Asking for and giving directions--Practice your sentences

Question

Here is where you can practice asking and giving directions. If you have sentences from last Saturday's chat you may put them here. This is open to anyone in the forum who wants to practice giving or asking for directions.

Can you help me?

Dakie and Vicente will be correcting the Spanish.

Thank you, Fidalgo! - sanlee, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 1

¿Hay tiendas cerca de allí?

Are there shops near there?

Perfecto :). - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 2

¿Dónde está la estación de tren ?

Where is the train station?

¿Dónde está la estación del tren? - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

hola Ray. You need an accent on the a in esta. Without the á the word means 'this'. Also estacion de tren is feminine, therefore the article is la. Hope this helps. - ak79, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 3

¿Dónde están los baños públicos por favor ?

Where is the public bathroom please.

¿Es esta correcta. ?

hola Ray. I believe that when you use the word publicos, it is a plural word, therefore the rest of the sentence needs to be plural. Therefore the sentence may look like: ¿Dónde estan los baños publicos? - ak79, Feb 16, 2011

¿Dónde están los baños públicos? - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

doh!! forgot the tilde above the 'a' in estan. Good spot Dakie. - ak79, Feb 16, 2011

And in the "u" ;) - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Although I meant to ask " Where is the public bathroom"? not where are "they" I should not have put the s on público. - ray76, Feb 16, 2011

Completely right,neither in the other letter, the thing here is that we don't ask for public bathrooms in singular, so the corrections stays immovable jajaja :) - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 4

Haha, I need practice with the subjunctive. Let's see if I can work that into this exercise.

Espero que puedamos encontrar el vendador de hielo. Estoy frustrada de que ha movado otra vez. ¿Sabes dónde está su carreta ahora?

I hope we can find the ice cream vendor. I'm frustrated that he has moved again. Do you know where his cart is now?

Espero que podamos encontrar a el vendedor de hielo. Estoy frustrada de que se ha movido otra vez. ¿Sabes en dónde está su carrito ahora?

Nice work¡¡ (All help appreciated, thanks!)

Thank you very much!! - happyquilter, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 5

¿Puedes ayudarme señor? Estoy buscando un restaurante chino que servir comidas delisiosas. Can you help me sir? I am looking for a chinese restaurant that serves delicious meals.

Estoy buscando un restaurante chino que sirve comidas deliciosas.

Answer 6

Hay una estación de tren cerca de la universidad.

There is a train station near the university.

Perfect. - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Gracias, Dakie - sanlee, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 7

¿En qué dirección está la Antártida con respecto a los Estados Unidos?

In what direction is Antarctica with respect to the United States?

¿En qué dirección está la Antártida con respecto a los Estados Unidos?, I wrote "con respecto" because iit's more accurate than "de". - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Gracias, Dakie - sanlee, Feb 16, 2011

Answer 8

Hay una parada de autobús chino entre el estacionamiento y la universidad.

There is a Chinese bus stop between the parking garage and the university.

"Entre el", and in Mexico we say "estacionamiento". - Dakie, Feb 16, 2011

Gracias, Dakie - sanlee, Feb 16, 2011