Making a "to do" list

[sosia]

"To-do" list: lista de tareas/duties list (the other proposed are ok)
sorter: "Tareas"
other lists: Lista de la compra, lista de regalos, lista de invitados, lista de buenos propósitos, lista de libros por leer.
Saludos

[ElDanés]

Okay, thanks. Our teacher has just been teaching us that the infinitives should always be translated to to + infinitive, no matter if it is on its own, or together with prepositions. I guess he has done that in order not to confuse us, so we will probably learn it later.

I think I will look up on the subject myself now, though.

Good examples, btw.

[laepelba]

Thanks for that list of lists - very helpful, Sosia!

[Planet hopper]

I don't use verbs at all

-suavizante
-carne para estofado


If any, infinitive, positively.

-Llamar a casa
-Hacer mas ejercicio

[laepelba]

Thanks PlanetHopper - would you mind quickly translating your examples. I definitely understand your point, but not the particular meaning of your examples...

[Rusty]

conditioner
stew meat
call home
exercise more

[laepelba]

Conditioner? As in HAIR conditioner?

[Rusty]

hair conditioner or fabric softener
Both work. PH will have to tell you qué le falta.

[Sancho Panther]

I would go for 'lista de cosas que faltan que hacer' I think, and 'también manzanas ' would be more correct.

Best of all 'una lista de lo que debo hacer' - (ta-daa!)

I'm pleased with that!

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by sosia

lista de libros por leer.

Getting off on a tangent here with the eternal por/para debate that we English speakers always get into---

If someone would have asked me how to say "list of books to read", I probably would have said "lista de libros para leer". Now, both options are grammatically correct, and "por" is probably more common/sounds better to you. So I'd like to get input from more people on which is the "better" way to say it.

To me it's like this:

lista de libros para leer = list of books to be read
lista de libros por leer = list of books that are left to read

Any opinions?

[Rusty]

Libros por leer speaks "books I'd like to read" to my mind. It also means "books I'm about to read or books that are left to read."
Libros para leer speaks "books I have to read" to my mind.

[chileno]

Hello Laepelba,

Originally Posted by laepelba

Hernan - when someone in Spain makes a list of things to do, what do they call it? You're saying that certain things sound acceptable or sound "right". But is there a name for it?

My uncertainty was shown because I forget how to write correctly, and I haven't looked up yet :/ , quehacer or que hacer, and I hinted about maybe both being correct or at least accepted. I do not recall to have a "name" for it.

Do americans have a name for "to do list"? :-)

Now, which of these is correct and/or accepted in English:

I do not have money

I don't have money

I haven't got money

I ain't got no money

Also, in another one of your replies, and I quote:

Originally Posted by laepelba

Okay - thanks all. I didn't mean to take the conversation in a completely different direction. I was really just getting at which verb tense to use in my list. I've now added several items to the list (in Spanish) and think that this approach will be beneficial to my learning. Gracias!

Of course it can be beneficial and to everyone involved.

Remember that there are many ways to say the same thing and all of them might be correct and or acceptable. And this goes for english or spanish, and I guess to any other language.

Hope it helps.

Hernan

[laepelba]

Yes, Hernan - it DEFINITELY helps! In fact, "to do list" is a very, very common phrase in English, and I only know one other way of saying it (which is a "honey-do list" and is typically used for a list that a spouse makes for their partner....) But your point is well taken. You weren't actually looking for an answer to your question about which way to say that you are broke?

Thank you!

[chileno]

Hi again,

Originally Posted by laepelba

Yes, Hernan - it DEFINITELY helps! In fact, "to do list" is a very, very common phrase in English, and I only know one other way of saying it (which is a "honey-do list" and is typically used for a list that a spouse makes for their partner....) But your point is well taken. You weren't actually looking for an answer to your question about which way to say that you are broke?

Thank you!

Excellent!

And no, I weren't looking for an answer, because I am way broke!!!!!!!! :-)

[sosia]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Libros por leer speaks "books I'd like to read" to my mind. It also means "books I'm about to read or books that are left to read."
Libros para leer speaks "books I have to read" to my mind.

Agree completely.
"libros para leer" sounds like university books the teacher has given.
"libros por leer" are books that are gently waiting for you to be open/buyed.
Saludos

[Tomisimo]

Thanks for the input

[CrOtALiTo]

I can do a list of cosmetics as my wife said me, you can do list of the supermarket or you can do a list of things for do at your home.

Thank you for your input.

[Zwarte Piet]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Libros por leer speaks "books I'd like to read" to my mind. It also means "books I'm about to read or books that are left to read."
Libros para leer speaks "books I have to read" to my mind.

So would this work the same with something like "palabras por hablar". Words I'd like to say?

[Rusty]

Sure. The correct translation is words to speak, but what comes to mind is that you'd like to speak them rather than having to speak them.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Zwarte Piet

So would this work the same with something like "palabras por hablar". Words I'd like to say?

You said "Palabras que me gustaria decir" Words (that) I would like to say.