My second sentence

Question

Estaba sentimiento muy desalentar antes de, pero desde recibir el vote y apoyo estoy sentir mucho mejor. Gracias todos!!!

Please correct me if you have time because I know there are problems in it!

Great attempt!! - --Mariana--, Mar 8, 2012

Attempt... haha... thank you. - 00cdfbd9, Mar 8, 2012

You are well on your way to your first novel ;-)))) - mcl020, Mar 8, 2012

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not! haha ;) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 8, 2012

Very good, Kat! Keep up the good work! - sanlee, Mar 8, 2012

Thanks, Sandy! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 8, 2012

Answer 1

Estaba sentimiento muy desalentar antes de, pero desde recibir el vote y apoyo estoy sentir mucho mejor. Gracias todos!!

Antes me sentía muy desanimada, pero después de recibir el voto y el apoyo me siento mucho mejor. ¡Gracias a todos!

Thank you, Mariana! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 8, 2012

Answer 2

Antes me estaba sintiendo muy desalentada, pero al recibir el voto y el apoyo me siento mucho mejor.

I moved antes to the front. It sounded right to me, but I don´t know if it´s just personal preference or that it must be there. If you use "antes de" you must follow with an infinitive, or unconjugated verb. It doesn´t work with "de" in this case.

You use "sintiendo" here, which is a gerund, or an "-ing" part of the verb. You are saying "I was feeling." And it would be reflexive, I think. I could be wrong, though.

Use "desalentada" because it is the adjective form. It ends in an A because I assume you are female.

I used "al" instead of desde. "Al" means "upon the moment of" but it works better here since you are saying "but upon receiving the..." Al in this case is always followed by an infinitve (when it isn´t the "personal A" form).

"Vote" isn´t the word for "the vote" in Spanish. "Voto" is.

Don´t forget the "the" here.

I used present tense of "sentirse" here because the "estoy sintiendo" form doesn´t sound right to me. "Siento" means "I feel" whereas "estoy sintiendo" means "I am feeling"

Oooh... lot of problems.... sigh. :( But thanks! :) - 00cdfbd9, Mar 8, 2012

Missy, you should be using "sentirse" here (the reflexive). and although it sounds logical, "desalentada" is not a Spanish word. - --Mariana--, Mar 8, 2012

You are right about the "desalentada." It should be "desanimada" - missy8888, Mar 8, 2012