La Palabra del Día : el niño

Question

el niño (noun) child, boy, girl; baby

Idioms

• la niña de tus ojos - the apple of one's eye

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Do not use subject pronouns in Spanish.

*Él es la ñina de sus padres' ojos.

He is the apple of his parents' eyes

[Él] es el niño.... ella es la niña de los ojos de sus padres (padres ojos...that's pretty English...where is the apostrophe??) - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Qfreed, I thought it would be el niño here too, but I looked it up and it seems it's always "la niña" - --Jen--, Apr 23, 2011

I do need the apostrophe, right--padres' like that? - sanlee, Apr 23, 2011

No, you do not say padres ojos was my point. That is what we would say in English. - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

I see your point. It is an idiom. In that case I would include the subject pronoun Él es la niña de .... - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Ok, now I've used te subject pronoun. So you don;t want me to say padres--just sus???? - sanlee, Apr 23, 2011

possession in Spanish uses de.... el sombrero de Maria. los ojos de sus padres=his/her/your parent's eyes. Whose exactly is taken from context. Possessive adjectives (sus) are not normally used with body parts (but can be...as in the idiom) - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

I think the "niña" here refers to the pupil of the eye :). Wordreference says: Niña: 2 Anat pupil figurado es la niña de sus ojos, - --Jen--, Apr 23, 2011

So do I say El es la niña de sus ojos....but whose ojos are we talking about??? I think we need the sus padres. - sanlee, Apr 23, 2011

nametaken: I read that also. The RAE dict. lists niña as the pupil of the eye, so it refers to the eye literally and figuratively. - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Hi Sandy ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 24, 2011

Hi, A & P ! - sanlee, Apr 25, 2011

Nice to see you again - sanlee, Apr 25, 2011

Answer 1

Cuando crezca quiero ser una niña.

When I grow up, I want to be a child.

I hope i am always a child when I grow up. - ray76, Apr 23, 2011

Jen I'm sure you're right and I have also seen crecer used to mean grow up but I was just wondering is 'crecer' the common equivalent of 'grow up' as in 'mature' as well as grow or is it crecerse or would something like madurar be more common? - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 23, 2011

Mateo 18:3 Entonces dijo: —Les aseguro que a menos que ustedes cambien y se vuelvan como niños, no entrarán en el reino de los cielos. - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Me gusta esta respuesta - sanlee, Apr 25, 2011

Answer 2

I like the song, where will the children play by Maná.

Me gusta la canción, ¿Dónde jugarán los niños? de Maná.

¿Dónde jugarán los niños?

It is an anti world pollution song.

jugarán If you omit the tilde it looks like past tense, subjunctive. - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Thanks qfreed - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Hi, A & P ! - sanlee, Apr 24, 2011

Hi Sandy ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 24, 2011

How are you today? - sanlee, Apr 25, 2011

Answer 3

El niño y la niña are the Southern Oscillation of the Oceans in the Pacific.

La niña se asocia con la fase fría.

El Niño es el efecto opuesto de la niña.

La niña is associated with the cold phase .

El niño is the opposite effect of la niña .

I had to change my answer ;) Bien hecho ray :) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Sorry mate , you should have told me. - ray76, Apr 23, 2011

No hay un problema, you beat me to it. Niños is an easy one. ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

That happens a lot around here, A & P... - sanlee, Apr 24, 2011

My niños are not easy , please tell me the secret of easy niños. - ray76, Apr 24, 2011

Yes, I think they are quite difficult, those niños, I agree - sanlee, Apr 24, 2011

The weather is sometimes frightful - sanlee, Apr 24, 2011

We had 11 years with the weather like that , and of course it broke 6 months ago with those disastrous floods. - ray76, Apr 24, 2011

I meant it is easy to make a sentence with niños ;) jeje. Easier than thinkin' of a caption to some of those pics. lol Hasta luego amigos. - EL_MAG0, Apr 24, 2011

Answer 4

¡Este niño va a meter en problemas muy pronto!

This boy is going to be in trouble very soon!

jajaja, genial - amykay, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 5

Ojalá que pudieramos quedarnos como niños un poco mas tiempo!

If only we could remain as children just a little longer!

The little blonde on the left could be Heidita! - 002262dd, Apr 23, 2011

Buen respuesta Joe. - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 6

Los niños serán niños.

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Boys will be boys.

Answer 7

What is sweeter than a sleeping child?

¿Qué es más dulce que un dormido niño?

Ahh, that is sweet :) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 8

Es difícil de creer, pero sus padres dijeron que Lady Gaga era tímida cuando era una niña.

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It is hard to believe, but her parents said that Lady Gaga was shy when she was a child.

She makes me very shy , matter of fact I shy right away! Good one rolest. - ray76, Apr 23, 2011

tímida....una niña - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

Nice pic Rolest ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Gracias a todos. - Rolest, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 9

Creo que es malo tener un niño mimado.

I think it's mean to have a favourite child.

you're :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 23, 2011

Thanks,bad habit of mine. Ill just have to erase it :) Thanks - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

ja ja ok - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 10

hay un jugador español de fútbol que se llama "El niño". . **there is a Spanish football player called "El niño.

Nice to know, thanks dewclaw ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 11

Today, there is a festival called International April 23 Children's Day Festival in Turkey that the children from all over the world came to Turkey to celebrate.

Hoy, hay un festival llamada el Festival internacional del Día de los Niños del 23 de abril en Turquía que los niños de todo el mundo vinieron a Turquía para celebrar.

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Please correct my english and spanish.

Answer 12

¡Qué tengas una buena noche, mi niño! ¡No te olvides de beber leche antes de dormir!

Have a good night, my baby. Don't forget to drink milk before sleeping.

Buena respuesta Fidalgo - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011

Thank you, Amor y Paz - Fidalgo, Apr 23, 2011

Answer 13

For boys, girls are a different species.

Para niños, las niñas son una especie diferente.

Answer 14

De niña, pensaba cada experiencia nueva estaba una aventura.

As a child, I thought every new experience was an adventure.

Sorry to hear that you lost that perspective. - 0074b507, Apr 23, 2011

gfreed, I'm sorry to hear you think I lost it. - Maria-Russell, Apr 23, 2011

Bien hecho Maria ;) - EL_MAG0, Apr 23, 2011