Translation exercise - Corrections needed
Yesterday I decided to make a very simple text in English and translated it to Spanish. Just as a test for myself. It turned out to be a little bit harder then I thought, since my English isn't 100% either.
The whole text is made in Simple present, since that's about how far my Spanish goes for now.
So... I'll just grab my courage together and post it here ![]()
Feel free to correct both languages.
- In the morning I go to the park with my dog.
Por la mañana, voy al parque con mi perro.
- When I am back home, I take a shower.
Cuando vuelvo a casa, me ducho.
- After the shower, my son and I go shopping.
Después de ducharme , mi hijo y yo vamos de compras.
- In the shop we buy fruit and drinks:
En la tienda compramos frutas y bebidas:
- Bananas, two avocados, a watermelon and oranges.
Plátanos, dos aguacates, una sandía y naranjas.
- Four bottles of water, one orange juice and an apple juice.
Cuatro botellas de agua, un jugo de naranja y un jugo de manzana.
- When we are home, we put the fruit and the drinks in the right place.
Cuando llegamos a casa, guardamos lo que compramos en su sitio.
- In the afternoon my son plays and I watch TV
A la tarde mi hijo juega y yo miro la televisíon
- At seven my son goes to sleep in his bed.
A las siete mi hijo se va a dormir en su cama
- I study Spanish in the evening.
Estudio español por la noche.
When possible, I would appreciate it a lot if corrections can be folowed by an explanation.
Thanks ![]()
(I've editted my post with the corrections given. Hope i got it all right this time)
6 Answers
Cuando vuelvo a casa me ducho o Me ducho cuando vuelvo a casa o Tomo una ducha cuando vuelvo a casa
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When we are home, we put the fruit and the drinks on the right place.
Cuando llegamos a casa guardamos lo que compramos en su sitio. (sounds better)
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My son is playing in the afternoon and I am watching TV
Es la tarde. Mi hijo está jugando y yo estoy mirando TV. (now) (If you say "in the afternoon" you need a present simple "plays", otherwise, it doesn't sound good. That's why I made a different sentence to say you are doing that in the afternoon)
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In the afternoon my son plays and I watch tv
A la tarde mi hijo juega y yo miro TV
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At seven my son goes to sleep in his bed.
A las siete mi hijo se va a dormir a su cama
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The rest of the sentences are ok
I study Spanish in the evening.
Estudio español en la noche. en la noche is ok, but por la noche is used also
A couple English corrections...
After de shower...
after the shower...
...we put the fruit and the drinks on the right place
...we put the fruit and the drinks in the right place
Buen trabajo!
When I am back home, I take a shower.
Cuando vuelvo en casa, me ducho.
So, does "volver en casa" mean "to be back home" while "volver a casa" means "to go back home"?
After de shower, my son and I go shopping.
Después la ducha, mi hijo y yo vamos a ir de compras.
Despues de ducharme.... but Mexicans don't use ducharme much, so it depends what country you are in. Some just say bañarme
Anyone else has some corrections?
I'm sure I made more mistakes then just the ones Pilipina told me ![]()
Alguien más tiene unos correcciones?
Estoy segura que cometí más errores de los que Pilipina me dijo ![]()