Please check these sentences

Question

1. I will help you if your mom says that I can. Te ayudaré si tu madre le dice que puedo.

2. Who is driving that red car? ¿Quién está manejando ese coche rojo?

3. Tell Alejandra to stop running. Dile a Alejandra a parar corriendo.

4. She ran four miles yesterday. Corrió cuatros cuatro (why would I make this plural, je je? What was I thinking?!) millas ayer.

5. She gave me her purse when she went to talk to him. Me daba su bolsa cuando iba a hablarle.

Lo siento...I think these might be very wrong

¡Muchas gracias!

can't believe you didnt get a vote for this! - fixed :-) - billygoat, Jul 1, 2011

Gracias, billy! - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 1, 2011

Answer 1

Te ayudaré si tu madre TE dice que está bien.

Dile a Alejandra que deje de correr.

Corrió cuatro millas ayer.

Dejó su bolsa conmigo antes de ir a hablar con él.

There are several variations of words that could be used...these are just the ones I would use. However, the TE needs to stay the same throughout the first sentence and "cuatro" is not pluralized.

Good job!

Very, very helpful. Gracias :D - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 2

Tell Alejandra to stop running. Dile a Alejandra que pare de correr.

She gave me her purse when she went to talk to him. Me dió su bolsa cuando fue a hablarle.

These two needed corrections, the others were correct!

Gracias, amigo! - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 3

I will help you if your mom says that I can. Te voy ayudar si tu mama me dice que si.

Who is driving that red car? ¿Quién está manejando ese Carro rojo?

Tell Alejandra to stop running. Dile a Alejandra que pare de correr..

She ran four miles yesterday.Ayer ella corrio cuatro millas

She gave me her purse when she went to talk to him.Cuando ella se fue hablar con el ella dejo su cartera conmigo.

Espero que tenga sentido.

Gracias, amigo. Can you fill out your language information in your profile, amigo? That would be very helpful. Gracias! - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 1, 2011

Will do, Amiga. - Remolacha, Jul 5, 2011

Answer 4

Tell Alejandra to stop running. Dile a Alejandra a parar corriendo.

Remember that very few English "to" are translated as "a" in Spanish. In this case, the "to" is used to influence other people. It is the typical "I want you to... ", "Ask him to..." In these cases, Spanish uses "que" plus subjunctive, or simply infinitive if the verb is actually an order: "La obligué a comer".

She gave me her purse when she went to talk to him. Me daba su bolsa cuando iba a hablarle.

With "daba" you are not telling us whether she finally gave it to you or not, because "imperfect" does not inform about the completion of an event... on purpose. Either she was in the slow process of giving you the bag while you were in the process of be about to talk to her, which is somewhat strange, or the most likely interpretation without context: every time you were about to talk to her, she gave you her bag.

Very helpful. Gracias, Lazarus - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 5

She ran four miles yesterday. Corrió cuatro millas ayer.

Pero, para que te entendamos mejor:

She ran four miles yesterday. Corrió 6.4 Km ayer.

...Aproximadamente - nelson_rafael, Jun 28, 2011

Muchas gracias, Nelson. - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 28, 2011

Answer 6

Sun Smile, I would do it this way:

Te ayudaré si tu madre (le) me dice que puedo

Dile a Alejandra (a parar corriendo.) que se pare de correr

Corrió (cuatros) cuatro millas ayer.

Me (daba) dió su bolsa cuando (iba) fue a hablar con él

PS: However, it would be more natural to say the sentence about "mother saying" like this: Si me permita tu madre, te ayudo.

Si me permite...the subjunctive is not needed. - vivalafuriaroja, Jun 28, 2011

Gracias Julian y Viva. - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 28, 2011