Unos minutos

[irmamar]

Durante unos minutos no sabía si decir...

For a few minutes I didn't know whether to say...

May I say "for some minutes" instead? :thinking:

Thanks :)

[poli]

After a few minutes, I didn't know what to say.

[irmamar]

My book says "for a few minutes", but I wrote "for some minutes". :thinking:

[Perikles]

My book says "for a few minutes", but I wrote "for some minutes". :thinking:Yes, you could say that, it would be correct. Having said that, I would say "for a few minutes".

I can't agree with @poli about "after..." but then maybe this is another dialect issue.

[chileno]

My book says "for a few minutes", but I wrote "for some minutes". :thinking:

for a few minutes
por unos pocos minutos

for some minutes
por algunos minutos

durante unos/algunos minutos/ ...durando algunos minutos...
during some minutes

[hermit]

"For/during some minutes" is understood, but clumsy. "For some time" is good
English, but suggests a longer time frame than this context requires.

"For a few minutes" and "After a few minutes" are both correct, but
have different shades of meaning. Like "For a short time I didn't know
whether to say...and after a few minutes had gone by I did know what
to say (or still didn't).

[pjt33]

"For some minutes" me parece connotar más tiempo que "For a few minutes".

[Elaina]

I would say......

For a few minutes instead of for some minutes.

For some minutes doesn't quite sound "natural" to me.

My :twocents:

[CrOtALiTo]

Durante unos minutos no sabía si decir...

For a few minutes I didn't know whether to say...

May I say "for some minutes" instead? :thinking:

Thanks :)

I'm going the second choice.

For some minutes, I will be there with you:)

[Jessica]

I say a few minutes.

makes more sense

[irmamar]

"For a few minutes", I'll try to remember. Thanks everybody. :)

[CrOtALiTo]

"For a few minutes", I'll try to remember. Thanks everybody. :)

Yes it's more appropriate than for some minutes.
For a few minutes.

Irmamar for a few minutes I think that this thread was case lost.:D

[Rusty]

"A lost case," Crotalito.
For a few minutes there, I thought this thread was a lost case.

[irmamar]

"A lost case" :thinking:. "Un caso perdido", I guess. :)

One more question: I have to translate this sentence:

¿Le recordaste que trajera unos cuentos?

I wrote: Did you remind her to bring a few stories?
My book: Did you remind her to bring some stories?

Why "some" here instead "a few"? :thinking:

Thanks. :)

[poli]

They are both good. It's the equivalent of unos and algunos.

[Rusty]

"A lost case" :thinking:. "Un caso perdido", I guess. :)Yup.

[irmamar]

I was looking for some difference between them, but I couldn't find any. Thanks. :) :rose:

Is "yup" "yes"? :thinking:

[hermit]

In colloquial NAmE "yup", "yep", "yeah" = yes

[irmamar]

Thanks. :) Do you know if it's used in BrE?

[Perikles]

Is "yup" "yes"? :thinking:All kinds of words mean 'yes' in BrE, including yer, yep, aye, ay, ya, yeah and (women only) no. :D

Thanks. :) Do you know if it's used in BrE?I think 'yup' is more AmE than BrE.