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Old November 28, 2013, 03:18 PM
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¡Hola amigos!

¡Hola amigos!
Por favor, dejame saber que errores en siguiente texto:

¡Buenas noches!

¡Estoy muy orgulloso que soy tu primero amigo con quién tu escribirse en español!

¿Cuando vas a Madrid y por cuanto dias?, ¿Has estado en Madrid antes?

No tengo planes para las vacasiones todaviá y esto es debido a otros gastos-¡Ohala pudiera!*

En mi caso-hay que vivir hasta verano

¡Hablamos pronto!

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Old November 28, 2013, 03:41 PM
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¡Hola amigos!
Por favor, dejame saber que errores () en () siguiente texto:

¡Buenas noches!

¡Estoy muy orgulloso () que soy tu primero amigo con quién tu escribirse en español!

¿Cuando vas a Madrid y por cuanto() dias?, ¿Has estado en Madrid antes?

No tengo planes para las vacasiones todav y esto es debido a otros gastos-¡Ohala pudiera!*

En mi caso-hay que vivir hasta () verano

¡Hablamos pronto!

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Welcome to the forums! I've marked in red what needs to be fixed. The empty parentheses indicate missing content.
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Old November 29, 2013, 11:24 AM
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Thank you so much for your welcome!


1) I didn't get why you have marked a letter "e" in dejame
2) What do you mean by missing content-what should I put in after orgulloso?
3) Why "O" marked as red in the word primero

Could you please correct me so that I could understand my mistakes?

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Old November 29, 2013, 07:57 PM
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I will give hints as to why things were marked.

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... dejame saber que errores () en () siguiente texto
When a verb is suffixed with a pronoun, the original stress must be retained.
The next word flagged must be differentiated from the conjunction.
The missing word after 'errores' is a verb.
The article is missing.
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¡Estoy muy orgulloso () que soy tu primero amigo con quién tu escribirse en español!
'Estar orgulloso' is always followed by a preposition. You're stating what you're proud of.
The conjunction that follows the missing preposition is introducing a secondary clause. I didn't mark it before, but the verb 'soy', which you correctly conjugated in the indicative mood, should not be used at all. This is because there is no change in subject - 'I am proud that I am'. When there is no change in subject, you should not introduce a secondary clause. Just use the infinitive form instead of the conjugated verb.
When 'primero' precedes a noun, the final 'o' is elided.
The relative pronoun doesn't need an accent mark.
The next pronoun needs to be distinguished as a subject pronoun, if you're going to use it. It isn't needed. The verb, when correctly conjugated, will convey the person in its ending.
The verb must be conjugated, and it should not be pronominal.
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¿Cuando vas a Madrid y por cuanto() dias?
The interrogative is marked in a special way to indicate that it is an interrogative.
The adjective is marked because it needs to agree in number with the word it modifies.
The noun the adjective modifies is misspelled.
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... vacasiones todav ... ¡Ohala pudiera!
Misspelled words.
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... hay que vivir hasta () verano.
You're missing an article (and I added a period at the end of your sentence).

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Old December 02, 2013, 07:52 AM
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Thank you very much Rusty!
Well, I didn't get all stuff that you wrote, but still-thank you!

Could I ask you to re-write my text in the way you would have wrote it?
This way I could learn better and would notice my mistakes immediately.
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Old December 02, 2013, 05:24 PM
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Go ahead and rewrite the text, improving on it as you go by reading the hints I gave. If you have questions about the hints, note them as you try your best to improve the text. If you still have errors after your best attempt, we'll let you know where they are and better hints will be given.
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Old December 03, 2013, 07:23 AM
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Ok Rusty, I will try:

Por favor, déjame saber qué errores EXISTEN en el siguiente texto:
Estoy muy orgulloso DE que ser tu primer amigo con quien escribirte en español.
¿Cuando vas a Madrid y por cuantoS dias?
a) The interrogative is marked in a special way to indicate that it is an interrogative.?????

b)The noun the adjective modifies is misspelled?????

No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavÍa... ¡OhalÁ pudiera!

En mi caso-hay que vivir hasta EL verano. ( I did't see the period you have added)

Thank you so much for your assistance!
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Old December 03, 2013, 04:37 PM
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Ok Rusty, I will try:

Por favor, déjame saber qué errores EXISTEN en el siguiente texto:
(you could also use 'hay' instead of 'existen')
(it's also possible to say 'cuales son los errores en ...' instead of 'qué errores existen en ...')

Estoy muy orgulloso DE
que ser tu primer amigo con quien escribirte en español. (see comments after the quoted block)

¿Cuando vas a Madrid y por cuantoS dias?
a) The interrogative is marked in a special way to indicate that it is an interrogative.????? (The vowel I marked is supposed to be accented. All interrogatives have an accented vowel to distinguish them as interrogatives.)

b)The noun the adjective modifies is misspelled????? (The word 'dias' isn't spelled correctly.)

