3 hours of wrist breaking subjunctive exercises
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Given that you can't use the gerund as an adjective, how would you say 'wrist breaking' in Spanish?
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updated May 27, 2010
posted by alexengijon
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Very colloquial:
ejercicios de subjuntivo que...
dan con tus muñecas al traste
acaban con tus muñecas
te machacan las muñecas (my favourite)
updated May 27, 2010
posted by 00494d19
I've realised since being in Spain just how colloquial English is, or maybe it is just me, I've been told I have a 'style' of speaking since I came here which I didn't realise I had. In Spanish I find it hard having to say everything so literally though. - alexengijon, May 27, 2010
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Just think of another way of saying the same thing in English and chances are you'll be able to translate it. For example:
Using the keyboard for many hours hurts my wrists.
El usar el teclado durante muchas horas lastima mis muñecas.
I didn't use the word break as I can only translate that as romper, quebrar, fracturar, or descomponer, and I don't think any of these would apply to the meaning you wanted to give to 'wrist breaking'.
updated May 27, 2010
posted by tamalmalamarrado
Word for word translations don't exist. - 0074b507, May 27, 2010
