how do you say: I would recommed this book....

Question

I want to say: "I would recommend this books if you like good food and stories about real life" I wrote: "Te recomendaría este libro si te gustaras comida buena e historias sobre la vida real." Would that be correct?

Bienvenido al foro! - annierats, Apr 16, 2012

si te gusta la comida buena..Look up 'gustar' , it behaves differently. - annierats, Apr 16, 2012

Answer 1

"I would recommend this books if you like good food and stories about real life"

Yo diría:

Si te gusta la buena comida y las historias de la vida real, te recomiendo estos libros.

Answer 2

I would have suggested "Yo recomendaría estos libros si te gustaran la comida buena e historias sobre la vida real." or "Te recomiendo estos libros si te gustan la buena comida y las historias de la vida real." Am I wrong to use a plural form of 'gustar'?

I too would say, "Te recomiendo estos libros si te gustan la buena comida y las histories de la vida real." You are correct with gustan. You are saying if they like more than one thing. Gustar conjugates to the objects. - kdrinning, Apr 16, 2012

Note: This would just be I recommend to you. It would not be literally I would recommend to you, but I don't think would recommend is needed. - kdrinning, Apr 16, 2012

kdrinning you have a singular object following the plural gustan you phrase would be right if you followed directly with las histories and then the buena comida. - kenwilliams, Apr 17, 2012

Answer 3

"I would recommend this books if you like good food and stories about real life" First of all, shouldn't it be "these books"?

• Te recomendaría estos libros si te gusta la buena comida e historias acerca de la vida real. (or just, Te recomiendo... historias de la vida real)

Answer 4

.. sobre la vida normal.. puede ser mejor.. La vida real could mean Royal life, which is not real life for most of us..Apart from that, the previous answers are excellent. I'm open to suggestions, as ever !

gracias :) - karinacocina, Apr 16, 2012

In this case Annie, "real" does not mean "royal" in Spanish. One of those cases where you would know its meaning by context. Weird eh? - farallon7, Apr 16, 2012

Answer 5

I would say: Las historias de la vida actual, to indicate real life stories.

But of course I might be incorrect. - kenwilliams, Apr 17, 2012

Answer 6

is it "comida buena" or "buena comida"?

Answer 7

I would recommend this books if you like good food and stories about real life

te(lo/la) recomendaria este libro (estos libros) si te (le) gusta buena comida y relatos de la vida real

Answer 8

I would say: Yo recomendaría que compres este libro si te gusta la comida buena e historias sobre la vida real.

*I would reccomend that you buy this book if you like good food and real life stories.