I have a homework question.
We are suposed to answer the question positively in the correct tense.
This is the original: ¿Se duchan ustedes antes de nadar en la piscina?
I answered: Sí, me ducho ustedes antes de nadar en la piscina
It underlinded: me ducho ustedes
I think I should change me to yo, but then what is wrong with the other two words?
7 Answers
when someone asks if you do something, you say ¨I do¨. When when someone asks if you and your friend do something, you say ¨yes, we do¨. It´s the same in Spanish.
Since the original is asking, "Do you (plural) wash yourselves before ..." the reply ought to be "Yes, we wash ourselves before ..." -- Right?
Work from there... ¡Buena suerte!
Me ducho ustedes makes no sense.
Me ducho means I shower...so ustedes can't be a part of it.
¿Se duchan ustedes antes de nadar en la piscina? = Are you all taking a shower before swimming in the pool?
The answer would be, "Yes, we are taking a shower before swimming in the pool."
In Spanish, that's, "Sí, nos duchamos antes de nadar en la piscina."
So that's what the sentence should be, but below, there is another separate point which I think you might find helpful.
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I think I should change me to yo, but then what is wrong with the other two words?
Me ducho means I am taking a shower; the "yo" is understood. If we were to include the yo, which is generally left out, the sentence would read, "Yo me ducho."
Me is a direct object pronoun in the sentence, and direct object pronouns usually come before the verb. Yo is a subject pronoun. Subject pronouns are almost always left out in Spanish. Thus, most people say, "Me ducho," but the "me" in the Spanish sentence does not equal English I, even though it is in the same place in the sentence that English would normally put I.
This is just an explanation as to why you will frequently see "me" in the front of Spanish sentences. Many English speakers want that to mean that me somehow equals I, but it doesn't.
Hope that helps.
Como la pregunta se dirige a varios: ¿se duchan ? (plural, 3rd person), la respuesta correcta es:
Sí, nos duchamos (plural, 1st. person)
o
No, no nos duchamos.
Si la pregunta fuera: ¿te duchas (singular, 2nd person), entonces la respuesta correcta sería:
Sí, me ducho. (singular, 1st person)
o
No, no me ducho.
Thank you for your help. I made the mistake of taking some time off before completing my language requirements. Bad idea.
the phrase "ducho ustedes" means that you wash "them", whoever "they" are. the solution is to switch all the words into the nosotros form, and take out the "me". in other words: "si, nosotros duchamos"
Hope i helped!
-Born to change this age!-
Sí, (nosotros) nos duchamos ---> We shower before getting in the swimming pool.
This is more related to logic than language. Hang in there. It'll become second nature in no time.
