We are lost!
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Perdemos donde esta la calle venice? We are lost where is venice street? Thank you
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updated Jan 29, 2012
posted by Polyglot1day
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¡Nos hemos perdido! ¿Dónde está la calle Venice?
Estamos perdidos, .....
updated Jan 29, 2012
posted by 00494d19
Believe it or not I was considering the present perfect tense. - 0074b507, Jan 29, 2012
You just have to give me a few minutes to rethink and edit my replies, because I never consider what I wrote until I read it later. - 0074b507, Jan 29, 2012
By the way, I saw the correct answer by looking at a song We are lost! that was translated. It all takes time. - 0074b507, Jan 29, 2012
nos perdimos would be acceptable too, here in Madrid we hardly ever use the past simple - 00494d19, Jan 29, 2012
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¡Nos perdemos! ¿Dónde está la calle Venice?
Commonly when Spanish uses a transitive verb like perder, it uses a pronominal (reflexive) form to make it intransitive.
clipped online:
Lo que pasa cuando nos perdemos en el bosque
However, ¡Estamos perdidos! seems more suitable there. (describing a condition or situation with an adjective, rather than a verb.
updated Jan 29, 2012
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
hey, quentin go to bed, this is dunce corner for life!! jeje - 00494d19, Jan 29, 2012
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Slightly related to the original question, I learned a useful phrase the other day:
Ir bien para llegar a...: to go the right/correct way to get to a place.
¿Voy bien para llegar a...? Am I going the right way to get to...?
updated Jan 29, 2012
posted by Sheily
Nice ones! - NikkiLR, Jan 29, 2012
