Suenos Dulces

Question

What is the strick translation of "Pienso que tiene suenos dulces". I am translating it as "I think of having sweet dreams"

'strict' but perhaps you mean 'literal' :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 21, 2010

Answer 1

I'm only guessing at this; but, it seems to me that it means: "I think that you (formal Ud.)/he/she/it have/has sweet dreams"'.

Answer 2

I figured the context was from this book: link text Fundamental Spanish by Barbara Bregstein when I wrote my reply. I wonder if I was wrong.

present tense: she speaks, she does speak, she is speaking ; have: she has, she does have, she is having - 0074b507, Jun 22, 2010

Answer 3

I'm not positive but I think that you can't use literal translation with this one. I'm pretty sure that it translates to "I wish you sweet dreams" In English we would just say "sweet dreams!" In Spanish we say dreams that are sweet (sueños dulces)

I think that the subjunctive mood would be used in that context. - 0074b507, Jun 22, 2010

Answer 4

I get it. I didn't give you all the context. The sentence prior to this one was. "Ella descansa completamente." Now I understand. I looked at it as he talking about himself. After reading your strict interpretation of the sentence. I see the relationship.

Thanks.

Answer 5

"I think that she/he is having sweet dreams" Has/ is having same thing here. Just my take.

Edit: I would usually say "dulces sueños" instead of "sueños dulces"...