Picture of the Day: Scary ball
Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.
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Rules:
? Captions should be a minimum of four words and a maximum of four sentences in length.
? The sentences M U S T be your own work: you cannot copy from the translator, books or any other source.
? Idioms and lyrics which do not translate should be avoided.
? You can only answer once.
? Answers must caption the picture in both English and Spanish.
? You must correct your answer with any corrections that are given.
? Sentences must be comprehensible after three or four reads.
? Do not post pictures or unnecessary subject pronouns in Spanish.
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Answers which do not follow the rules will not be corrected or accepted.
Thank you, Cogumela, for this photo
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My example:
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La pelota va a tardar siglos en llegar, bailemos el boogie mientras tanto.
The ball's not going to get here for ages, let's have a boogie in the meantime
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23 Answers
I played soccer in my girls' physical education class. We were braver.
Jugaba al fútbol en clase de educación física para chicas. Éramos más valientes.
"This is one way to get white guys to dance."
"Esta es una manera de conseguir que los chicos blancos bailen."
Si juegas con los grandes,te tienes que acostumbrar a las pelotas grandes.
If you play with big guys , you need to get used to big balls.
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¡Esta pelota está sucia! ![]()
This ball is dirty!
Let's play soccer while we wait in line for the men's room.
Juguemos al futból mientras esperamos por el baño de hombre.
¿Cómo se dice "potty dance" in español? Baile de baño?
Uh....espera un minuto....¡no nos hemos hecho voluntarios para esto!
Um...wait a minute....we didn't sign up for this!
Pareció que los Spice Girls se habían descuidado un poco desde la última gira mundial.
It seemed that the Spice Girls had let themselves go a little since their last world tour.
je, je, je.
¡Tengan cuidado, futbolistas! La pelota podría estar viva....
Be careful, soccer players! The ball might be alive....
Mira una pelota grande....venga aquí.
Look a big ball...it's coming here.
AC/DC
¡Qué asco! La pelota tiene algo apestoso encima!
Disgusting! The ball has something stinky on it!
Commentator speaking:
''How comes it takes (ie: it'snecessary to have) five tough guys to face one scary ball?''
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= La comentarista hablando:
''¿Para qué se necesita tener a cinco chicos fuertes para enfrentarse a una pelota espantosa?''
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Editor's note; The commentator is a girl/woman in this imaginary game and she is being sarcastic that it is taking five tough/macho guys to face one ''scary'' football! I used the word espantoso in a sarcastic way: I mean it's so scary guys Come one you've trained to do this!
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Corregid mi español, por favor ![]()
original caption:
¿Por qué se necesita tener cinco chicos fuertes para se enfrenta un balón
espantoso?''**
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El problema con los partidos de fútbol de estallido de la bola es que cada equipo pierde a muchos jugadores.
The problem with the exploding ball football game is each team loses many players.
No se preocupan, es Wilson, el amigo de Tom Hanks.
Don't worry, it's Wilson, Tom Hanks' friend.
This was the first time I saw a ball controlled by extraterrestrial aliens.
Esta fue la primera vez que vi una bola controlada por extraterrestres.
Esperemos que sea un producto de la imaginación, ¿eh chicos?
Let´s hope it is a figment of our imaginations, right guys?