Did I translate this paragraph correctly?
I have to write a paragraph for school about winning a vacation to anywhere in the world and where would i go and what I would do while I was there. Can someone please tell me if this is good grammar and what is wrong? Thanks in advance. I posted it in both english and spanish......
If I won a one -week vacation to anywhere in the world, I would like to travel to the West Coast, stopping in Las Vegas, Nevada first. I’d stay there for 2 days and play the slot machines and a few games of Blackjack. Next, I would fly to San Diego to visit my cousin James, who is in the Navy. I would have him show me around the beautiful seaport. I would rent a car in San Diego and drive to Los Angeles, where my brother and his fiancé live. There, I would visit Beverly Hills and one of its famous streets, Rodeo Drive. I would also visit Sonny McLean’s, which is a sports pub operated by Boston owners, and where they carry all the Boston sports games. If weather permits, I would like to go golfing at Pebble Beach in Monterey County, visit my other cousins, Tim and Stephanie, and spend a couple nights camping at “Big Sur.” While in San Francisco I would take a cable car and visit Lombard Street otherwise known as the “crookedness street in the world.” It’ll be a sad day when I have to head back to Rhode Island, and hopefully I would get a direct flight to TF Green Airport.
Si he ganado unas vacaciones de una semana a cualquier parte del mundo, me gustaría viajar a la Costa Oeste, parando en Las Vegas, Nevada en primer lugar. Yo me quedaría allí por 2 días y jugar a las máquinas tragaperras y algunos juegos de Blackjack. A continuación, me gustaría viajar a San Diego a visitar a mi primo de James, que está en la Marina. Yo le habría mostrarme los alrededores del puerto hermoso. Me gustaría alquilar un coche en San Diego y en coche a Los Ángeles, donde mi hermano y su novio en directo. No, me volvería a visitar Beverly Hills y una de sus famosas calles, Rodeo Drive. También me gustaría visitar Sonny McLean, que es un bar deportivo gestionado por los propietarios de Boston, y en el que llevar a todos los juegos deportivos de Boston. Si el tiempo lo permite, me gustaría ir a jugar golf en Pebble Beach en el Condado de Monterey, visitar a mis primos, Tim y Stephanie, y pasar un par de noches en el campamento "Big Sur". Mientras que en San Francisco me gustaría tomar un teleférico y visitar Lombard Street también conocido como la "calle perversidad en el mundo." Será un día triste cuando tengo que regresar a Rhode Island, y espero que conseguir un vuelo directo al Aeropuerto TF Green.
1 Answer
Let's cover the basic lesson that the exercise is meant to teach first: the If...Then clause.
How If...Then clauses are constructed in Spanish depends of the reality of the If clause, whether it is real (indicative mood) or unreal (subjunctive mood).
Si he ganado unas vacaciones de una semana a cualquier parte del mundo, me gustaría viajar a la Costa Oeste, parando en Las Vegas, Nevada en primer lugar.
If I won or if I had won are unreal (contrary-to-fact...you have not actually won a week's vacation) or theoretical.
So your choices are:
Si ganara....If I won... then... verb in conditional (me gustaría.. would like).... some action in the present or future
Si hubiera ganado...if I had won...then...verb in conditional perfect (me hubiera gustado or me habría gustado...would have liked)...some action in the past.
Si el tiempo lo permite, me gustaría ir a jugar golf en Pebble Beach en el Condado de Monterey, visitar a mis primos, Tim y Stephanie, y pasar un par de noches en el campamento "Big Sur"
If time permits....(real) situation seen as possible...the Then clause is in present or future time (indicative mood).
If time permits (and it should)....I will play golf...or...I am playing golf......
If time permits (but I doubt that it will...unreal)....I would like to
Sorry, my grandson dropped by and I didn't get to finish my reply.
