Posted by Megan on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 5:08pm. I just reposted this from the earlier post-
I have two questions about translation. If asked this question, how do I answer it. Cual es tu numero de telefono? I know it is asking my phone number which is 447-7161 but I don't know how to put it in sentence form.
The next question is Que te gusta hacer el sabado? I want to say I like to swim on sabado. Once again, how do I put that in sentence form? Sorry I didn't put accent marks-
Thank you
Spanish - lissette, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 5:29pm
No numero de telefono es 447-7161.
Los sabados a mi me gusta ir a nadar.
Spanish - Megan, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 5:37pm
No numero de telfono-doesn't that say no number of telephone is .... instead of my phone number is ....
For what I like to do on Sat. can I say El sabado me gusta....
Spanish - SraJMcGin, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 6:39pm
When you study Spanish, certain words require an accent mark OR they are incorrect. If you don't know how to do that, I need to know 2 things:
a) do you have a PC (difficult) or a MAC (easier) and
b) do you have Windows or not?
Now to your questions:
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
Mi número de teléfono es 447-7161 (or cuatrocientos cuarenta y siete = setenta y uno, sesenta y uno)
¿Qué te gusta hacer el sábado?
El sábado me gusta ir a nadar.
Study the questions and see how many of the same words work in the answer. If the question asks about "el sábado" I would not answer with "los sábados" (for example)
Sorry Lissette did not have the correct answer and clever of you to notice that!
Sra
Spanish-SraJMcGin-Please check - Megan, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:07pm
Hola,
I know about the accent marks-I use spanish typeit and do my work in there when I have to type it-sorry about not doing it here
One question, I can only use the words my teacher taught so far in Spanish and I didn't learn ir a nadar for the second one. Can I just put El sabado me gusta nadar.
I'm missing the accent over the a in sabado.
Thank you
That's fine. You don't really need the "ir a" nadar unless you want to say "to go" to swim!
Absolutely you should only the words you have learned and are learning. That's how you build on what you know!
Sra
Yes, you can say "El sábado me gusta nadar" to mean "I like to swim on Saturday." To add the accent over the "a" in "sábado," you can use the following steps:
1. For Windows:
a) Press and hold the "Alt" key on your keyboard.
b) While holding the "Alt" key, type the number "0225" on the numeric keypad.
c) Release the "Alt" key, and the "á" character will appear.
2. For Mac:
a) Press and hold the "Option" key (also known as the "Alt" key) on your keyboard.
b) While holding the "Option" key, type the letter "a" on your keyboard.
c) Release the "Option" key, and the "á" character will appear.
Remember, using correct accent marks is important in Spanish to avoid changing the meaning of words or causing confusion.