Antes de tiempo

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes, I understand it. But I was just looking for a sentence where I could use "prematurely" with another meaning that "antes de tiempo". It's the same in Spanish, we say "niños prematuros".



Yes, but I don't think it's useful for a letter. I wanted to say that, in a letter, the author says good bye "antes de tiempo". But I think in English "time" is more strict than in Spanish

You can use "he went prematurely gray at age 32."

Another term we use for antes de tiempo but it always has a negative
meaning is jump the gun.

A child who behaves older that their age is precocious.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

You can use "he went prematurely gray at age 32."

Another term we use for antes de tiempo but it always has a negative
meaning is jump the gun.

A child who behaves older that their age is precocious.

Thanks, Poli

Would you mind to tell me a sentence with "jump the gun"? Thanks

[poli]

When buying property don't jump the gun. See what's available and then
consider a purchase.

[Marsopa]

ahead of time would work fine. The letter arrived ahead of time.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

You can say "prematuramente", as well.

Esta es la sala donde están los niños nacidos prematuramente (los niños prematuros).
This is the ward where the children born prematurely are.

I guess there aren't many mistakes
Or maybe I'm wrong

Let's a native give his/her opinion

Would this phrase be correct in English?

This is the ward where are the children that are born prematurely.

[Cloudgazer]

Originally Posted by chileno

Would this phrase be correct in English?

This is the ward where are the children that are born prematurely.

No estoy seguro si tu pregunta sea retórica o no. No importa, sin embargo; la frase no es correcta en inglés puesto que la estructura «where» + «verbo» se usa solo en preguntas.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Would you mind to tell me a sentence with "jump the gun"? Thanks

This comes from sport where a running race is started by firing a gun. If you start running before the gun is fired, you 'jump the gun', i.e. do something too early.

e.g. "The Church expects couples who are getting married to be virgins, but these days most people jump the gun."

[irmamar]

OK. Thanks everybody

[Perikles]

Me da gusta que te haya servido.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Me da gusta que te haya servido.

Me gusta (mejor: me alegro de) que te haya servido (o te haya sido útil)