Sentence of the day for everybody

Question

Make up a Spanish sentence with the word: Adelanto

• Who will make corrections if need be? - rac1 Feb 15, 2012
• I'm making corrections for now, feel free to add more example sentences! - StuartSD Feb 15, 2012
• Thank you Stuart - rac1 Feb 15, 2012
• Oh, good... Thank you - NikkiRivera Feb 16, 2012

Answer 1

Necesito un adelanto en mi sueldo. - I need an advance of my salary.

Correction: Necesito un adelanto de mi sueldo.

• Hi there, quick tweaks - you would use "de" instead of "en". Also I would say "I need an advance of my salary" or "I need a salary advance". Great sentence! - StuartSD Feb 15, 2012
• Thanks for the corrections. I will make them in my post. - kdrinning Feb 15, 2012

Answer 2

Entre todos los adelantos tecnológicos que han ocurrido a través de los tiempos, el inodoro es uno de mis favoritos.

Among all the technological advances that have occurred throughout time, the toilet is one of my favorites.

Answer 3

Mamá, ¿puedo tener un adelanto de mi asignación? Quiero comprar un juguete nuevo.

Mom, can I have an advance on my allowance? I want to buy a new toy.

• Great picture, Tosh! - Martha-SD Feb 16, 2012

Answer 4

Durante de la última los últimos cien años los adelantos de la ciencia han sido increíble.

In the last one hundred years there have been amazing advances in science.

• Great sentence, I would take off the 'de' and put 'los últimos cien años' because años is masculine. - Martha-SD Feb 15, 2012
• Thank you very much Martha. Correction applied. - NickDan Feb 15, 2012

Answer 5

I want to see how advanced the children are in Spanish.

Quiero ver cómo avanzada los niños están en español.

• Adelanto? :) - NickDan Feb 15, 2012
• advanced - avanzada - rac1 Feb 15, 2012
• I mean the word to use is "adelanto". Read the OP. - NickDan Feb 15, 2012
• I realize that, and I thought I did, but I can change it to advance. - rac1 Feb 15, 2012
• They all can be used. (advance, advanced, advances, advancing) - rac1 Feb 15, 2012

Answer 6

Me gusta adelanto mí español. - I like to advance my spanish.

• I think this should be the verb 'adelantar'. - jennysk Feb 17, 2012

Answer 7

Ellos llegaron dos horas de adelanto.

They arrived two hours in advance.