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"Is the theater's avenue safe?"

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I am unsure of the correct translation for the following sentences. (I feel pretty confident of the vocabulary, it is the word order I am unsure of):

"Is the theater's avenue safe?"

I have two possibilities:

Es la avenida del teatro segura? Es segura la avenida del teatro?

"I went to the office yesterday."

Fuiste ayer a la oficina. Fuiste a la oficina ayer.

Thanks

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updated Apr 30, 2010
edited by 00494d19
posted by markgr

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Es la avenida del teatro segura? Es segura la avenida del teatro?

Both word orders are perfect.

"I went to the office yesterday."

Fui ayer a la oficina. Fui a la oficina ayer.

Both are possible, Spanish does not have such a rigid word order as English.

Ayer fui a la oficina. A la oficina fui ayer.

these are possible too.

updated Apr 30, 2010
posted by 00494d19
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I could be wrong, but depending on the context, I feel that using estar instead of ser would be more appropriate here. The sentence is grammatically correct in either order, but personally, I would say, "¿Está segura la avenida del teatro?"

In your second sentence, you've translated the subject to second person form "you", although your original sentence in English uses "I". Again nothing is wrong with either one, but I would go with, "Fui a la oficina ayer." It just depends on how you feel.

updated Apr 30, 2010
posted by Stardust2212