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Old November 13, 2008, 11:07 AM
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Need help with reflexives

When I drop this glass, it (becomes) breaks.
Cuando yo dejo caer este vaso, se rompe.
I can break this glass if I drop it.
Puedo romper este vaso si dejo caerlo.

The food (becomes) spoils when it is not put in the fridge.
La comida se estropea cuando no introduce el refrigerador.
I can spoil the food if I don't put it in the fridge.
Puedo estropear la comida si no la introduzco el refrigerador.

The plant (becomes) is dead because the soil is waterlogged.
La planta se muere porque la tierra está anedgado.

como se dice se overwatered? Sobre regado?

Plants die from overwatering.
Plants mueren de sobre regadando.
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Old November 13, 2008, 11:33 AM
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I can't answer all your questions, but here are a few options. Wait for a native speaker opinion as well.

Puedo romper este vaso si dejo caerlo. In this case, the pronoun needs to come before the conjugated verbs.

I would use echarse a perder in place of estropearse for to spoil. "La comida se echa a perder cuando no se guarda en el refri".

Introducir needs to be followed by the preposition en.

anedgado te sobra una "d".
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Old November 13, 2008, 01:54 PM
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La comida se echa a perder Reflexive se?
no se guarda en el refi. Passive se?
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Old November 13, 2008, 02:35 PM
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La comida se echa a perder Reflexive se?
no se guarda en el refi. Passive se?
The food goes off. I would say it's reflexive, but my field is English grammar, not Spanish

It's not kept in the fridge.
We don't keep it in the fridge

Sounds more impersonal to me, we do it...

I may be wrong, just two-centing
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When I drop this glass, it (becomes) breaks.
Cuando yo dejo caer este vaso, se rompe.
I can break this glass if I drop it.
Puedo romper este vaso si dejo caerlo.

The food (becomes) spoils when it is not put in the fridge.
La comida se estropea cuando no introduce el refrigerador.
I can spoil the food if I don't put it in the fridge.
Puedo estropear la comida si no la introduzco el refrigerador.

The plant (becomes) is dead because the soil is waterlogged.
La planta se muere porque la tierra está anedgado.

como se dice se overwatered? Sobre regado?

Plants die from overwatering.
Plants mueren de sobre regadando.


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When I drop this glass, it (becomes) breaks.
Cuando yo dejo caer este vaso, se rompe.
I can break this glass if I drop it.
Puedo romper este vaso si dejo caerlo.

The food (becomes) spoils when it is not put in the fridge.
La comida se estropea cuando no introduce el refrigerador. (You also can to say PONER DENTRO DEL REFRIGERADOR)
I can spoil the food if I don't put it in the fridge.
Puedo estropear la comida si no la introduzco el refrigerador.

The plant (becomes) is dead because the soil is waterlogged.
La planta se muere porque la tierra está anedgado. (You can to say Esta seca la tierra or Esta en sequia.)
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Originally Posted by cmon View Post
When I drop this glass, it (becomes) breaks.
Cuando yo dejo caer este vaso, se rompe.
I can break this glass if I drop it.
Puedo romper este vaso si dejo caerlo.

The food (becomes) spoils when it is not put in the fridge.
La comida se estropea cuando no introduce el refrigerador.
I can spoil the food if I don't put it in the fridge.
Puedo estropear la comida si no la introduzco el refrigerador.

The plant (becomes) is dead because the soil is waterlogged.
La planta se muere porque la tierra está anedgado.
Plants die from overwatering.
Plants mueren de sobre regadando.
Mi intento:
Cuando dejo caer el vaso, se rompe.
Rompo el vaso si lo dejo caer.
La comida se estropea cuando no la introduzco en el refrigerador.
Se me echa a perder la comida si no la introduzco en el refrigerador.
La planta se muere cuando la tierra está anegado.
Las plantas se mueren por el regar demasiado.

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