"This will teach you spanish"

Question

Esto te enseñar español.

I saw this sentence on Rosetta Stone and the translation is "this will teach you Spanish" The part that confuses me is that "enseñar" is not in the future tense or doesn't use the alternative: "Esto va a enseñarte español". Can anyone help explain why that is?

Edit: My appologies I read the sentence incorrectly on rosetta. It is supposed to be "Esto te enseña español" Which translates into "This teaches you Spanish", makes sense with the picture now. Sorry for the confusion guys. At least I know that my understanding of the future tense is correcto! jajaja

Answer 1

Esto te enseñar español.

The correct translation in the future tense is:

"Enseñará".

Hence, the corrections are...

Esto te enseñará español.

Esto va ha te enseñarte español. ("te" it's redundant)

Try to conjugate the verb in future could be help you.

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Esto te enseñar español.

La correcta traducción en futuro es.

"Enseñará".

Por lo tanto, las correcciones serian...

Esto te enseñará español.

Esto va ha te enseñarte español. ("te"es redundante)

Trata de conjugar el verbo "enseñar" en futuro, eso podría ayudararte.

Answer 2

Yes you can use the future tense, and you can use "Ir a + infinitive" for something that's going to happen in the near future ("ir" is an irregular verb, so be sure to conjugate it correctly).

Esto te enseñará español.

Esto va a te enseñarte español.

Esto te va a te enseñarte español.

They all mean... "This will teach you Spanish".

Can you explain why 'te' is before "va a" and not "enseñar" ? - Acelata, Jul 30, 2011

When we use "ir a + infinitive", we have to put the direct and indirect object pronouns before "ir", not the infinitive. Or... we can use the other way and attach it to the END of the infinitive. - GuitarWarrior, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 3

I agree with the answers so far but they do not answer your question.

Esto te enseñar español.

Our 3 translators come up with the following

This teach you Spanish.

This will teach Spanish.

This you teach spanish.

You can see that they do not agree which probably means that the original sentence structure is wrong.

I would have translated it a "This to teach you Spanish" which also sounds odd.

Maybe Rosetta Stone made a mistake.

I made the error. I thought is read "Esto te enseñar español". Which I then took to Google for a translation. When It should have been "Esto te enseña espanol" lol - Acelata, Jul 30, 2011

Answer 4

I made the error. I thought is read "Esto te enseñar español". Which I then took to Google for a translation. When It should have been "Esto te enseña espanol" lol