Ask a Question

(Create a thread)
Go Back   Spanish language learning forums > Spanish & English Languages > Practice & Homework
Register Help/FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search PenpalsTranslator


Mi tarea Comp

 

Practice Spanish or English here. All replies to a thread should be in the same language as the first post.


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old January 21, 2013, 11:49 PM
lvallor lvallor is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7
lvallor is on a distinguished road
Mi tarea Comp

My assignment was to write a grievance letter to a company regarding a wrong order. I have used the phrases available to me in my text and it may sound mean, but it is not meant to be sent.. only graded. ayudarme por favor

¡Muchas gracias!

Estimados señores,
Estoy escribiendo una carta porque hace uno mes en 11 de agosto pedí un abrigo del catálogo de Almacenes Alcalá. Siento decirle que ayer recibí mi paquete y descubrí algunos problemas. El abrigo me queda desmasiado grande. El abrigo es talla 42, pero mi talla es 40. Es importante quedarle bien. Tambien el abrigo es azul oscuro, pero pedí un abrigo gris. Azul nunca está a la moda. Yo quiero un abrigo combinar con mi bufanda negra. No es de buen gusto, es feo. Tengo una vida social muy sofisticada.
Yo hablé con el gente pero no me ayudaron. La verdad es que no fueron amable y no tuvieron paciencia. Eran ocupada con otra cosas. ¡Que falta de reponsabilidad! Yo creo no saben hacer sus trabajos muy bien. Tengo que a ir una fiesta el proximo viernes. Y ahora, ¿qué voy a hacer? Quisiera cambiarlo por otra. Yo todavía necesito el abrigo gris en la talla correcta. ¡Rapido! ¡No puedo seguir esperando! Espero que resuelvan la situación.
Atentamente,
Señora Marcos


Reply With Quote
   
Get rid of these ads by registering for a free Tomísimo account.
  #2  
Old January 22, 2013, 02:17 AM
carlosvilas's Avatar
carlosvilas carlosvilas is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Madrid (Spain)
Posts: 25
Native Language: Spanish
carlosvilas is on a distinguished road
Hi lvallor,

Your letter is mostly OK, but I suggest you make some changes

(I assume that in the second paragraph you meant "gerente" and not "gente", which makes more sense to me). If that's not correct, then you should use "personal" ("el personal de la empresa", not "gente").

Hope it helps!!

Estimados señores,
Les escribo esta carta porque hace un mes, el 11 de Agosto, pedí un abrigo del catálogo de Almacenes Alcalá. Siento decirles que ayer recibí mi paquete y descubrí algunos problemas. El abrigo me queda desmasiado grande. El abrigo es de la talla 42, pero mi talla es la 40. Es importante que me quede bien. Además el abrigo es azul oscuro, pero pedí un abrigo gris. El azul nunca está de moda. Yo quiero un abrigo a juego con mi bufanda negra. No es de buen gusto, es feo. Tengo una vida social muy sofisticada.
Hablé con el gerente pero no me ayudó. La verdad es que no fue amable y no tuvo paciencia. Estaba ocupado con otra cosas. ¡Que falta de reponsabilidad! Yo creo que no sabe hacer su trabajo demasiado bien. Tengo que a ir una fiesta el próximo Viernes. Y ahora, ¿qué voy a hacer? Quisiera cambiarlo por otro. Todavía necesito el abrigo gris de la talla correcta. ¡Rapido! ¡No puedo seguir esperando! Espero que resuelvan la situación.
Atentamente,
Señor Marcos
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old January 22, 2013, 08:36 AM
lvallor lvallor is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7
lvallor is on a distinguished road
Thank you so much. It gets so tricky finding the right way to phrase :-)
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old January 22, 2013, 06:09 PM
Rusty's Avatar
Rusty Rusty is offline
Señor Speedy
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 11,328
Native Language: American English
Rusty has a spectacular aura aboutRusty has a spectacular aura about
Hi lvallor,

Welcome to the forums!
I've moved your thread to the proper forum for posting homework.
In this forum, members should not provide answers, but offer help so that you can complete your assignment on your own. Otherwise, you won't learn anything.

There are six errors in the corrected version, three of them newly introduced! Can you spot all six?
(One of the errors is a case of transposed words. One is a word that isn't accented properly. The last is a noun/adjective agreement problem. I've excluded punctuation errors in the count.)
It may prove to be more fun (certainly more meaningful) if you mark all the changes that were made and then ask questions about any that don't make any sense (like some of the words that you can't find in your textbook ). Marking all the changes will narrow down your search for the three errors that were missed.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old January 23, 2013, 02:18 AM
carlosvilas's Avatar
carlosvilas carlosvilas is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Madrid (Spain)
Posts: 25
Native Language: Spanish
carlosvilas is on a distinguished road
Rusty, I agree with you, it's better to just point the errors, I won't provide complete answers in the future.

I'm afraid I wrote the answer too fast... In my answer I've even found more errors than those you pointed... for example, there are two words that aren't accented properly, not just one.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old January 23, 2013, 05:14 PM
Rusty's Avatar
Rusty Rusty is offline
Señor Speedy
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 11,328
Native Language: American English
Rusty has a spectacular aura aboutRusty has a spectacular aura about
You're right! There are two words that aren't accented properly.

Thanks for pointing that out (phrasal verb ).
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old January 30, 2013, 01:58 PM
lvallor lvallor is offline
Opal
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7
lvallor is on a distinguished road
I appreciate the help but I have no idea what is wrong. I guess I'll have to get a tutor.

Thank you ;-)
Reply With Quote
Reply

 

Link to this thread
URL: 
HTML Link: 
BB Code: 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Site Rules

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
La tarea Jessica Practice & Homework 4 April 27, 2009 04:25 PM
La tarea Jessica Practice & Homework 4 April 16, 2009 02:38 PM
La tarea Jessica Practice & Homework 2 January 20, 2009 05:21 PM
¡La Tarea! Jessica Practice & Homework 4 December 22, 2008 01:09 PM
La Tarea Jessica Practice & Homework 17 December 15, 2008 08:30 PM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:52 AM.

Forum powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

X