The Grammatical Sentence of the Day / La Oración Gramatical del Día (2010-03-20)

Question

Grammar game: The Grammatical Sentence of the Day ..... Indicative Mood - Conditional Tense

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These are the rules:

• Everyday participants will be asked to write a sentence in the mood and tense specified.
• You must write your sentence in both Spanish and English.
• You can use any verb and any pronoun, but you must keep mode and tense
• You can post as many answers as you like

Everyday the most voted sentence (or more elaborated) will receive the prize to the best answer.

I can do it!...

Please, do not forget to be generous with your voting...Thanks

!si, se puede! - Maria-Russell, Mar 21, 2010

Answer 1

Yo le ayudaría, pero no es mi trabajo.

I would help you, but it's not my job.

Answer 2

Te hablaría por el Skype, Carlos, pero acabo de me comprarme un micrófono y no lo he conectado todavia.

I would talk to you through Skype, Carlos, but I just bought a microphone and I haven't connected it yet.

I mean, I'd talk to him not that I'd talk for Skype. How would I clarify? - alba3, Mar 20, 2010

The problem is that you should have said "por el Skype", or "a través del Skype". This way I would have guessed that it was not the name of a person. - nila45, Mar 20, 2010

Alba, if you want to improve your sentence, you can say "pero acabo de comprarme un microfóno" - nila45, Mar 21, 2010

Answer 3

Los planes por desarrollar la economía chilena serían puestos en operación más rápidamente si un terremoto no hubiera ocurrido en este país.

The plans for developing Chilean economics would be put into operation more rapidly if an earthquake hadn't occured in this country.

...serían operados....no hubiera ocurrido en... - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

Gracias... - Fidalgo, Mar 20, 2010

"The plans for developing"... and...."would be put into operation"... are better. - paulc, Mar 20, 2010

Thank you but I'm not sure whether this edit is complete - Fidalgo, Mar 20, 2010

An alternative to "metidos en operación" would be "puestos en operación". The first phrase is not usual. - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

Muchas gracias a todos ... - Fidalgo, Mar 21, 2010

Answer 4

Charlaríamos pero necesitamos llevar en coche a los niños a la escuela.

(We would chat but we need to drive the kids to school.)

Although you the English can say "conducir" in this context, we say "llevar en coche a los niños" - nila45, Mar 20, 2010

necesitamos... - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

gracias amigos :) - nonombre, Mar 20, 2010

Thought I'd re-visit this post - but this is is not the way I left it when I re-edited it 5 hours ago - nonombre, Mar 20, 2010

Annie, that's very weird... - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

Answer 5

I would wish to be with you longer if you were nicer.

Desearía estar más tiempo contigo si fueras más agradable.

And Conditional Tense? - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

Answer 6

Español:

Me gustaría continuar con este post, pero mi tiempo libre está convirtiendo menos y menos.

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English:

I would like to keep up with this post, but my free time is becoming less and less.

Daniel, we say "cada día tengo menos tiempo libre". - nila45, Mar 20, 2010

Thank you that sounds so much better! I knew it sounded akward when I said this -- I always say out loud what I want to write, and then write it - Daniel, Mar 20, 2010

Answer 7

Si yo brincara como la pelota de Carlos, tendría un dolor de cabeza brutal.

If I were to jump like Carlos' ball, I would have a brutal headache.

jajaja...Si (yo) brincara.... - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

¡Sí Carlos, tu pelota es bien vaciada! - 005faa61, Mar 20, 2010

Answer 8

Yo comería esa tarta de queso, pero tiene demasiadas calorías.

I would eat that cheesecake, but it has too many calories.

...pero tiene ... - Carlos-F, Mar 20, 2010

Answer 9

Example:

(Yo) Estaría dispuesto a firmar si ambos lo hacemos.

I would be willing to sign if we both do.

do both o both do significa dos diferente cosas. (mean two different things). - Maria-Russell, Mar 21, 2010

Carlos, "do both" implica hacer dos cosas, (implies to do two [2] things); "both do" implica dos personas (implies two [2] persons. - Maria-Russell, Mar 21, 2010

Thanks Maria... - Carlos-F, Mar 21, 2010