Las vacaciones del invierno

[Jessica]

Mi mamá lava la ropa. Yo no lavo.
Mi mamá pasa la aspiradora o yo paso la aspiradora. (We aren't both doing it. It's either me doing it, or my mom is doing it.)

[Rusty]

Jessica, some of your confusion stems from the fact that you are trying to use vocabulary and verb tenses you haven't yet learned in school. :eek:
Your teacher would expect a story that includes words that are appropriate for your skill level.

Crotalito was correct when he wrote limpiemos. This is the subjunctive mood, present tense, first-person plural form of limpiar. The form you know and used is the indicative mood, present tense, first-person plural form of limpiar. Your sentence was dealing with a probable event, so it must be cast in the subjunctive mood.

My advice is that you stick to vocabulary and verb tenses you have learned. Your story will be easier for you to write and the corrections you receive will not be so hard to understand. :)

[CrOtALiTo]

I told her that before, but she does not accept the correction above her post, but well, I'm person native from Mexico and my native language is Spanish as you know, then I'm not a wrong when I try to tell her the corrections of her post, but well, she thinks that can't does mistakes sometimes.

[Jessica]

ok then. but I do not know what I will be doing over winter vacation. No clue

[CrOtALiTo]

Jchen, I'm sorry, but I don't understand you, What do you wanna say with your previous post? I mean to What does have to see that answer toward me.?

[Rusty]

Jchen, I'm sorry, but I don't understand you. What did you wanna say in your previous post? I mean, what does your answer have to do with me?

tener que ver con = to have to do with

No tiene nada que ver contigo. Ella no te hablaba a ti. (It doesn't have anything to do with you. She wasn't talking to you.) Solo lamentaba que no sabe qué escribir porque no va a hacer nada durante las vacaciones. (She was only lamenting the fact that she doesn't know what to write because she isn't doing anything during winter vacation.)

[Jessica]

Durante las vacaciones del invierno, pienso leer un libro favorito y jugar en la compudadora.

Check please.

[Rusty]

Durante las vacaciones del invierno, pienso leer un libro favorito y jugar en la computadora.

Check please.

Very good. :thumbsup:

[Jessica]

okay :)
Check this:

No sé si puedo jugar en la computadora por que a veces mi mamá me dice que no puedo. (I don't know if I can play on the computer because sometimes my mom tells me that I can't)
Al igual que el año pasado, este año vamos a obtener no regalos pero tengo un mp3 como un reglos muy pronto.

[Rusty]

No sé si puedo jugar en la computadora porque a veces mi mamá me dice que no puedo.
Al igual que el año pasado, este año no vamos a obtener regalos, pero voy a tener un mp3 como un regalo muy pronto.
Some suggestions are above.

[Jessica]

okay.... one last one, and I will be done with this month's journal...

I remember that in 7th grade we went to Florida during winter vacation. It is just too bad that this year will not be very fun.

Recuerdo que en séptimo grado nos fuimos a la Florida durante las vacaciones del invierno. Es demasiado malo que este año no va a ser muy divertido.

If there are words that I haven't learned yet, is there words that could replace them that are more familiar?

[Rusty]

I remember that two years ago we went to Florida during winter vacation. It is just too bad that this year will not be very fun.

Recuerdo que hace dos años nos fuimos a la Florida durante las vacaciones del invierno. Este año no va a ser muy divertido :?:¿por qué?:?:. ¡Es una lástima!
Do you understand and know these words? Provide why this year won't be any fun.

[Jessica]

Yes I understand and know those words.

Este año no va a ser muy divertido porque quedamos en casa.

[Rusty]

Este año no va a ser muy divertido porque nos quedamos en casa.
Good job.

[Jessica]

ok thanks! :)

[Jessica]

my teacher didn't accept my journal, because there were words that didn't learn. She said to make a new one or I will get a ZERO :sad: ZERO OUT OF 10 :sad:
I am going to make up most of these...most of them are NOT true. Only some are.

Durante las vacationes del invierno, nosotros vamos a obtener una nueva cocina. Mi mamá ya compró una nueva estufa y un nuevo horno de microondas. Pensamos ir a Nueva York, si tenemos (here, she suggested using that not hace) tiempo. Puede a no que vayamos. La más probable es que nos quedamos en casa. No sé si vamos a salir a alguna parte. Incluso si lo hacemos, no sé a dónde.. Pienso leer un libro favorito y jugar en la computadora. No sé si puedo jugar en la computadora porque a veces mi mamá me dice que no puedo. Al igual que el año pasado, este año no vamos a obtener regalos, pero voy a tener un mp3 como un regalo muy pronto. Este año no va a ser muy divertido porque nos quedamos en casa.

This is what I am adding:
English: On Christmas Day, I will go skiing
Spanish: En el día de Navidad, voy a ir de esquí.
:good: this please
NOTE: I am not really going skiing. :rolleyes:

[Jessica]

These might turn out real...I'm not sure.
Spanish: Yo pasar la aspiradora y limpiar el baño. También tengo que arreglar los cuatros. Mi mamá se limpia la ropa. Cuando es hora de la cena voy a poner la mesa. Después de la cena mamá o papá se lo quitar la mesa.

[Rusty]

Only the fourth sentence is correctly written.
The first sentence contains an unconjugated verb. Perhaps you were thinking about putting in a 'simple future tense'. The fifth sentence also contains an unconjugated verb and the object pronouns you've used do not belong there.
The second sentence contains a word that is misspelled. The third sentence has a reflexive verb where it shouldn't be used.

In an earlier post you asked about skiing. There's a much more popular way to say it than the one you chose. Did you get your wording from your teacher or textbook?

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, your teacher is right, because it's normal if you didn't learn word, you have putted in your text, then he will find strange your text, maybe he thinks, you didn't make your homework alone, please you check again your text, because the text has much mistakes even.

[Jessica]

My teacher is Sra. not Sr.