rings a bell/rings my bell

Alfonso · #11 June 17, 2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemma

So, Alfonso, how do you translate ¿Quién me ha puesto la zancadilla?

Who triped me up?

María José · #12 June 17, 2008, 02:04 AM

There's a tiny something missing.

Alfonso · #13 June 17, 2008, 02:08 AM

Who tripped me up?

María José · #14 June 17, 2008, 02:16 AM

Yeah! You are soooo clever...

**Rusty** · #15 June 17, 2008, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

All right, here example one. She ring my bell, always, that I see her.

Alfonso already corrected this, but I wanted to offer another option. Crotalito, no sólo aquí, sino en otros mensajes también, you have been translating the indefinite article (un o una) to one and placing it behind the noun. En vez de traducir un ejemplo por example one, translate un to a (the indefinite article) and leave it where it was (before the noun). If the noun begins with a vowel other than u, translate un to an, instead. My correction is in red, Alfonso's correction is in purple:

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All right, here's an example. She rings my bell everytime I see her.

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