Question

Translate 10 sentences please? :)

Answer 1

1) Rafael Nadal is a professional tennis player from Spain.
2) He is 26 years old.
3) He was number one in the world.
4) He is considered one of the best tennis players ever.
5) He plays best on clay.
6) He is the best tennis player ever on clay.
7) Rafael Nadal is one of Spain's best athletes.
8) He is very giving and kind.
9) In Spain, he is very popular.
10) He has told the world that Spain is his favorite place.

Answer 2

Which Spanish level are you in?

Answer 3

Spanish 2 :) just simple spanish? :D

Answer 4

well, i just started spanish 2 :)

Answer 5

i get really confused when i am conjugating and stuff. :/

Answer 6

Okay.

Yeah, just simple Spanish.

I think that by Spanish 2, you'd know how to translate sentence #2.

Answer 7

yeah i do :)

is it this??

2) El tiene veintiseis anos.

is that right? :) i think i spelled 26 right?? idk did i ?

Answer 8

Yeah, that's right. Good job.

Answer 9

thanks!! :)

Answer 10

So, was your assignment to write 10 sentences about Rafael Nadal?

Answer 11

no, it's about somebody i choose... and i chose rafael nadal :)

Answer 12

Okay great.

So, I'll translate the first sentence, and I'll show you how to break it down.

Rafael Nadal is a profession tennis player from Spain.
Rafael Nadal es un jugador profesional de tenis, de España.

You see here,

"jugador" is "player."

"profesional" is "professional."

"tenis" is "tennis."

"España" is "Spain."

Answer 13

okay :) i see :) thanks!! :D and we got #2 already :)

so #3.. hmm lemme try this :/

Answer 14

Okay.

Answer 15

Have you learned the imperfect tense, in Spanish?

You'd need it for #3.

Answer 16

yes, but only shortly... :/ I'm not too good at it :/

Answer 17

is this it for #3?
3) Fue numero uno en el mundo.
??

Answer 18

idk is that right? :/

Answer 19

Well, for one, "fue" is preterite, not imperfect.

Since we're trying to say that he USED TO BE the best player in the world,
we'd wanna use the imperfect tense of "ser."

Here's the problem:

Here in America, we say #1 when we mean to say "the best."

But I'm not a native Spanish speaker, so I don't know if Spanish speakers also say "#1" to mean "the best."

I do think it'd be better to actually say "the best player in the world."

Answer 20

Here's ser in the imperfect:

(Yo) Era

(Tu) Eras

(El/Ella/Usted) Era

(Nosotros) Eramos

(Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes) Eran

Answer 21

oh okay :) that'll work!! :D

so what do i write for 3 then?? :/ idk :(

Answer 22

Okay.

Do you know how to say....

"He was the best player in the world?"

Answer 23

umm is it this?
3) El era el mejor jugador en el mundo.

?? idk, but i just realized, i mean to say he was ranked #1 in the world... ya know??

Answer 24

cuz he was ranked #1 in the world before :)

Answer 25

Yeah, you could say that.

The only thing that I would personally say different is...

instead of "en el mundo,"
I'd say "del mundo."

It literally means "of the world."

Answer 26

okay so this is it then for 3?

3) Fue numero uno del mundo.

??

Answer 27

Era.

Answer 28

era?

Answer 29

You can say "Era el numero uno del mundo."

I just researched #1,
and it seems that Spanish speakers DO say #1, to mean "the best," and such.

Yes, era.
Remember the imperfect?

Answer 30

We use the imperfect whenever we talk about something that was consistent, and on-going.

Answer 31

ohhh okay haha :P

so 3) Era el numero uno del mundo.

??

Answer 32

Yeah.

Answer 33

awesome!! :D
so 4 now!! is this 4?

4) Es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis.

??? idk tho :/

Answer 34

Instead of "es considera,"
you can say "Él se considera."

Answer 35

okay so 4) El se considera uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis.

??

Answer 36

Yeah.

Answer 37

I'm looking at #5.

Have you learned about the verb "preferir"?

Answer 38

kk :)

and 5 now??

is this it??

5) El juego mejor en arcilla.

?? idk :/

Answer 39

preferir? ;/

Answer 40

Yeah. It means "to prefer."

Like "yo prefiero jugar en una pista de tenis de arcilla."

Answer 41

Yo prefiero. Tu prefieres. El prefiere.

Sound familiar at all?

Answer 42

ohhh yeah i think i have... sounds familiar... i don't think we did it in depth tho :/

Answer 43

Okay. Well it's actually pretty simple. It means "to prefer."

If you've learned it in class, then sentence #5 is actually a good opportunity to use it.

Answer 44

If he plays best on a clay tennis court,
then we can say that "he prefers to play on a clay tennis court,"

you know?

Answer 45

ohhh okay, so i would say he prefers to play on clay. ??

Answer 46

oh wait haha urs is better... so we'll use that one then?

Answer 47

Yeah, more specifically, that "he prefers to play on a clay tennis court."

