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lollykh November 18, 2012 08:34 AM

Word order
 
Hey guys

Can the following sentence can be written/spoken in 5 different ways:

The first man gets to the moon in 1969.

El primer hombre llega a la luna en 1969.

En 1969 a la luna llega el primer hombre

A la luna el primer hombre llega en 1969.

En 1969 llega el primer hombre a la luna

En 1969 llega a la luna el primer hombre.

Rusty November 18, 2012 08:59 AM

All of them work.

Here's another to add to your repertoire:
Llega el primer hombre a la luna en 1969.


Other English sentences might be:
The first man steps foot on the moon in 1969.
The first man to walk on the moon ...
The first man on the moon ...

Translations of these might be:
El primer hombre pisa la luna ...
El primer hombre en pisar la luna ...
El primer hombre en la luna ...

chileno November 18, 2012 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lollykh (Post 130374)
Hey guys

Can the following sentence can be written/spoken in 5 different ways:

The first man gets to the moon in 1969.

El primer hombre llega a la luna en 1969.:good:

En 1969, a la luna, llega el primer hombre

A la luna, el primer, hombre llega en 1969.

En 1969 llega el primer hombre a la luna:good:

En 1969 llega a la luna el primer hombre.:good:

:):):)

lollykh November 18, 2012 10:10 AM

So the ones that are not ticked are wrong?

Rusty November 18, 2012 10:19 AM

Unnecessary punctuation was suggested. They are not wrong.

As I mentioned before, they work. What I didn't say, but hinted, is that some of them don't sound natural. Even the English sentence doesn't sound natural. That's why I suggested other renditions.


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