La Palabra del Día : escribir
escribir (transitive verb) to write
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Do not use subject pronouns in Spanish.
Oh No!! I forgot to write my name in my exam paper
¡Oh no! Olvidé escribir mi nombre en mi examen.

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Si tienes que hablar mal de otra persona, no lo digas, escríbelo en la arena cerca de la orilla.
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill

Dame un billete de avión, no tengo el tiempo para tomar un ferrocarril rápido. Los días de soledad han pasado, me voy a mi casa. Mi amor me ha escrito una carta.
Give me a ticket for an airplane, I don't have time to take a fast train. The lonely days are past, I am going to my home. My baby wrote me a letter.
' Escribo palabras inmerso en el néctar del amor.
I write in words dipped in the nectar of my love.
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Seguiré escribiendo en este foro porque realmente me ayuda a mejorar mi español
I will continue to write on this forum because it is really helping me to improve my Spanish

Las emociones se hacen evidentes por lo que está escrito en nuestros ojos.
Emotions are made obvious by what we write in our eyes.

Don't say it, write it.
No lo digas; escríbelo.

Voy a escribir mi esposa una carta de amor.
I'm going to write my wife a love letter.

Está escrito que no sólo de pan vive el hombre. Lucas 4:4
It is written that man does not live by bread alone. Luke 4:4
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Grace photographed by Eric Enstrom is the state photo of Minnesota.
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Most people do not write letters today (these days).....they just send e-mails
= La mayoría de la gente no escribe cartas hoy en día ............solo manda ( o envía) correos electrónicos
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La mayoría de la gente no escribe las cartas hoy en día ............solo mandan ( o envían) los correos electrónicos
Cuando era joven, si escribía a mano, los maestros siempre se quejaban de mi caligrafia. Hoy, no ha mejorado. Gracias a Dios por las computadoras.
When I was in school, if I wrote my hand, teachers always complained about my handriting. Today, it is not better. Thank God for computers.

Everyone should be able to read and write. Todos el mundo debería saber Leer y escribir.
Muchas canciones de Maná están inspiradas en la poesía escrita por Fher, el cantante principal.
Many songs by Maná were inspired by poetry written by Fher, the lead singer.

Muchísimas gracias por todas las correcciones.
My question was, is it proper to use the conjugated word of the day after a noun or should I have used the adjective? But Qfreed kindly answered my question.
Thank you.
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Escribe lo malo en la arena y graba lo bueno sobre la roca..
Write the bad things in sand and engrave the good things on rock.



