Picture of the day: No pictures please.

Question

Hello Everybody! Welcome to the Picture of the Day! This is a game where you can all practice your Spanish and English, but still have fun at the same time! Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the responses you like. The best answer will be chosen soon on the basis of the answer I feel is the best, the fact that the person has corrected their post and possibly the number of votes. Pon tu comentario/ título/ pie de foto a esta im! agen (ambos en español y inglés) y vota por las respuestas que te gusten. La mejor respuesta será seleccionada cuando pueda, tanto por la cantidad de votos como por la corrección en el uso del idioma. Please, give everyone a chance and only post more or less one caption and no photos. Por favor, deja que todos tengan una oportunidad y pon más o menos una respuesta, sin fotos. . Please encourage everyone with a vote. . .Please help each other with your English/Spanish sentences. And above all, have fun.

Previous Picture of the day: Just hanging.

and here is today's Picture of the day:

Have a wonderful week, amiga. :) - rac1, Mar 27, 2017

Gracias amiga, hope you have an amazing one too. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Mar 27, 2017

Hi Nick, from down under have a good one too. - ray76, Mar 27, 2017

Hey mate, same to you amigo. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Mar 27, 2017

Gracias Nicki xx - ian-hill, Mar 27, 2017

Is it just me, or does the picture of the day most often only get chosen as best answer if the person has a lot of votes, and that makes it a matter of whatever's on top. I'm not saying this to be insulting or rude, I just think it's a bit too biased. - infamousvictorian569, Mar 27, 2017

I agree. - Lone_coyote, Mar 27, 2017

@infamousvict You are correct! I wish there was no voting because of that but virtually everyone likes voting. Timing is one of a number of factors: the earlier entries typically vote better. - Sassette, Mar 27, 2017

...I hope you would try to vote for others because it does help the site. We both might not like the voting system but it's here to stay. I don't view the top vote getters as necessarily being the best answers anyway. It's all subjective too. :) - Sassette, Mar 27, 2017

One more comment: I provided feedback to request that voting be gotten rid of on games. It would help if anyone feels the same way to provide feedback too. - Sassette, Mar 28, 2017

The winner is not predicated on just the number of votes, but how the word has been used on La Palabra - rac1, Mar 29, 2017

Del Dia. Here it is done that way because you, the members are the ones that choose the best answer by your voting, not us. - rac1, Mar 29, 2017

I rarely accept best answers by votes. - Nickelbackfan1, Mar 29, 2017

Answer 1

El elefante tomó del teléfono móvil de la mujer con su trompa. The elephant took the lady's mobile phone with its trunk.

No apostrophe in "its" when it's a possessive pronoun, only when it's a contraction of "it is." - AnnRon, Mar 29, 2017

Already corrected. Thank you! - NKM1974, Mar 30, 2017

Answer 2

Me parece que este elefante también quiere progresar con el tiempo y necesita un móvil.

It seems to me that this elephant also wants to progress with time and needs a mobile phone.

"wants to keep up with the times" - is a more usual way to express this Kat :) - ian-hill, Mar 28, 2017

Answer 3

Hace muchos años Llamábamos esta una llamaada de larga distancia.

llamamos esto una " llamada troncal.:**

many years ago we called this a "trunk call".

Definition of trunk call. British, old-fashioned. : a long-distance telephone call for which the caller must pay an extra amount of money.

Hey Ray. I would have use the imperfect here llamábamos. We used to call... But, since it is clear that the time time period you're talking about is over, preterite is probably OK as well. - DilKen, Mar 27, 2017

Ray, I would say: Llamábamos esta una llamaada de larga distancia. I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Ken, I would agree with you that the imperfect indiicative would be better here as Ray in effect is saying that we used to call it (imperfect) a trunk call - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Ray, you need éstA (demonstrative pronoun with accent on the e: 'this' one) not este as llamada is a feminine noun. I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Feliz: Are you aware that the RAE has decreed that the accent is not necessary on the pronoun form if there is no chance of confusion? I think with or without is OK here :) - DilKen, Mar 27, 2017

Ha! Good one! But check your capitalization and punctuation. - AnnRon, Mar 27, 2017

Ken, Yes I has forgottentjat point, thanks for the reminder :) - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Estoy muy confundido , booo flamin boo. - ray76, Mar 27, 2017

