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Got carried away writing about a drawing in a book
I got this book (McGraw Hill Easy Spanish Reader) and one of the exercises is to write "as much as you can" about a drawing of a family in their house. I got a little carried away, as usual, and ran into some things that I'm not sure how to say. What I wrote:
La madre está triste porque los hijos no les gusta hablar con ella. Ella is tan joven y siente que su vida es vacío y sin sentido. Pero ella debe quedar para los niños. Enrique lee el periodico mientra espera para los otros a acostarse. En la noche Enrique no puede dormir. En cambio, él mira fotografia de moda por todo la noche. Él sabe que su padre está decepcionado porque su padre quiere Enrique ser mecanico. Su padre piensa que moda es solo para las mujeres pero a Enrique no otra cosa es importante. What I'm trying to say, in case it's not clear: The mother is sad because the kids don't like to speak to her. She is so young and she feels like her life is empty and meaningless. But she must stay for the kids. Enrique reads the newpaper while he waits for the others to go to bed. In the night Enrique can't sleep. Instead he looks at fashion photography all through the night. He knows that his father is disappointed because his father wants Enrique to be a mechanic. His father thinks that fashion is only for women but to Enrique nothing else matters. Any ways that I could translate it better? Maybe "nothing else matters" doesn't translate exactly? But it's such a great phrase! This was a good exercise for me. I reviewed gustar, reflexive verbs, and possessive adjectives. I've forgotten so much. And I don't even want to think about trying to use tenses other than present right now! Any help you guys can give is appreciated! |
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Good job.
I've marked what needs to fixed in red, with some notes in purple. Quote:
You should learn the difference between using the indicative mood and the subjunctive mood from the get-go. Both moods are very commonly used, and there is a right time and a wrong time to use them. |
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Thank you for the awesome reply! I need to review grammar in general before I can understand your post! It definitely gives me something to work on.
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Some people hate the grammar terms, but you can't learn how to use Spanish vocabulary without the grammar that defines how the vocabulary fits together. If you want, we can give examples of how the phrasing should be used and let you work on trying to figure out how it applies to your sentences.
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No that's okay. It would probably be best to get out my old textbook and start at the beginning. I don't mind the grammar terms. I just have to relearn them. I don't remember learning about subjective, but now that I know the word for it I can kind of see why some of my sentences don't work.
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