Translating a simple paragraph (Exercise 4-18)

[Elaina]

¡Interesante! Yo nunca había escuchado la palabra "bonita" para significar "tidy"

To me the word "bonita" is used to say something or someone is nice, pretty, etc. but not "tidy".

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Elaina

¡Interesante! Yo nunca había escuchado la palabra "bonita" para significar "tidy"

To me the word "bonita" is used to say something or someone is nice, pretty, etc. but not "tidy".

Hmm - this might be colloquial BrE, tidy in the sense of nice as in (quoting from dictionary)

Había conseguido ahorrar una bonita cantidad.
He'd managed to save a tidy little sum of money.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Elaina

¡Interesante! Yo nunca había escuchado la palabra "bonita" para significar "tidy"

To me the word "bonita" is used to say something or someone is nice, pretty, etc. but not "tidy".

Originally Posted by Perikles

Hmm - this might be colloquial BrE, tidy in the sense of nice as in (quoting from dictionary)

Había conseguido ahorrar una bonita cantidad.
He'd managed to save a tidy little sum of money.

There's this pond that separates...............

[Here4good]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Well, in this case, the chapter on the preterit comes before the chapter on the imperfect, so it would't be "pensaba". There is probably some kind of correct grammatical reason ... but that's MY reason.

haha. Thanks!!

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by laepelba

There's this pond that separates...............

And such a lovely pond it is......