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La Palabra del Día: El palacio

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El palacio

palace, royal residence; hall, center

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My Example:

Después de casarme con la reina, viviremos en el palacio de SpanishDict (pocas personas conocen este palacio….) jaja


After I marry the queen, we will live in the SpanishDict palace (few people know about this palace…)

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updated Jul 13, 2011
edited by 001a2987
posted by 001a2987
Chris, ¿es verdad que solamente las personas con más de 25K de reputaciones van a ser invitadas en el palacio? :( - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
jaja Inge....desgraciadamente, sí, pero, tendrás 25K pronto!! jajaja - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
Good example :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
would it be después de casarme? - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 11, 2011
I'm not sure Kiwi....casarme is not conjucated, so I conjucated it to first person, it didn't make sense to me to leave casar in the infinitive.... :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
Noooooooo, Chris, si ganaré 200 reputaciones al día, tardará por lo menos 2,5 meses :( :( - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Despueés de casarme con....conocen...jejeje, pues claro , solo para nosotros, esto es el palacio de cristal en el Retiro, señores, tiene un problem, querido, es transparente...hmmmm, muy indisrecto no? jeje - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Is this your way of asking for a divorce????????!!!!!!!!! :O - --Jen--, Jul 11, 2011
jejejejejejejejejeje - 00b6f46c, Jul 11, 2011
Oh no Inge....well, for you, we'll make an exception!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
jajaja Heidi....I was looking for a palace in Spain...es transparente?? Tendremos buscar por otro palacio!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
jajajaja Jen!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
Chris if you don't have a change of subject after después you can use the infinitive. If there is a change of subject you use the sunbjunctive for anticipated events or the indicative for habitual or completed events :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 11, 2011

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These cats have their own palace . . . . . . smile

Estos gatos tienen su propio palacio . . . . . . wink

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updated Jul 13, 2011
posted by Ingeteacher
Muy bueno!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
:) - Miro74, Jul 11, 2011
So creative :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
Thank you, Fidalgo :) - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Un foto genial! :) - pesta, Jul 11, 2011
perfecto - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Thank you, Pesta! - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Thanks for checking, Heidita! - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Gatos fortunatos! - Jraider, Jul 11, 2011
Grandioso!! Has ganado nuevamente!! Felicidades!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 12, 2011
Muchas gracias, Chris . . . . :) - Ingeteacher, Jul 13, 2011
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What a rebel! Whatever will the palace think?

¡Qué rebelde! ¿Qué pensará los del palacio?

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updated Jul 11, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
jajaja - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
OmG, that is hilarious. - Yeser007, Jul 11, 2011
That clears up a big mystery for me! haha :) - pesta, Jul 11, 2011
the palace does not think....try again - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
it is poetic licence Heidi - of course the palace itself doesn't think but the word palace can represent the 'powers that be' behind or 'represented by' the palace :) Just like you can say - the government says that taxes will be lowered :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 11, 2011
MC, "los del palacio" will extract you from this predicament :- ) - 005faa61, Jul 11, 2011
je je gracias amigo :) me has salvado, me encanta tu caballo blanco lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 11, 2011
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Mr Yesero tries to find out the palace of the God of Sea but he hasn't seen it yet.

El señor Yesero trata de encontrar el palacio del Dios del Mar pero todavía no lo ha visto.

updated Jul 11, 2011
edited by Fidalgo
posted by Fidalgo
Mucho artístico! - Miro74, Jul 11, 2011
Gracias, Mireile :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
¡Muy divertido, Fidalgo! :) :) - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Gracias, Ingeteacher :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
Muy gracioso Fidalgo!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
Jejeje, very good Fidalgo, voting!!! - Yeser007, Jul 11, 2011
find out is not correct here, and neither is averiguar. - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Muchas gracias, Chris y Mr Yesero :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
@Heidinha Muchas gracias por tu consejo :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
@Heidinha I have replaced "find out" and "averiguar" by "find" and "encontrar" respectively. I hope to hear your opinion now :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
In addition, "intenta" has been replaced by "trata" - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
el señor Yesero - 0074b507, Jul 11, 2011
Muchas gracias, Quentin :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
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Second attempt: This palace was built by my grandparents in Paris.tongue rolleye

Este palacio fue construido por mis abuelos en Paris.

