El Parque Paragraph Help

Question

For Spanish tonight I had to write a paragraph describing a photo of a park in Spanish. I did my best, but would like to know if anything needs to be changed to make it grammatically correct. My biggest problem is lack of accent marks. Here is is:

En el dibujo es un parque. Hay mucho en el parque. Hay una mujer vendiendo los globos a una muchacha. Detrás de la muchacha es un muchacho comiendo un helado y un otro muchacho comprando un helado. Al lado de los muchachos es un payaso. Delante de el payaso es un piragua vendiendo los conos de nieve. Detrás de la piragua es un parque zoológico.

I would appreciate any help I could get on this. Thanks!

Answer 1

hay un parque zoológico.

Oooh. Nice catch! :-) - chaparrito, NOV 18, 2009

Answer 2

En el dibujo..

Hey edgedonkey, just as a side note, the word dibujo refers more to a drawing or sketch. But in your question you said you were writing about a photo. I just thought you might want to use the word foto.

Also, you got me curious about piragua. Here's what definition #4 says about piragua on RAE.

4. f. P. Rico. Refresco granizado.

So piragua is used in Puerto Rico for something like a snow-cone, but I'm not sure why your book would use the word for any portable food stand. Did you check your book again to see if there was a more detailed explanation about this word?

no tenía ni idea - 00494d19, NOV 18, 2009

Answer 3

1. f. P. Rico. Refresco granizado.

Answer 4

In our Spanish book it says that la piraqua is a portable food stand. - edgedonkey

Hi edge, it is easier to see if you added something to explain if you post it in a post not a comment. I almost missed this

I have no idea...piraqua, is that corretly spelled?

I would call that a quiosco o puesto (de comida)

Answer 5

HI edge,

En el dibujo se ve un parque. Hay muchas cosas en el parque. Hay una mujer vendiendo unos globos a una muchacha. Detrás de la muchacha hay un muchacho comiendo un helado y un otro muchacho comprando un helado. Al lado de los muchachos hay un payaso. Delante del payaso hay un piragua vendiendo -- conos de nieve. Detrás de la piragua es un parque zoológico. ??

Hmm, you got me confused on the piragua part, That is a canoe selling something?

In our Spanish book it says that la piraqua is a portable food stand. - edgedonkey, NOV 18, 2009

Oh, and thanks again, friend! :) - edgedonkey, NOV 18, 2009