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Old November 23, 2010, 11:48 AM
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La lluvia de noviembre

Llovar de noviembre

Estoy escuchando al sonido del llovar noviembre o
Estoy escuchando del sonido del llovar de noviembre.

What I meant to say is: I'm listening to the sound of November rain.

Please tell me which one of the above Spanish sentence is better or maybe neither sentence is correct?
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Old November 23, 2010, 12:09 PM
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Neither.

"Estoy escuchando el sonido de la lluvia de noviembre".

"Escuchar" needs a direct object, and the sound of the rain is not a person, so you don't use "a", nor "de" before "sonido de la lluvia".


Sometimes an infinitive can be used as a noun (in that case it should be "llover", btw.). However, the sentence "estoy escuchando el sonido del llover de noviembre" would sound rather weird.
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Old November 23, 2010, 02:56 PM
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You could also say (less natural and less usual)

Escucho el llover de noviembre...

But the better option's are what Angeliga gave you above.

Every time it rains I remember this great Tango by Susana Rinaldi...

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Old November 23, 2010, 07:07 PM
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Neither.

"Estoy escuchando el sonido de la lluvia de noviembre".

"Escuchar" needs a direct object, and the sound of the rain is not a person, so you don't use "a", nor "de" before "sonido de la lluvia".


Sometimes an infinitive can be used as a noun (in that case it should be "llover", btw.). However, the sentence "estoy escuchando el sonido del llover de noviembre" would sound rather weird.
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You could also say (less natural and less usual)

Escucho el llover de noviembre...

But the better option's are what Angeliga gave you above.

Every time it rains I remember this great Tango by Susana Rinaldi...

Muchos gracias. I found out there is no spanish word "llovar" I was thinking of the spanish word "llover". But I see that "lluvia is the correct word because what I need in the above sentence is a noun and not a verb.
JPablo, I'm sure the music is beautiful but I only heard a tiny bit of it
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MuchAs gracias ;-)
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Old November 24, 2010, 07:28 AM
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MuchAs gracias ;-)
Muchas gracias y buenos dias. (See if I got this one right)
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Of course you did!
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Of course you did!
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Of course, you could have added an accent mark where appropriate.
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Of course, you could have added an accent mark where appropriate.
Veo!(I see) "día"

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