Dormir

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 24, 2009

dormir (verb) — to sleep, spend the night, stay the night. Look up dormir in the dictionary

Después de cruzar las montañas en coche desde Francia, dormimos en Madrid.
After driving over the mountains from France, we spent the night in Madrid.

[María José]

In Spanish we use the expression dormirse en los laureles meaning abandonarse, descuidarse en una actividad que se había emprendido, por estar satisfecho con los resultados ya obtenidos y confiar demasiado en el éxito.

[poli]

In English, it's the same:to rest on one's laurels

[María José]

I know, and also in French:s'endormir sur ses lauriers ...

[CrOtALiTo]

Why there says spent instead of sleep.

Really I don't understand it.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Why are you using spent instead of sleep?

Really, I don't understand it.

spend the night = sleep (overnight)
spent the night = slept (overnight)

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

spend the night = sleep (overnight)
spent the night = slept (overnight)

In my last post, I written this Why there says spent instead of sleep. My question is. It's not valid in English.?


I mean, Why did you correct me?

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

In my last post, I written this Why there says spent instead of sleep. My question is. It's not valid in English.?


I mean, Why did you correct me?

I wrote = escribí
I've written = he escrito
I written

I corrected your sentence because it's not valid English.
Here are other ways to ask the same thing:

Why does the first post say spent instead of sleep?
Why does that post say spent instead of sleep?
Why is spent used there instead of sleep?
Why are you using spent there instead of sleep?

The first sentence clearly establishes which post is in question, and it's OK to use any one of these main verbs with the auxiliary verb: say/read/list/have/use
The second sentence can be used once 'the first post' is clearly understood.
The only ways I could think of to use the word there are shown in the last two sentences. But, before you can use the word there, 'in the first post' needs to be understood.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I wrote = escribí
I've written = he escrito
I written

I corrected your sentence because it's not valid English.
Here are other ways to ask the same thing:

Why does the first post say spent instead of sleep?
Why does that post say spent instead of sleep?
Why is spent used there instead of sleep?
Why are you using spent there instead of sleep?

The first sentence clearly establishes which post is in question, and it's OK to use any one of these main verbs with the auxiliary verb: say/read/list/have/use
The second sentence can be used once 'the first post' is clearly understood.
The only ways I could think of to use the word there are shown in the last two sentences. But, before you can use the word there, 'in the first post' needs to be understood.

Rusty. I use clearly the word Written, because just someone of the forum time before corrected me that I should to use the word written instead of wrote when I need to say something in past, and well, always I had my own doubts about it, but I never asked again that I believe that was my wrong, I was aware for my brother that wrote was correctly wrote in the sentences and written only was used when was phrases with the perfect past, now you come to tell me that written is bad and is wrote instead of wrote, you know, I believe you, and thanks for the contribution, but I believe that is not just that people gives me bad information already that it bad information gave makes me confusing me and missunderstand all the other choices.


And refer to your other answer.


Thank you, I got it.

[chileno]

Crotalito,

There is no worng information given. It seems you are not understanding...

To spend the night means pasar la noche. Spent is the past tense of spend...

Get it now?

Do not get frustrated, ask people if they can rephrase it for you... etc.