Some questions in the lesson 1.10

Question

There are some parts in the 1.10 video that i don't really understand , hope everyone can help me out?)and English is not my native language, hope everyone can also help me if i made any english grammar mistakes.?)

1.In 1:48 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies. Tengo una madre/mama. (Mi madre) se llama Lynne.

2.In 2:12 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies. Tengo un padre/papa. (Mi padre) se llama Rick.

3.In 8:25 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies.

Mi abuelo se llama Johnnie (y el) tiene 87 años.

4.In 9:00 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies.

Mi abuela se llama (y ella) Hazel tiene 79 años.

5.In 10:00 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies.

Mi tía tiene 56 años (y se) llama Pamela.

6.In 10:26 the teacher said a sentence but the screen missed some vocabularies.

Mí tío se llama Harris ( y el ) tiene 60 años.

7.The teacher didn't type this sentence on screen in 10:33 and i was guessing whether i was right or wrong.
Mis tío tiene dos hijos y se llaman Minnie y Beau.

Answer 1

For numbers 1, 2, and 3, the subject has been established.

#1: Since the subject is clearly "madre/mama", using "ella" would be repetitive and unnecessary.

#2: Since the subject is clearly "padre/papa", using "él" would be repetitive and unnecessary.

**#3: Since the subject has clearly been established as "abuelo (Johnnie)", using "y él" would be repetitive and unnecessary.

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For number 4:

Mi abuela se llama (y ella) Hazel tiene 79 años.

The placement of "y ella" is not logical. If you were to put "y ella" in, it would have to be between Hazel and tiene. It would then say, "Mi abuela se llama Hazel y ella tiene 79 años". However, since the subject (mi abuela a.k.a Hazel) has already been established, the "y ella" is repetitive and unnecessary.

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For number 6:

Mí tío se llama Harris ( y el ) tiene 60 años.

The subject has already been established as "mi tío (aka Harris)", so saying "él" would be repetitive and unnecessary.

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For your last sentence...

Mis tío tiene dos hijos y se llaman Minnie y Beau.

Very good. I only have a few corrections.

You use the plural form "mis", but you use the singular form of "tío" and the singular, 3rd person form of the verb. I think you meant to say this.

Mi tíos tienen dos hijos y se llaman Minnie y Beau.

Sonrisa, Felicia is talking about the transcript of what Paralee says in the videos. - gintar77, Aug 12, 2011

In most cases, what she says doesn't reflect exactly what is written on the screen. - gintar77, Aug 12, 2011

Oh. Well, now she knows why the screen didn't say it :) - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 12, 2011

Also, the last one should be "mis tíos tienen" as per what Paralee says. - gintar77, Aug 12, 2011

Gracias, gintar! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 12, 2011

wow....thank you guys!!!!: ) you guys are amazing!!!!!! - FeciliaChen, Aug 12, 2011

:) De nada, Fecilia - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 12, 2011