ustedes/caer/dulce de coco

Question

Roberto/quemar los frijoles negros would be A Roberto se le quemaron los frijoles

DIRECTIONS:

usa la informacion y escribe una oracion sobre lo que les paso a las siguentes personas. (sorry there are no accents my laptop isn't allowing it and i don't know why!!!)

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i need the most HeLp with ustedes/ caer / dulce de coco

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1. ustedes / caer / dulce de coco
2. mi mama / perder / las llaves
3. el / romper / su pantalones
4. tu / olvidar / la tarea
5. mi / acabar de cocinar / la ropa vieja

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thanks/gracias, adios, y que Dios te bendiga!

thanks again!

will award points even if you onbly state that you don't know the answer - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

if you could also answer this: nosotros/ quedar/ puerta abierta gracias - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

Answer 1

• Ustedes dejaron caer el dulce de coco.

• A mi mamá se le cayeron las llaves.

• A él se le rompieron sus pantalones.

• Tú te olvidaste la tarea.

• Mi mamá acaba de cocinar "ropa vieja". ( me imagino que se refiere al plato que lleva ese nombre)

Es esta tu tarea o nos estás dando tarea?.......

in class we were asked to write five and exchange with a person at random ( the other four I understood and answered correctly) however I didn't understand the first. thanks so much! I thought my teacher thought it would help us, it would help others too - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

Answer 2

Well...dejar + caer means to drop as Doriz above has listed. Also Caer + bien/gordo means to like or dislike but I'm not sure if that applies to objects or just people. "A ustedes le cae bien Brittney Spears." = They like Britney Spears. Can it apply to food? I'm asking.

umm, I think that if you say it about food ( like no me cae bien la ropa vieja), it literally means it upsets your stomach (so you get physical syptoms like nausea, acid reflex, stomach spasms/pain) - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

cool. but what if the food is good? - jeezzle, Jan 31, 2010

and if you say it about food (me cae bien la ropa vieja), it would literally mean you like it. (I use no me cae bien as adjectoves almost synonomous with disgust and displeasure and sometimes pain). Great point! you may want to ask this elsewhere too - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

also if you say it to mean you like the food, then it could also mean it soothes my stomach, or relaxes you, are makes you feel better, or is a "comfort food" or you enjoy/love to eat it. anything with a great connotation would work for the positive. - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

great point, where did you learn this cultural and-or idiom-like useage of the phrase "caer bien"? - CubaLibre68, Jan 31, 2010

I learn everything from my friends. - jeezzle, Jan 31, 2010