What does "Con quien pasas tiempo los fines de semana?" mean

Question

I am doing homework and have to answer the questions i recieve in spanish. The question i recieved was,"¿Con quien pasas tiempo los fines de semana?" I was wondering what does that question translate to?

Answer 1

Extrano said:

Literally, word for word: With who do you spend time the weekends?

Actually an English literal translation would be "With whom...."

If writing yes, if spoken, here at least, I know VERY few people that use "whom" in conversation. - Preguntón, Sep 19, 2009

Good point about the vernacular, but regardless what Marianne is saying is the correct grammar, which most of us do need to be reminded of from time to time. It becomes even more important when you study languages. - arnold3, Sep 19, 2009

I agree with Arnold and Marianne - ian-hill, Sep 19, 2009

Answer 2

"¿Con quién pasas tiempo los fines de semana?"

this statement is correct, just the accent missing.

Daniel:

It needs to be "quién" because the person being discussed has not yet been introduced into the conversation. -- Is that correct?

Well, not really, it needs to be quién because it is an interrogative pronoun.

No need for the article, we are not talking about a specific time sequence here, just some time....you could use the article, it would not change the meaning in this context much, but you would need the article in this sentence:

..pasas el tiempo de la mañana, el tiempo después de comer....

If you say: el tiempo, it could be interpreted as " todo el tiempo"....

And you say "por" is not required? Now I am really lost. Can you explain -- am I that far wrong in my studies.

Why por? Who do you spend your time/some time with? Why por?

Thank you for responding to all 3 items. I will review the use of "por" in this context today (Item 3) - Daniel, Sep 20, 2009

Answer 3

Se usa Quien porque estas haciendo una pregunta y por eso se requiere una palabra interrogativa.

con quien pasas tus fines de semana, con quien pasas tu tiempo los fines de semana, etc.

Then why didn't you wrtie Quién? or estás? The are accent marks below the editing box. - 0074b507, Sep 20, 2009

Answer 4

¿Con quien pasas tiempo los fines de semana? Is this Spanish correct that was posted?

I think that this would be a little more correct for grammer.

"¿Con quién pasas el tiempo por los fines de semana?"

1.) I am 90% sure it needs to be "quién" and not "quien".

2.) The definie artical "el" should be included because it deals with (telling /duration) of time.

3.) I believe the "por" is required (length of time)

I would like some feed-back on each one of these 3 statements -- grammer is what I need to know.

1. Many people can't type the accent marks etc. 2. I suppose it could be added, but it was simply how it was written on the persons homework, not him writing it. 3. When referring to part of a week, like "El lunes trabajaré al colegio." - Preguntón, Sep 19, 2009

Wait; are you saying a Spanish teacher wrote the posted statement that way? It does not read right -- something is wrong. - Daniel, Sep 19, 2009

grammar, not grammer - 0074b507, Sep 20, 2009

Answer 5

Se dice who do you spend your weekends with?

Yes but "with whom" is better - ian-hill, Sep 19, 2009

Answer 6

The answer means With whom you spend time on weekends?

Answer 7

Thank so much "Extrano" for your reply. I am only a beginner of Spanish, so any help you can give would be great.

1.) It needs to be "quién" because the person being discussed has not yet been introduced into the conversation. -- Is that correct?

2.) Way than is it definite artical "el" not required -- it is my understanding it must be included.

3.) And you say "por" is not required? Now I am really lost. Can you explain -- am I that far wrong in my studies.

Thank you anyone!

Answer 8

Eso tambien se va como un foulball por la via Ponce!

Answer 9

• Con quien = With whom
• pasas tiempo = (you) pass time
• los fines de semanas = weekends (fin = end, semana = week)

Answer 10

Literally, word for word: With who do you spend time the weekends?

But, of course, we don't say it like that. We would say: Who do you spend your weekends with?

Answer 11

Who do you hang out (pass your time) with on the weekends.