Can you translate this to proper Spanish?
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Translate this please:
Can my brother do the lesson with me?
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updated Dec 3, 2011
posted by CorinaLw
¡Bienvenida al foro! Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Nov 28, 2011
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¿Puede hacer la lección conmigo mi hermano?
Not 100% sure about the location of 'mi hermano'. What I did here was based on a hunch
updated Nov 28, 2011
posted by S1r_Wakka
That places emphasis on mi hermano since it is the last thing in your mind. I like your hunch. - 0074b507, Nov 28, 2011
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Change the sentence up a bit, and you get;
"¿Puedo hacer la leccion con mi hermano?"
"Can I do the lesson with my brother."
The emphasis that you were looking for, is perhaps not the same, but it is a better sentence.
updated Nov 28, 2011
posted by kelar
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Can my brother do the lesson with me? --> puede hacer mi hermano la lección conmigo?
updated Nov 28, 2011
posted by beaujuliette
Yes I believe this is the correct order :) - FELIZ77, Nov 28, 2011
¿Puede hacer mi hermano la lección conmigo? You should have the inverted question mark at teh beginning of the sentence , too:) - FELIZ77, Nov 28, 2011
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¿Puede a mi hermano hacer la lección conmigo?
updated Dec 3, 2011
posted by kenwilliams
What is the purpose of the a? Makes it look like an object of the verb's action. - 0074b507, Nov 28, 2011
you shouldn't put a noun in between two verbs grouped like that. It doesn't sound right in Spanish - emily8, Nov 28, 2011
Points taken, dunces corner for me. - kenwilliams, Dec 3, 2011
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¿Puede dar lección mi hermano conmigo? www.translatingtolearn.blogspot.com
updated Nov 28, 2011
posted by translatetolearn
no, because your brother would be doing the lesson with you, not giving it to you. - emily8, Nov 28, 2011
