Saludos de La Policia!

[LaPolicia]

Ok, so hopefully someone will help correct me as a I go along.

Hola, Soy La Policia. Yo vivo en norte de la Florida, pero estoy ire a estar moviendo a sur de la Florida en de Fort Lauderdale. Trabajo como policia en Florida. Estoy intentando aprender aunque Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, y clases de la universidad de estado de Arizona. Como haciendo?

[Haven]

Welcome!

Hablo nada de español, así no puedo corregir su gramática.

[Rusty]

Welcome to the forums!

I'm afraid your introduction in Spanish may only be understood by someone who speaks English. You've tried to translate word-for-word, which seldom works.

Here is my attempt (I wasn't sure what you meant with 'aunque ...'):
Vivo en el norte de la Florida, pero voy a mudarme a Fort Lauderdale en el sur del estado. Soy policía. Estoy llevando un curso de español en la Universidad de Estado de Arizona. ¿Qué tal mi intento?

Note that there is an 'Accents' drop-down menu located above where you type. There you'll find all the special characters you'll need to type in Spanish.

Originally Posted by Haven

No hablo nada de español, así que no puedo corregir tu gramática.

[LaPolicia]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Welcome to the forums!

I'm afraid your introduction in Spanish may only be understood by someone who speaks English. You've tried to translate word-for-word, which seldom works.

Here is my attempt (I wasn't sure what you meant with 'aunque ...'):
Vivo en el norte de la Florida, pero voy a mudarme a Fort Lauderdale en el sur del estado. Soy policía. Estoy llevando un curso de español en la Universidad de Estado de Arizona. ¿Qué tal mi intento?

Note that there is an 'Accents' drop-down menu located above where you type. There you'll find all the special characters you'll need to type in Spanish.

Ok thanks for the help and about the dropdown boxes. Im trying not to translate word for word as I know there are areas where you dont, but its still a challenge after my two semesters of it in college.

Te Ayudando gracias (thanks for helping me?)

[Julvenzor]

Originally Posted by LaPolicia

Ok thanks for the help and about the dropdown boxes. Im trying not to translate word for word as I know there are areas where you dont, but its still a challenge after my two semesters of it in college.

Te Ayudando gracias (thanks for helping me?)

Don't worry at first.

One learns a new language like riding a bike: by practicing, little by little.

Thanks for helping me = Gracias por ayudarme.

Thanks = Gracias
For = Por (in this context)
Helping = Ayudar (when it has a noun function, in Spanish: función sustantiva)
Me = me (it's attached to end of infinitive verbs)

A pleasure.

[Liquinn3]

Welcome to the forums.

[Villa]

Originally Posted by LaPolicia

Ok, so hopefully someone will help correct me as a I go along.

Hola, Soy La Policia. Yo vivo en norte de la Florida, pero estoy ire a estar moviendo a sur de la Florida en de Fort Lauderdale. Trabajo como policia en Florida. Estoy intentando aprender aunque Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, y clases de la universidad de estado de Arizona. Como haciendo?

Hola Policia. Bienvenido/Welcome. Soy Villa. I am Villa. Mucho gusto.
Nice to meet you.

As a policeman you need the Spanish anybody else would learn
with common Spanish phrases but also those certain Spanish phrases
that have to do with police work.

Just a few examples: Párese o disparo!! Mírame! Acuéstese en el estómago.
Manos arriba! Mantenga las manos arriba. Ponga las manos detrás del cuello.
Ponga el arma en el suelo. Arrodíllese y quédese allí. Separe las piernas.
Dése vuelta y camine hacia atrás despacio. Ponga una mano detras de la espalda.
Ahora la otra.

Stop or I'll shoot! Look at me! Lie on your stomach.
Hands Up! Keep your hands up. Put your hands behind your neck.
Put the gun down. Kneel and stay there. Spread your legs.
Turn around and walk backwards slowly. Put one hand behind your back.
Now the other.

Do you want the phonectic pronunciation?
For example: Párese of disparo! would be; PAH-ray-say oh dees-PAH-row! Stop or I'll shoot!

A proposito/By the way, as a policeman you want to always speak to people
in the polite usted form. You understand what that is? All the commands
above are in the polite form. Spanish speaking people will speak back to
you in the polite form.

[poli]

South Florida will offer you the possibility of Spanish language immersion an opportunity that many students go to other countries to experience. The language is prevalent in Miami, and very widely used Broward County as well.

[LaPolicia]

Originally Posted by Villa

Hola Policia. Bienvenido/Welcome. Soy Villa. I am Villa. Mucho gusto.
Nice to meet you.

As a policeman you need the Spanish anybody else would learn
with common Spanish phrases but also those certain Spanish phrases
that have to do with police work.

Just a few examples: Párese o disparo!! Mírame! Acuéstese en el estómago.
Manos arriba! Mantenga las manos arriba. Ponga las manos detrás del cuello.
Ponga el arma en el suelo. Arrodíllese y quédese allí. Separe las piernas.
Dése vuelta y camine hacia atrás despacio. Ponga una mano detras de la espalda.
Ahora la otra.

Stop or I'll shoot! Look at me! Lie on your stomach.
Hands Up! Keep your hands up. Put your hands behind your neck.
Put the gun down. Kneel and stay there. Spread your legs.
Turn around and walk backwards slowly. Put one hand behind your back.
Now the other.

Do you want the phonectic pronunciation?
For example: Párese of disparo! would be; PAH-ray-say oh dees-PAH-row! Stop or I'll shoot!

A proposito/By the way, as a policeman you want to always speak to people
in the polite usted form. You understand what that is? All the commands
above are in the polite form. Spanish speaking people will speak back to
you in the polite form.

Nice to meet you too and thanks for the sentences. I'll be sure to study those and learn them! My ultimate goal though is to become fluent and finish up my post bachelors in Spanish and become certified as fluent. I know what the usted form is, although sometimes I get a bit confused if the conjugated usted form is referring to a person or just the object, such as "Él corre" means "He ran", with the "corre" meaning ran rather then "he ran." That's what the El is for. That was an easy example, but im sure its all going to be down to context. I'll be starting intermediate Spanish in college in May so I've been trying to catch up a bit since I've been away. Its been almost a year since I was in beginning Spanish II.

When I move to South Florida, I'll definately be going to downtown Miami and Spanish restaurants on a daily basis. The language is much more prevalent down there than it is here in North Florida, but there are some spots I would like to hit up here once I get decently proficient.

Also, does anyone know a good way to get down sentence structure? I've built a pretty good vocabulary so far through Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, and what I've learned from school and can conjugate present, preterito, and imperfect, and a bit of the future, but I still have issues with sentence structure as illustrated above. I've been taking a look at this site today for some basic help.

http://spanish.about.com/od/sentence...in-spanish.htm

[poli]

I give it to you in Spanish is To you it I give. Spanish is very Shakespearian.

[Julvenzor]

Originally Posted by poli

I give it to you in Spanish is To you it I give. Spanish is very Shakespearian.