First attempt: A los niños les gusta constuir un castillo del arena. The children like to build a palace of sand.

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updated Jul 12, 2011
edited by Miro74
posted by Miro74
I used to love to do that!! :) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
jejeje! We all did!!! :) - Miro74, Jul 11, 2011
¡Por cierto!, Miro :) - Ingeteacher, Jul 11, 2011
Miro: "A los niños les gusta construir palacios de arena." is what I would say :) - culé, Jul 11, 2011
Thank you Inge & Culé!! :) - Miro74, Jul 11, 2011
Es verdad :) - Fidalgo, Jul 11, 2011
this would be castillo , try again - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Thank you all! - Miro74, Jul 12, 2011
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It looks like a palace but it's a tomb.

Parece un palacio pero es una tumba.

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updated Jul 11, 2011
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
Parece un palacio pero es una tumba. - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
I think the same thing when i see this picture. - CoCoBB214, Jul 11, 2011
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Many years ago, when my older sister was living in Pontoise in France we went to visit the Palace of Versailles. It is an amazing and very interesting place and afterwards we walked around the huge estate near the boating lake.

= Hace muchos años, cuando mi hermana mayor vivía en Pontoise, en Francía, fuimos juntos a visitar el Palacio de Versailles. Es un lugar increíble y muy interesante y después caminamos por la enorme propiedad cerca del lago navegable.

= Corregid mi español, por favor wink smile

updated Jul 11, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
very nice, perfect work, feliz - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Muchas gracias, Heidita :) - FELIZ77, Jul 11, 2011
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One day I will have a palace.
Un día voy a tener un palacio.
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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by Jason7R
perfecto, wow, jason, you did it, jeje, short and perfect and this is going to be for us I hope:P - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
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Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman and he created this beautiful tiny palace located between Lyons and Grenoble.

Ferdinand Cheval era un cartero francés y construyó este palacio pequeño hermoso que está ubicado entre Lyons y Grenoble.

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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by pesta
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El castillo de Chapultepec es un palacio en la cima de la colina de Chapultepec.

Chapultpec Castle is a palace on the top of Chapultepec Hill.

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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by theresa5
perfecto - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
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Si hubiese tenido un palacio cuando era niña, habría sido construido de chocolate, y habría tenido que vivir en un lugar fresco y seco como el Polo norte para que no fundíera.

If I'd had a palace when I was young, it would have been built from chocolate and I would have had to live in a cool dry place like the North pole so that it wouldn't melt.

updated Jul 12, 2011
posted by dewclaw
jajaja - 001a2987, Jul 12, 2011
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Si yo viviera en un palacio, tendría más lugares para perdir mis perder las llaves. If I lived in a palace, I would have more places to lose my keys.

updated Jul 11, 2011
edited by mstivers
posted by mstivers
perder - 0074b507, Jul 11, 2011
las llaves - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
Gracias. - mstivers, Jul 11, 2011
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Este palacio tiene escaleras muy brillante.

This palace has brilliant stairs.

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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by brainlady
brillantes - 00494d19, Jul 11, 2011
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¡Mi casa es mi palacio! My home is my palace!

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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by 002262dd
:) - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
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Cuál es el palacio mejor al que has estado?

What is the best palace you've been to?

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updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by Felixlynx
Very cool!! - 001a2987, Jul 11, 2011
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A palace is a place to rest; a home is a place for family.

Un palacio es un lugar para descansar; un hogar es un lugar por la familia.

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place = el lugar, noun

in order to (implied) use para

Por is generally seen as the exchange or movement between two points to indicate a duration of time, a reason for doing something, an emotion, an exchange of items, a mode of communication or transportation, or a substitution. The acronym DREEMS can be helpful in remembering this.

home = la casa noun [h??m] sustantivo 1. casa (f) (house) ; hábitat (m) (of animal, plant) ; hogar (m) (family)

home is a substitution for family

updated Jul 11, 2011
posted by bandit51jd