Mi casa da a un patio

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Can anybody help me tranlate these sentences, or rather correct them :

1. Mi casa da a un patio = my house gives onto a courtyard
2. Mi casa da a la calle principal = my house faces the main street
3. Mi casa da a un castillo = my house overlooks a castle = My house has a view of the castle
4. Todas las habitaciones dan a la calle = all rooms face the street
5. Todas las habitaciones son interiores = all rooms face a courtyard

[Tomisimo]

Number 1 is not right, the rest are fine. The main difference is that houses in English-speaking areas don't usually have internal courtyards.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

when do you use give onto?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

when do you use give onto?

Actually, it looks like sentence #1 is correct after all, in British English. "Give onto" does not exist in North American English.

[María José]

I would say looks out into .

[poli]

I would say simply: my house has a courtyard/or a Spansh-style patio.
Then I would say: My living room looks out onto a courtyard.(I wish it did)

[irmamar]

How do you say "patio de luces"?

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

How do you say "patio de luces"?

According to this site using the IATE (Inter Active Terminology Europe) it would be an airshaft.

(architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airshaft

[irmamar]

Airshaft, thanks, empanada

We also say "patio de manzanas", I think it would be the same translation.

Patio de luces es dentro de un mismo edificio. Suele ser un patio que da a las terrazas interiores de los primeros pisos y donde se solía poner la cocina y los baños y para tender la ropa (ahora se construye diferente).

Patio de manzanas es similar, pero compartes los patios de toda la manzana, es decir, de todos los edificios alrededor del tuyo. Suele ser más grande que un patio de luces.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Y como se diría corrala ?