Picture of the Day: Mother of the Year
Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes as well as the language correctness.
RULES | |
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Captions should be a minimum of four words and a maximum of four sentences in length. |
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The sentences MUST be your own work: you cannot copy from the translator, books, or any other source. |
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Idioms and lyrics that do not translate should be avoided. |
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You can only answer once. |
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Answers must caption the picture in both English and Spanish. |
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You must correct your answer with any corrections that are given. |
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Sentences must be comprehensible after three or four reads. |
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Do not post pictures or unnecessary subject pronouns in Spanish. |
Answers that do not follow the rules will not be corrected or accepted.
My example:
He either slept here or in the cargo bed of the pick-up truck.
O se dormía aquí o en la cama de carga de la camioneta.
15 Answers
Espero que el niño sueñe de mejores días en el futuro.
I hope that the child dreams of better days in the future.
Can you hold my drink while I go to the bathroom? Oh, and watch my son, too.
¿Puede sostener mi bebida mientras voy al baño? Ah, y vea vigile a mi hijo también.
I wish these boys would go play in the street where it's safer.
Deseo Ojalá que estos chicos vayan a jugar en la calle, donde es más seguro.
A child’s place is under his mother’s feet, because that is where paradise is found.
El lugar para de un niño está es debajo de los pies de su madre, porque allá ahí se descubre encuentra el paraíso.
I told you he sleeps like a baby after a double whisky.
Te dije que duerme como un bebé después de un whisky doble.
For the sake of her unborn child and the little boy sleeping , I hope the mother is only drinking water. Por el bien de su niño no-nacido y el pequeño chico durmiendo, espero que la madre esté sólo bebiendo agua.
- My job as babysitter can't stop me from celebrating my birthday. We'll return home earlier than his parents.
- Mi trabajo como niñera no puede detenerme para celebrar mi cumpleaños. Volverémos más temprano que sus padres.
¿Crees que le di demasiadas bebidas alcohólicas para beber?
Do you think I gave him too much alcohol to drink? 
Sabe que su niño duerme bien
She knows her son sleeps well.
I hope that this boy will never behave like this with his own children and with his old mother.
Espero que este chico nunca se portará porte así con sus propios niños y con su madre anciana vieja.
El niño sueña con un parque de diversiones en la playa y tambien con su madre, quien juega con él.
The boy dreams about an amusement park on the beach and about his mother , who is playing with him.
Él es solamente una pie de página en mi vida. He is only a footnote in my life.
She's writing the manual on how to raise a drunk.
Ella está escribiendo el manual acerca de como a crecer un borracho.
I love my son. I take him with me wherever I go.
Amo mi hijo. Tomo lo con me dondequiera que voy.
¡Qué bueno! Esto es exactamente lo que buscaba....un bar con un cama para niños.
All right! This is exactly what I was looking for...a bar with a toddler bed.