Answer 48

Él prefiere jugar sobre una pista de tenis de arcilla.

Have you learned about the word "sobre"?

Answer 49

kk :) would it be like this then?

5) El prefiere jugar en una cancha de tenis de arcilla.

idk tho... this one is confusing :/

and yes i vaguely remember it... could u pls refresh me? :D

Answer 50

Sobre just means "on," like "on top of"

and it can also mean "about."

Answer 51

You can say "cancha de tenis."

That's another way of saying it. And it's fine.

But instead of "en," remember to say "sobre."

Answer 52

ohhh okay so 5) El prefiere jugar sobre cancha de tenis de arcilla.

is that right?

Answer 53

Yes, that's right.

UNA cancha

And can you see how that sentence is broken down?

El -- he

prefiere -- prefers

jugar -- to play

sobre -- on

una cancha de tenis -- a tennis court

de arcilla -- of clay.

Answer 54

oh okay aweomse!! so i need to add UNA, like this?

5) 5) El prefiere jugar sobre una cancha de tenis de arcilla.

??? and yes i understand :D

Answer 55

Good job.

Answer 56

For #4 don't put el se considera. Write el es considerado..

Answer 57

Why wouldn't we write se considera?

Answer 58

Se considera si but not el se considera because if you write el se considera you are saying he considers himself..

Answer 59

yay!! :) and so for 4 i write el se?? or el es?? and is it consideradO? or consideradA? consideradO? right?? cuz he's a guy? :/

Answer 60

El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tennis de todos los tiempos

Answer 61

I put de todos los tiempos cuz that basically means "ever" the way it's used in the sentence

Answer 62

considerado is a past participle, so it always ends with an O.

Answer 63

so instead of this:

4) El se considera uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis.

i write this?

4) El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tennis de todos los tiempos.

????

Answer 64

It DOES mean "he considers himself,"

but I thought that we could also use "se considera" to mean "is considered."

"Es considerado" isn't wrong though, I admit.

Answer 65

Thats right

Answer 66

kk so i use this one for 4?

4) El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tennis de todos los tiempos.

?? and its correct?? :D

Answer 67

Yes. Considerado.

Answer 68

kk :) so we are on 6 now right?

Answer 69

Okay. So you know how to say "he is the best tennis player ever."

Answer 70

Could 6 be this?/

6) El es el mejor jugador de tenis nunca de arcilla.

???

Answer 71

I don't think that's how we'd say it.

lol. Do you remember what malutella said?

Answer 72

About how to say...

"he is considered one of the best tennis players of all time"?

Answer 73

El es considerado ??

so 6) El es considerado mejor jugador de tenis nunca de arcilla.

??idk :/ is that even close?? haha

Answer 74

Malutella said...

"Él es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis de todos los tiempos."

@malutella

¿Eres un hablante nativo?

Answer 75

You want to say,
He is considered one of the best tennis players every, on clay.

Yes?

So, we already know how to say, "He is considered one of the best tennis players, ever."

Answer 76

ohhh so i write this then??

6) El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tennis de todos los tiempos sobre arcilla.

???

and did u say something about like speaking native?? haha :P

Answer 77

Yes. I asked if malutella was a native speaker.
I had a question. But don't worry.

If I were writing it, I'd specifically say "sobre la cancha de arcilla."

Answer 78

hahaa okay :)

so 6 is this then?

6) El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tennis de todos los tiempos sobre la cancha de arcilla.

??

Answer 79

Yeah.

Answer 80

And since we know how to say that,

do you wanna try #7?

Answer 81

Siii hablante nativa

Answer 82

kk :) one sec... :/ lets see if i can do it haha :P

and did u say,... i speak native?? lol idk :/

Answer 83

Yeah, haha I said I was a native speaker

Answer 84

oh oaky haha :)

Answer 85

Female, I'm sorry, I should have known.
I didn't look closer at your pic.

Answer 86

Okay.

@iheartfood

You wanna try your hand at #7?

Answer 87

Don't worry ;)

Answer 88

(Remember that in Spanish, it's "tenis," with only one N.)

Answer 89

yeah haha sorry!!

is it this??

7) Rafael Nadal es uno de los mejores atletas de Espana.

idk is that even close??

Answer 90

Yeah. You can say that.

That's saying "he is one of the best athletes of Spain."

Answer 91

ohh cuz u wrote nativo (masculine) but she's a girl so nativa (feminine) is that right? haha :P and yeah one n :)

Answer 92

so thats right??

Answer 93

Yeah!

Answer 94

Mmm hm that's right.

El hablante and la hablante.

Answer 95

but u know for #6 it would make more sense to write it like this El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis sobre canchas de arcilla de todos los tiempos

Answer 96

Would it? Okay. That's great.

Answer 97

You know what, that makes sense, even in English.

Answer 98

wait so we changed 6 again?? to this??

6) El es considerado uno de los mejores jugadores de tenis sobre canchas de arcilla de todos los tiempos.

?? is that better than what we had originally??