Is this sentence worded correctly?

Question

I'm not sure if this is done right:

"Mi hermano Samuel y yo compramos un listo de la comido que mi madre escribe."

I can't use the preterit tense with this, just so you know. Only the present\present progressive tenses.

comida - 0074b507, Mar 4, 2010

oops, that was a typo. - Lemonade, Mar 4, 2010

Answer 1

No, it sounds like you are buying a list; not the food on a list.

Mi hermano Samuel y yo compramos la comida de la lista que mi madre escribe.

I prefer:

Mi hermano Samuel y yo compramos la comida de la lista que mi madre está escribiendo.

But here the present tense may be referring to future time.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I see, I was not able to guess that, lol - 00494d19, Mar 4, 2010

Thanks! Makes sense. :) - Lemonade, Mar 4, 2010

Answer 2

I'll give it a try.....

"Mi hermano Samuel y yo compramos la comida que mi madre escribió en una lista."

mex, jeje, you cannot use the past tense;) - 00494d19, Mar 4, 2010

oops...just saw that, OK, I'll try again. - MexGuy, Mar 4, 2010

Yup, appreciate you trying though. - Lemonade, Mar 4, 2010

Answer 3

Hi lemonade, welcome to the site

Can you give us the English version?

Hi, and thanks. :) - Lemonade, Mar 4, 2010

Lol, Is it that bad? - Lemonade, Mar 4, 2010

jejejej, well....as a native, I could not guess what you wanted to say, quentin is american, I guess that was essential, jeje - 00494d19, Mar 4, 2010