! haha okay continue?? :D

Answer 15

change in plans so yeah I'm back for awhile :)

Answer 16

so what have you got for
" I eat different kinds of food"
?

Answer 17

yo como diferentes la comida.
???

Answer 18

what happened to "kinds of" ?
I told you how to tranlate that
also you don't need "la" because it is not singular
maybe it is easier to translate
"I eat different foods"

Answer 19

oh okay so is it this?
yo como diferentes clases de comida.
???

Answer 20

that is tolerable, I think
yo como clases/tipos de comidas diferentes (remember diferentes is an adjective, which usually goes after the noun in spanish)

Answer 21

so i write sentence 1 like this?
Yo como clases de comidas diferentes.
???

Answer 22

yeah that's okay
yours is not technically wrong though

Answer 23

okay, which is better though, the first one i wrote or the one i just wrote??

Answer 24

Well this is where it is hard for me to say, because I live in Mexico so I use their form of speech, but in class they probably want a more international version.
I think both are equally acceptable, but I suppose that
yo como diferentes clases de comida/alimentos.
is safer

Answer 25

okay aweosme!! what about sentence 2??

Answer 26

I have = ???

Answer 27

yo ?? idk off the top of my head :(

Answer 28

yo = I, good

Answer 29

or is it yo tengo??

Answer 30

yes

Answer 31

I have = yo tengo

Answer 32

many = ???

Answer 33

mucho??
or is it muchos??

Answer 34

it's muchos because you're talking about a plural thing (friends and not friend)

Answer 35

new friends = ???

Answer 36

oh okay, and

nuevos amigos
???

Answer 37

i think it would be amigos nuevos

Answer 38

so put it all together, we get

I have many new friends = Yo tengo muchos amigos nuevos

Answer 39

ohh i see. so sentence 2 is like this?

2) yo tengo muchos amigos nuevos.
??

Answer 40

yes i think so

Answer 41

okay, whata bout #3??
i know friday is viernes
but idk the rest.

Answer 42

I saw = yo veo

...I think

Answer 43

oh wait, that's I see...hmm

Answer 44

I think it's

I saw = Yo vi

Answer 45

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/ver#conjugation

Answer 46

I'm using that site to help me translate

Answer 47

idk :(

Answer 48

according to that website

I saw the Statue of Liberty = Vi la estatua de la libertad

Answer 49

i think i can just say statue of liberty tho :)

Answer 50

true, it's like a name

Answer 51

yeah so how do i write #3??

Answer 52

again using the website, I get

El viernes, vi la estatua de la libertad

Answer 53

or you can say

El viernes, vi la Statue of Liberty

I think

Answer 54

or maybe it's

El viernes, vi el Statue of Liberty

Answer 55

which one??

Answer 56

el or la?? idk

Answer 57

sry computer crashed on me

Answer 58

and I'm not sure

Answer 59

its okay :) so which one is it??

Answer 60

awww :(

Answer 61

it's a name, but the name doesn't have any gender (that I know of?)

Answer 62

so why not go with el

Answer 63

I think if no gender is known, it's automatically masculine...I think

Answer 64

okay i'll just go with el :) so i have this for #3??
3) El viernes, vi el Statue of Liberty

Answer 65

??

Answer 66

sounds good to me

Answer 67

aweosme!! what about #4 now??

Answer 68

I am walking = Estoy caminando

Answer 69

okay and then what? :)

Answer 70

through the streets = por las calles

through the crowded streets = por las calles atestadas

Answer 71

and there are so many cars and people = y hay muchos carros y gente

I think that's how you would say that piece

Answer 72

i think i will just say through the streets

Answer 73

so #4 is like this?
4) Estoy caminando por las calles y hay muchos carros y gente.
???

Answer 74

or 4) Estoy caminando por las calles y hay muchos carros y personas.

Answer 75

hmm i think gente is plural of person (so gente = people)

but...

you can say personas as like they're a collection of persons

So I think either one would work

Answer 76

oh you forgot atestadas

Answer 77

wait so how should i write out #4 then??

Answer 78

just add atestadas after calles

Answer 79

so one way to write it is

Estoy caminando por las calles atestadas y hay muchos carros y personas.

Answer 80

okay, and what about #5??

Answer 81

I am going to a store to buy a camera so I can take pictures

Yo voy a la tienda a comprar una cámara para tomar fotos

hmm not 100% sure on that though

Answer 82

awwww :(

Answer 83

should i just write it like what you wrote?like this??


Yo voy a la tienda a comprar una cámara para tomar fotos.

Answer 84

yeah i think it's right

Answer 85

okay what about #6??

Answer 86

@jim_thompson5910 ??

Answer 87

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/excited

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/nervous


I am very excited but nervous too.

Estoy muy emocionado pero nervioso tambien

Answer 88

so for #5 i write that??
5) Estoy muy emocionado pero nervioso también.

???

Answer 89

yeah that's what I would write

Answer 90

okay, & #7???

Answer 91

^^^7) Estoy muy emocionado pero nervioso tambien

Answer 92

wasn't that #6?

Answer 93

yeah that was 6 my bad ^^6) lol

Answer 94

what's number 7 then??


7) I cannot wait to tell you all about it!

Answer 95

@jim_thompson5910 ???

Answer 96

hmm wait is esperar

Answer 97

so I cannot wait is Yo no puedo esperar