Inglés: ¿Tú estabas entre la multitud?

Question

¿Cómo escribir correctamente en inglés?: "¿Tú estabas entre la multitud?"

El diccionario me dice: you were in the crowd? pero creo que está mal escrito. Ayúdenme por favor

Gracias

Está mal escrito en español, y el traductor contesta en consecuencia. Para que sea una pregunta ha de llevar dos signos de interrogación ¿? - cogumela, Apr 30, 2011

He corregido tus tildes, ya que hay gente aquí aprendiendo español. Trata de cuidar la ortografía todo lo que puedas. :) - cogumela, Apr 30, 2011

Answer 1

Hello Zursole and Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

As a question it is normally written/translated as:

1 ¿Tú estabas entre la multitud?" = Were you in the crowd?

As a statement (of fact) it is written as

2 Tú estabas entre la multitud = You were in the crowd

Please note that the position of the conjugated verb were (from verb to be) and the pronoun "You"..... is reversed when a statement is made Please compare sentences 1 and 2 in which you will see this point illustrated

Sometimes, people might use the informal form in spoken English: ''eg:

''You were really in the crowd when Leonardo de Caprio passed by?''

The tone of voice would have to be raised on the words you were really to emphasize that it was a question. The person asking the question is using a tone of voice to show that they are incredulous.

I hope this helps

Thank you!! Tu ayuda quitó mis dudas! :) - zursole89, Apr 30, 2011

De nada amiga :) - FELIZ77, Apr 30, 2011

You deserve a vote too Feliz. :) - ian-hill, Apr 30, 2011

Thank You very much, Ian :) - FELIZ77, Apr 30, 2011

También se puede decir "You were actually in the crowd..." - someone09, Apr 30, 2011

"Tú estabas entre la multitud" -- You did not reverse anything - Sabor, Apr 30, 2011

Sabor the reversal was in the English the difference in the placement of verb and noun when used as a question or a statement :) - FELIZ77, Apr 30, 2011

Answer 2

Muchas gracias!

Answer 3

Como dijo someone09.

¿Tú estabas entre la multitud? = Were you in/among the crowd?

En el hablar, es más común usar "in" que "among"

Answer 4

That was correct. It could also translate to "you were among the crowd" and "you were between the crowd".

Nunca he oído "between the crowd." Tengo entendido que se usa "between" cuando hay cosas específicas. La multitud es ambigua. - someone09, Apr 30, 2011

Answer 5

between entre dos cosas among entre tres o mas cosas.

Answer 6

Depende...

You were in the crowd - estaba en un lugar con muchas personas o

You were with the crowd - tambien puede decir lo mismo o estaba de acuerdo con las opiniones del grupo with = de acuerdo/simpático

Answer 7

estoy confundida :/ me gustaria saber como se dice en ingles en forma de pregunta y no de afirmacion: ¿Tú estabas entre la multitud?

Answer 8

Como una pregunta: Were you in/among the crowd?

Nunca he oído "between the crowd." Tengo entendido que se usa "between" cuando hay cosas específicas. La multitud es ambigua y por lo tanto se usa "among."

Ejemplos:

You went among the people.

You chose between him and her.

The enemies were among the trees.

Answer 9

but is a question.. how? .. is: you were among the crowd? or you were between the crowd? Or: did you were among the crowd? - did you were between the crowd?