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Old February 13, 2012, 09:42 AM
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Preterit o Imperfect

Quiero traducir esta frase á español, por favor puede chequearlo:

When I was in Argentina I wanted to see Aconcagua but was not able to see it because the day I went there it was very cloudy

Cuando estaba en la Argentina quería ver la Aconcagua pero no podía verlo porque el dia que me fue allí era muy nublado

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Old February 13, 2012, 12:04 PM
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Quiero traducir esta frase a español. Por favor, ¿pueden chequearla? (The items marked here are corrections. Don't forget the opening interrogation mark and watch agreement.)

When I was in Argentina I wanted to see Aconcagua but was not able to see it because the day I went there it was very cloudy.

Cuando (may need a subject pronoun here to avoid ambiguity) estaba en la Argentina quería ver la(not needed) Aconcagua pero no podía verlo (watch agreement) porque (missing a preposition here) el dia que me fue (wrong person)allí ('para allá' sounds better to my ears) era muy nublado.
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Old February 13, 2012, 12:52 PM
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la(not needed) Aconcagua
Mountains have articles in Spanish.

El Everest, los Pirineos, los Andes...

I would say "el Aconcagua". However, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some regional variation in the use of "el/la".

Google:
"El Aconcagua": 1,070,000 resultados
"La Aconcagua": 6,150 resultados
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Mountains have articles in Spanish.

El Everest, los Pirineos, los Andes...

I would say "el Aconcagua". However, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some regional variation in the use of "el/la".

Google:
"El Aconcagua": 1,070,000 resultados
"La Aconcagua": 6,150 resultados
The correct one is "el Aconcagua"
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