Antes de tiempo

Antes de tiempo
 

How could I say "antes de tiempo" in English? For instance, I want to say:

En la carta se despide antes de tiempo.

In the letter, he says good bye ... :thinking: (he hasn't arrived to the end of the letter yet and says good bye)

Thanks :)

Prematurely :)

Of course! I couldn't think about it. Thanks :)

That word can be use only to say antes de tiempo, or it has some another meanings.

I couldn't think about it.
I couldn't think of it.
I couldn't remember it.
I couldn't come up with it. :)

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 :confused:
Or maybe I'm wrong :thinking:

Let's a native give his/her opinion :)

¡Siempre igual! El otro día también. Think of :banghead: , think of :banghead:
A ver si así... :D

(sorry) This is the ward for premature children :rolleyes:

Verbs of remembering and forgetting used to take a genitive object (thus of) in English, and used to in German as well. 'Ich denke Dein', Vergissmeinnicht (nomeolvides), etc. :whistling:

Wouldn't you say that the premature children are born prematurely?

We say "niños prematuros", as well, but I can add that "son los nacidos prematuramente"
:thinking:

But you use "think about", as well. :thinking:

By the way, do you have more clues to know prepositions for verbs? :D

Yes of course I would. What you wrote was grammatically correct, but nobody would say it because my construction is much simpler.:)

Ah yes, but think of can equal remember. Think about is not a verb of remembering. Sorry, I can't think of (:rolleyes:) a general rule.

I think Perikles is just pointing out that we'd be much more likely to say,

This is the ward for premature children.

than

This is the ward where the premature children/children born prematurely are.

Well, I tried to say a sentence grammatically correct (I couldn't think of another sentence at that moment) :)

Thanks, anyway. But it's a pity :sad:

I guess for antes de tiempo you can also say, before finishing his/her available time.

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 :thinking:

before finishing the letter.

Nor can I. :thinking:

It would be nice, though!

Yes, that could suit perfect. Thanks, Robin :)

Yes, it would :worried:
:)