1 sentence of gratitude

[Rocco]

Hi all,

I'm learning spanish but i'm in the beginning and have to use google translations.
This sentence is very important for me, i will write that to my best girlfriend as signature in a book and therefore its important for me that is grammatically in the right form. :)

Thank you for being the torch in my life and
guiding me home.

Mil gracias por ser la antorcha en mi vida y
guiándome casa.

Casa is wrong i guess, cause in my understanding its the same as house and not in the meaning of the sentence.

Thank you for your help.

[poli]

Automatic translators are no way to learn a language, but in this case, the meaning is conveyed albeit awkwardly.

[Rocco]

yes i'm aware of that, and i use rosetta stone for learning, but 'Esto es de madera' or 'La mujer lleva sombrero.' aren't of use in this case, so help is very much appreciated.

[Rusty]

Good try, even though you used a machine. You must have added 'mil' on your own.
Mil Gracias por ser la antorcha de/en mi vida y por
guiarme a casa.[/I]Just like you used (or the machine provided) 'por ser', you must rely on the same grammatical construct in the coordinated clause.

Welcome to the forums!

[Rocco]

Thank you Rusty, :-)

Yes 'mil' is my addition. ;-)
So is this version correct?:
Infinitas gracias por ser la antorcha en mi vida y por guiarme a casa.

Thanks also for the grammatical instruction.
Rosetta Stone is without grammatical explanation, so i would need extra lessons i guess.

[Rusty]

Using 'mil' is more popular than 'infinitas'. I removed 'mil' because it doesn't agree with the English translation.

[Rocco]

Muchas Gracias Rusty. :)