El normalmente daba £5.00 sola,

Question

El normalmente daba £5.00 sola, pero en esta ocasión, dio £10.00. He normally only gives £5.00, but on this occasion he gave £10.00.

Please review and correct my attempt.

Thank You

Answer 1

Normalmente solo da £5.00 , pero en esta ocasión, dio £10.00.

Nice try, poly, no subject pronoun!!

Thank you Heidita - Polyglot1day, Aug 31, 2011

Answer 2

él normalmente da solo£5.00 , pero en esta ocasión, dio £10.00. He normally only gives £5.00, but on this occasion he gave £10.00.

Hi Poly - The word "he" takes an accent on the "e" but native speakers will only say "él" if there's some confusion as to who they are talking about.

He gives = da

I think it should be "solo". You wrote "sola" which is feminine. I also think it sounds better before that "£5.00".

(My Spanish is intermediate so let's hope we get some more answers)

Greetings from sunny Leicester

da, buena idea;) - 00494d19, Aug 30, 2011

buena idea y correcto, no me leí la parte en inglés, vaya por Dios, jeje - 00494d19, Aug 30, 2011

thanks patch :-) - Polyglot1day, Aug 31, 2011

Answer 3

Él=he

alternatives: suele, estaba acostumbrado a dar

Not sure, but the only in the English sentence may be an adverb modifying the adjective five [pounds]. If so, adverbs do not show gender and it would be sólo (not sure if the tilde is used anymore) or solamente in Spanish.