Ejercicio 23-5

[laepelba]

I am working on a chapter about prepositions. This section is specifically about compound prepositions. The exercise involves questions in Spanish which require "personal" answers in Spanish. Please correct my answers (in bold). Thank you!!

1) ¿Terminas tu trabajo a tiempo?
La mayoría de las veces termino mi trabajo a tiempo.

2) ¿Qué haces típicamente a mediados de la semana?
Típicamente asisto un ensayo de mi orquesta a mediados de la semana.

3) ¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?
Estoy a favor de alguna causa que avanza la educación de niños desfavorecidos.

4) ¿Qué pones debajo de la cama?
No hay nada debajo de la cama.

5) ¿Vas a pie a tu trabajo o a la escuela? ¿Por qué no o por qué si?
No voy a pie a mi trabajo porque la escuela está demasiado lejos de mi casa.

6) ¿Qué hay cerca de tu casa?
Sólo hay otras casas cerca de mi casa.

7) ¿Qué vas a hacer a fines de este verano?
A fines de este verano voy a ir a Colorado con una amiga.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

2) ¿Qué haces típicamente a mediados de la semana?
Típicamente asisto a un ensayo de mi orquesta a mediados de la semana.

3) ¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?
Estoy a favor de alguna causa que avanza (Wrong structure. Try something involving another mood) la educación de niños desfavorecidos.

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[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I am working on a chapter about prepositions. This section is specifically about compound prepositions. The exercise involves questions in Spanish which require "personal" answers in Spanish. Please correct my answers (in bold). Thank you!!

1) ¿Terminas tu trabajo a tiempo?
La mayoría de las veces termino mi trabajo a tiempo.

2) ¿Qué haces típicamente a mediados de la semana?
Típicamente asisto un ensayo de mi orquesta a mediados de la semana.

3) ¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?
Estoy a favor de alguna causa que avanza la educación de niños desfavorecidos.

4) ¿Qué pones debajo de la cama?
No hay nada debajo de la cama.
No pongo nada debajo de la cama.

5) ¿Vas a pie a tu trabajo o a la escuela? ¿Por qué no o por qué si?
No (me) voy a pie a mi trabajo porque la escuela está demasiado lejos de mi casa.

6) ¿Qué hay cerca de tu casa?
Sólo hay otras casas cerca de mi casa.

7) ¿Qué vas a hacer a fines de este verano?
A fines de este verano voy a ir a Colorado con una amiga.

Muy buena la ayuda de Angélica! Hasta me quedé pensando sobre mood!

Hasta que caí.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

2) ¿Qué haces típicamente a mediados de la semana?
Típicamente asisto a un ensayo de mi orquesta a mediados de la semana.
<--I really need to memorize these verbs that require a preposition. I have lists of them.....

3) ¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?
Estoy a favor de alguna causa que avanza (Wrong structure. Try something involving another mood) la educación de niños desfavorecidos.
<--So it would be: Estoy a favor de alguna causa que avance la educación de niños desfavorecidos. ?? My next workbook is all about the subjunctive....

Thanks, Malila!

Originally Posted by chileno

Hasta me quedé pensando sobre mood!

Hasta que caí.

Sorry, Chileno - I don't understand your use of the word "Hasta" here (either time) or "caí"....

[aleCcowaN]

"¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?" sounds weird.

About your answer there are some problems in different levels -most of them fostered by the strange wording of the question-. First: the cause is not advancing right now but its purpose is the advance, then subjunctive "avance". But also a matter of logic because "una causa especial para ti de la que estás a favor" can't be an indefinite cause "una causa que ...". Maybe with some editing:

-¿Estás a favor de alguna causa que resulte especial para ti?
- No, pero estaría a favor de alguna causa que promoviera el avance de los niños más desfavorecidos.

Hasta (me) = (I) even
Hasta que caí = Until I understood ["caer" is colloquial for "suddenly understand" or "suddenly find the lacking element or getting rid of the one that blocked understanding" but with a great deal of "it should have been easier, I don't know why I didn't". It plays with the idea of one not understanding as a consequence of having somewhat being tricked]

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

"¿Estás a favor de una causa especial para ti?" sounds weird.

About your answer there are some problems in different levels -most of them fostered by the strange wording of the question-. First: the cause is not advancing right now but its purpose is the advance, then subjunctive "avance". But also a matter of logic because "una causa especial para ti de la que estás a favor" can't be an indefinite cause "una causa que ...". Maybe with some editing:

-¿Estás a favor de alguna causa que resulte especial para ti?
- No, pero estaría a favor de alguna causa que promoviera el avance de los niños más desfavorecidos.

First of all, I wonder if the author of this book is a native English-speaker, because the wording of the original question sounds perfectly fine to me. I don't really see your "issue" with it....

Second, I'm not sure how you re-wrote my answer to begin with "no", when clearly it is "yes"??

Third, in the answer, what happened to "la educación"? That is the key to my answer. Not merely causes that support disadvantaged children ... but specifically causes that advance the education of disadvantaged children.....

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

Hasta (me) = (I) even
Hasta que caí = Until I understood ["caer" is colloquial for "suddenly understand" or "suddenly find the lacking element or getting rid of the one that blocked understanding" but with a great deal of "it should have been easier, I don't know why I didn't". It plays with the idea of one not understanding as a consequence of having somewhat being tricked]

So when he said "Hasta me quedé pensando sobre mood!", that would mean "I even am left thinking about mood"? I'm still not sure I see what he meant by that.....

Are you saying that he was thinking about mood until he understood after being tricked? What was tricky? I still don't get the "hasta me" part...........

[Perikles]

= until it dawned on me
until it hit me
until the penny dropped

[laepelba]

Right - that was the second time he used "hasta". But what about the first time? "Hasta me quedé pensando sobre mood" - if "hasta" means "even" there, I don't really get it.....

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Right - that was the second time he used "hasta". But what about the first time? "Hasta me quedé pensando sobre mood" - if "hasta" means "even" there, I don't really get it.....

I understood it as 'it even got me thinking about mood'

[laepelba]

Uyyy ... okay, taking some time to step away from it, I understand. Doh! I had "hasta = until" so in my head that I missed the alternate meanings. Now the whole thing makes sense to me. THANKS everyone!