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Could you proof read my Spanish for me please?

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I am talking about next weekend, I say to my friend "I am going swimming, I know you like swimming, would you like to come too?"

Would this be correct? Or even close?

Iré a nadar y sé tu gusta nadar, le gustaría venir tambien?

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updated Aug 23, 2011
edited by MaryMcc
posted by MaryMcc

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Voy a nadar. Sé que te gusta nadar. ¿Te gustaría venir también?

I've also corrected the punctuation, and I guess that you are not using the formal and polite "usted" in this case, so I changed it to "tú". However, to make the sentence more "fluid" (especially by avoiding "nadar" twice in two sentences), I'd say any of these:

Voy a nadar y sé que a ti te gusta. ¿Te gustaría venirte?

Voy a nadar y sé que a ti también te gusta. ¿Te vienes?

updated Aug 23, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
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Voy a ir a nadar o ire a nadar el proximo fin de semana y se que a ti tambien te gusta hacerlo, te gustaria venir conmigo o acompanniarme?

updated Aug 23, 2011
edited by nlandrade
posted by nlandrade
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Thank you, that is a relief, I can just about manage the present tense. smile

updated Aug 23, 2011
posted by MaryMcc
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It is definitely informal as I am leaving a message on a good friends answering machine. Would it still be Voy as I am talking about next weekend?

The use of the present tense to talk about the future sounds odd in English, but it is used all the time in Spanish, in informal speech, in literature, and under the most formal circumstances... to convey the idea of certainty; it is a standard use of the tense. It is actually more common than the future tense to talk about the future.

updated Aug 23, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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Thank you so much Lazarus, I have been working on the whole thing for hours, even my English has gone to pot. Maybe I need some sleep. Luckily the actual work will be as a recording so If I forget a question mark no one will know wink

It is definitely informal as I am leaving a message on a good friends answering machine. Would it still be Voy as I am talking about next weekend?

updated Aug 23, 2011
posted by MaryMcc