Help with this translation from a friend please

Question

"comiensa la semana espero sea una buena por que la dias que me cae nada bueno"

I think it means he hopes he has a good week because the days haven't been good for him lately. Is that close? He recently lost a good job at a resort. Thanks for the help.

Very close. - 0074b507, Nov 22, 2011

Basically, that's what he is saying. Things are spelled wrong, and the sentence fragments are incomplete, but you want to know what he meant, and you have it. - Jeremias, Nov 22, 2011

Thanks, that's what always messes me up! - summerbreezeii, Nov 22, 2011

Answer 1

I always thought that it should be espero que sea..etc... After all, why would we need the subjunctive here at all if there were not a separation between the first and second clauses

So I thought that it should read:

Comienza la semana espero que sea una buena porque los días que me cae nada bueno

= When the week comes/ Come the week (literally) I hope that it will be a good (one) because the days haven't been at all good for me (implied: lately)

It should be los (not las) días because the word día like the word problema, agua and many others take masculine articles rather than feminine ones..

You may wish to wait for confirmation as I cannot guarantee the total accuaracy of my translation.

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi español, por favor

Feliz, wouldn't the verb "caer" be conjugated as "caen" for -los días- or am I mistaken in its placement? :) - cristalino, Nov 22, 2011

Cristalino, you maybe correct I am not sure on that point My purpose was in correcting the mistakes in Spanish that I knew were wrong and translate the meaning :) - FELIZ77, Nov 22, 2011