No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavÍa... ¡OhalÁ pudiera! (there is still one misspelling to fix)

En mi caso-hay que vivir hasta EL verano.
I explained before that when there is no change in subject you should not have a secondary clause.
You correctly changed 'soy' to 'ser', but left the conjunction 'que' intact. The conjunction can't be there, since it is used to introduce a secondary clause and you don't want one (because there is no subject change).
Estoy muy orgulloso de ser = I'm very proud to be
Estoy muy orgulloso de ser = I'm very proud that I am
Both sentences mean the same thing, in both languages.

I believe you wanted to say:
I'm very proud to be the first friend you are writing to in Spanish.

¡Estoy muy orgulloso de ser el primer amigo a quien escribes en español!

You write 'to' someone, so that is why 'con' doesn't appear in the sentence.
The verb 'escribir' is conjugated. Your sentence had an infinitive with a suffixed indirect object pronoun 'te'. The 'to whom' (a quien) takes care of establishing the indirect object (el primer amigo).

You're welcome for the help. If you have questions, just ask.
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Old December 06, 2013, 08:05 AM
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Thank you Rusty!

I surrender! Please tell me what kind of mispelling are they?


b)The noun the adjective modifies is misspelled????? (The word 'dias' isn't spelled correctly.)

No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavÍa... ¡OhalÁ pudiera! (there is still one misspelling to fix)
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Old December 06, 2013, 08:51 AM
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No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavÍa... ¡OhalÁ pudiera!
There's a misspelling on the second to last word which still needs to be fixed.
Also, why is the "á" capitalised?
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Old December 06, 2013, 04:01 PM
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@Liquinn3: The capitalized 'Á' was the OP's way of indicating his changes.

@Pasajero: The misspelled words are 'días', which is the noun that the adjective modifies, and 'ojalá'. Accented vowels are not the same as unaccented vowels. In other words, if a word has an accented vowel in it, it is incorrect to write the word without the accent. The accent mark in Spanish is very important. Always use it.
There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above where you type. You can use it to insert the special characters.
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Old December 07, 2013, 06:23 AM
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There's a misspelling on the second to last word which still needs to be fixed.
Also, why is the "á" capitalised?
Thank you for your feedback!

You mean cuantos diOs??? Could you please wirte the correct verison?

It's capitalised to show Rusty that I have corrected it.

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@Liquinn3: The capitalized 'Á' was the OP's way of indicating his changes.

@Pasajero: The misspelled words are 'días', which is the noun that the adjective modifies, and 'ojalá'. Accented vowels are not the same as unaccented vowels. In other words, if a word has an accented vowel in it, it is incorrect to write the word without the accent. The accent mark in Spanish is very important. Always use it.
There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above where you type. You can use it to insert the special characters.
You mean it should be: "cuantos diOs?"

As you see above, I have used the accent mark in the word - ohalÁ and I don't understand why you still think there is a mispelling here?

Thank you

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Old December 07, 2013, 06:30 AM
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Thank you for your feedback!

You mean cuantos diOs??? Could you please wirte the correct verison?

It's capitalised to show Rusty that I have corrected it.
I'm sorry I cannot write the corrected sentence for you because here we help with your learning.

Rusty gave you the corrected version of the word "DiOs". Please view his post at the start of the second page. Then you only need to fix the punctuation and add an accent to the first word.

cuantos diOs

You need an accent in the first word. You're trying to ask "How many days?" in Spanish.

"Cuantos" is missing an accent on the third letter. Because you're asking a question, it should have an accent.

You have two errors in the word "dios".

The word "dios" means god in Spanish.

1) You need to put an accent on the second letter of the second word (dios). Also, your sentence needs gender agreement.

2) Your sentence needs to have question marks at the start and at the end.

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Old December 07, 2013, 10:17 AM
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¿Cuándo vas a Madrid y por cuántas días?



No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavía... ¡Ohalá pudiera!

Correct?
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Old December 07, 2013, 10:54 AM
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¿Cuándo vas a Madrid y por cuántas días? (Change the marked vowel back to what it was - it agreed in gender before)

No tengo planes para las vacaciones todavía... ¡Ohalá pudiera!

Correct?
Two errors. Check post #11 for the correct spelling of the exclamatory word.
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Old December 08, 2013, 01:00 AM
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¿Cuándo vas a Madrid y por cuántos diás?

¡Ojala pudiera!

Thank you! I think, this time I did it- at long last!

Sorry "días"

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¿Cuándo vas a Madrid y por cuántos diás?

¡Ojala pudiera!

Thank you! I think, this time I did it- at long last!

Sorry "días"
One little thing to change back to the way you had it.
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Old December 09, 2013, 04:02 AM
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Old December 09, 2013, 02:36 PM
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