Tomorrow for breakfast...
I have just completed lesson 1.3 on the useage of the article a, an, the / el, la, los, las which is also a lesson in foods and related terms.
I was thinking to say , Tomorrow morning, for breakfast, I would like orange juice, fruit, bread, and tea. But I don't want cereal, eggs, or sausages.
The following is likely an awkward translation.
"En la manana, para el desayuno, quiero el jugo de naranja, la fruta, el pan, y el té. Pero no quiéro el cereal, el huevo o el salsicha."
I would appreciate suggestions to the most common ways this could be rightly stated. Fell free to correct any other errors I've made within the sentence.
p.s. the two check ups that I did on the english spanish phrase translation informed me that I had said something like: (1) ... ... dog don't care for cereal... and for a spanish translation of 'tomorrow morning', I received, " Mañana en la manaña.." Would one really say that?
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Mañana en la mañana, para desayunar.... quiero jugo de naranja, fruta, pan, y té. Pero no quiéro cereal, ni huevos o salchichas.
Aren't you always supposed to use articles? No but I can't explain why to you yet. It's one of those things that you learn in time.
- About articles VS no articles here is rundown on google.
- quiero fruta 1,510 results....... quiero la fruta 518 results
- quiero pan 40,500 results...... quiero el pan 1,080 results
- quiero té 934,000 results...... quiero el té 51,900 results
- quiero cereales 700 results....... quiero los cereales 29 results
- quiero huevos 6,840 results...... quiero los huevos 2,020 results
quiero salchichas 465 results...... quiero las salchichas 3 results
Now I'm less of a grammarian and more of a conversational learner, as I am trying to be a speaker. I'm just going by what I hear in natural conversation.
You're right though that Por la mañana is probably more for Spain and en la mañana for Mexico though both are used.
"Mañana por la mañana, para el desayuno, quiero zumo de naranja, la fruta, el pan y el té. Pero no quiero los cereales, los huevos o las salchichas."
Your request: I was thinking to say , Tomorrow morning, for breakfast, I would like orange juice, fruit, bread, and tea. But I don't want cereal, eggs, or sausages.
= Mañana por la mañana para desayunar quisiera zumo*de naranja, la fruta, el pan y el té pero no quiero los cereales, huevos o las salchichas
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I am a little bit surprised that nobody suggested "no quiero ni los cerales, ni los huevos, ni las salchichas."
I know the lesson that the question refers to is about articles, but I think the "either/or" and "neither/nor" sentence structure applies to both languages, and is worthy of mention here.
"La mañana" means "morning" while just "mañana" means tomorrow. "Tomorrow morning" would be "mañana por la mañana."
Like jeezzle said, you should say "para desayunar" instead of "para el desayuno."
Your sentence says nothing about a dog. Maybe you were thinking "perro" instead of "pero."
You should also use the plural forms of cereal, eggs, and sausages.
I was thinking to say , Tomorrow morning, for breakfast, I would like orange juice, fruit, bread, and tea. But I don't want cereal, eggs, or sausages.
If you want to say, "I would like", you can't say "quiero", which is more forceful: "I want".
Instead, you need to say either
"Quisiera zumo de naranja" - I would like orange juice
or
"Me gustaría zumo de naranja" - - I would like orange juice.
stop being spoilt, get your own breakfast, then you won't have this problem.
Wouldn't it just be suficient to say"Mañana de desayuno solo quiero jugo de naranja, fruta, pan y té no quiero cereal ni huevos o salchichas." It is understood that breakfast is consumed in the morning. One does not use plural cereal, using this way." Huevos " is plural unless you are only eating one same for "salchichas".
