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Old May 18, 2017, 03:32 PM
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I'm Questioning If What I Said Was Even Close

I was relating an event to my Spanish-speaking neighbor today, but I was getting lost in my sentence. What I was trying to convey was:

When I was in the panadería today, the line was very long and an elderly gentleman motioned for me to go first in line. I said to him, "No, you go first. You were the first in line; you were here first."

What I said in Spanish was:

Cuando yo estaba en la panadería hoy, la fila era muy larga y un caballero mayor hizo señas para que yo vaya primero en la fila. Yo le dije: "No, pase usted primero. Usted fue el primero en la fila; usted estuvo aquí primero."

Now, after the fact, I completely question my word choices and what came out of my mouth:

Elderly gentleman:
Caballero mayor? Caballero anciano

He motioned for me to go first in line:
Hizo señas para que yo vaya primero en la fila.
Hizo señas para que yo fuera primero en la fila.
Me hizo señas para que / de que yo vaya / yo fuera primero.

You were the first in line:
Usted fue el primero en la fila.
Usted era el primero en la fila.

1. Please tell me how close I was initially.
2. Please tell me the correct way(s) to say what I underlined above.


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