Ray, simple correction: Llamábamos esta una llamaada de larga distancia. I could not find the word troncal anywhere in Oxford Spanish Dictionary - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Thanks to Ken and Feliz. I'm learning from you two :) - Sassette, Mar 27, 2017

Thanks Feliz , I followed your advice , but am surprised you could not find "troncal" . - ray76, Mar 28, 2017

Ray, what I meat is that the word troncal does not translate as trunk call Trunk call es llamada de larga distancia ;) - FELIZ77, Mar 28, 2017

The word 'llamada' (typo) Should have one a , not two! ;) - FELIZ77, Mar 28, 2017

Answer 4

Ustedes paparazzi me molestan más que nunca desde que me retiré del circo.

You paparazzi are worse than ever since I retired from the circus.

Answer 5

Te dije, no fotos hasta que me des algo para comer.

I told you, no photos until you give me something to eat.

Answer 6

No, no, no! I need my phone to take pictures so I will know if I've had a good time today.

¡No, no, no! Necesito mi teléphono para tomar fotografías así que sé si he tenido un bueno tiempo hoy.

Answer 7

Elephant: "Wow! This iPhone 7 tastes much better than the iPhone 6!"

Elephante: "¡Ay! ¡Este iPhone 7 sabe mucho mejor como el iPhone 6!"

lol - Sassette, Mar 27, 2017

Answer 8

¿Para mí? Gracias. Dígame. ¿Mami? Sí, soy yo. ¿Cacahuetes? ¡Qué chévere! ¡Me voy ahorita! ¡Nos vemos pronto!

For me? Thanks. Hello? Mommy? Yes, it's me. Peanuts?! Cool! I'm coming right now! See you soon!

¡Me encanta tu leyenda, Ken! ;) - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2017

Answer 9

It's too much....... everyone clicks and we also have rights in this planet. Respect me.

Es demasiado...... todo la gente sacas fotos y no tenemos derechhas en este planeta. Respecame.

nepal: saca to agree with gente, extra h in derechas. Missing accent and T in respéctame. - DilKen, Mar 27, 2017

estoy agradecido mi gran amigo ken ! Aquí es - Es demasiado, todo la gente saca fotos y no tenemos derechas en este planeta. Respéctame ! - nepal15, Mar 28, 2017

Answer 10

No te preocupes. El teléfono debe aparecer de nuevo en unos días. Te dejaremos limpiar después de los elefantes y pasar por sus excrementos hasta que lo encuentres.

Don't worry, The phone should show up again in a few days. We'll let you clean up after the elephants and go through their droppings until you find it.

Answer 11

La madre elefanta: "¿Cuántas veces tengo que decirte no saques* fotos de mi o mi familia con tu cámara!"

o no tomes*

The mother elephant "How many times do I have to tell you not to take photos of me or my family with your camera?!"

La mujer: " Sí, pero no solo es una cámara, sino es un ' teléfono inteligente (o avanzado)!"

The woman: "Yes, but it's not just a camera, but it's also 'smart phone'!"

La madre elefanta: " ¡No me importa lo que se llama! ¡Es obvio que tu móvil es (sea?) mucho más inteligente (o listo) que eres, por lo menos, puede seguir (o obedecer ) instrucciones y aprender de sus errores!"

The mother elephant: " It doesn't matter to me what it's called! ! It's obvious that your mobile phone is much smarter than you are, at least it can follow instructions and learn from its mistakes!"

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Nice. I would guess it would be es (not sea) because mommy elephant is not expressing doubt. - Sassette, Mar 27, 2017

Sassette, while you are right about that, certain impersonal expressions like Es fantástico que, es bueno que do take the subjunctive;) - FELIZ77, Mar 28, 2017

Answer 12

"I really do like chocolate, thank you."

"Realmente me gusta el chocolate, gracias."

Answer 13

Mujer contra elefante

Woman vs. elephant

Looks like the elephant won this match! - Winkfish, Mar 27, 2017

Answer 14

Hay un elefante en el cuarto que nadie quiere hablar en el teléfono del tema.

There's an elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about on the phone.

There's a saying elephant in the room meaning that there is an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to talk about.

Answer 15

Cool! Free phones from dumb tourists trying to snapchat me!

¡Genial! ¡Teléfonos gratis de turistas tontos me tratando de snapchat!