Is this even written correctly?????

[hola]

a sus hijos les encanta jugar a ser médico
they love your children playing to be a doctor

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hola

a sus hijos les encanta jugar a ser médico
they love your children playing to be a doctor

They do not mean the same.

This first phrase looks like there are at least two different sets of parents and is being talked about their children.

a sus hijos les encanta jugar a ser médico- your children love playing being a doctor.

This one is talking about at least two persons, parents or not, who love (watching) your (you and possibly one more set of parents)

they love your children playing to be a doctor- A ellos les encanta (ver) sus niños jugar a ser doctor.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

In Spanish it is written correctly, but as Chileno said, it doesn't mean the same as the sentence in English.

Originally Posted by hola

a sus hijos les encanta jugar a ser médico

= Your children love playing to be a doctor.

= His/her children love playing to be a doctor.

= Their children love playing to be a doctor.

Originally Posted by hola

they love your children playing to be a doctor

= (A ellos) les encanta que tus/sus hijos jueguen a ser médico.

[hola]

wait a minute, wouldn't your children love playing to be a doctor be: "a sus hijos encantAN de jugar como un doctor"

[pjt33]

Encantar is like gustar. The subject is "jugar a ser médico" and "sus hijos" are the indirect object.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by hola

wait a minute, wouldn't your children love playing to be a doctor be: "a sus hijos encantAN de jugar como un doctor"

A sus hijos les encanta jugar a (ser) médicos.

[hola]

well if the verb encantar is like gustar then that changes everything and i can c y its a sus hijos les encanta but that's only IF encantar is REALLY like gustar idk if anyone can corroborate these findings

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hola

well if the verb encantar is like gustar then that changes everything and i can c y its a sus hijos les encanta but that's only IF encantar is REALLY like gustar idk if anyone can corroborate these findings

OK, maybe this will help

your children love playing to be a doctor

sus hijos gozan jugando a ser doctor.

esa es otra posibilidad.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by hola

well if the verb encantar is like gustar then that changes everything and i can c y its a sus hijos les encanta but that's only IF encantar is REALLY like gustar idk if anyone can corroborate these findings

It is like gustar when it is intransitive. You can say both:

Me gusta mucho jugar or
Me encanta jugar.

Both sentences have the same meaning in such cases (and the same structure). This is not like this when "encantar" has another meaning (to bewitch) and it is a transitive verb (that means that an DO is needed):

La bruja encantó a la princesa.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

A los niños les gusta jugar.
Children like playing.

A los niños les encanta jugar.
Children love playing.

[bobjenkins]

Hola,

playing to be a doctor - suena más mejor así playing doctor


the children love playing doctor

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Hola,

playing to be a doctor - suena más mejor así playing doctor


the children love playing doctor

Sólo mejor o "mucho mejor"

Aquí se suele decir

a los niños les encanta jugar a médicos.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Sólo mejor o "mucho mejor"

Aquí se suele decir

a los niños les encanta jugar a médicos.

!!!!!!! Siempre lo hago así

más mejor

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

!!!!!!! Siempre lo hago así

más mejor

Bueno, es divertido

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by hola

a sus hijos les encanta jugar a ser médico
they love your children playing to be a doctor

Your children love playing to be a doctor.


Nice word.