could someone correct my spanish short paragraph?

Question

"Los Costa Ricenses comen casado, chicharrón, ceviche, nigorón, y yucca. En Costa Rica, las personas les gustan jugan futból, nadan, y montan las motocicletas. "

Bienvenido al foro. - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

I don't know what casado is and yucca is spelled yuca - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012

I suspect the casado means home-cooking? - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Or, husbands? - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Answer 1

I would say:

"Los Costarricenses (all one word) comen casado, chicharrón, ceviche, nigorón, y yucca. En Costa Rica, a las personas les gusta (singular before infinitive verbs) jugar fútbol, nadar, y andar en motocicleta. (The verbs in this sentence are being used as nouns, so they need to be in the infinitive form. Also "Fútbol" is stressed on the first syllable, rather than the last.)

I agree with you. The only change I'd make is "andar" instead of "montar", but this might be regional usage. You get my vote. - DualG, Jun 1, 2012

Thanks! I was wondering about that, too, but I wasn't sure... - PumpkinCalabaza, Jun 1, 2012

Really good, just remember nationalities aren't capitalized but to begin a sentence or after a period. - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012

My vote too. - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Answer 2

In the second sentence, you do not need to conjugate the verbs. " ...les gustan jugar al fútbol, nadar, y montar en motos."

Looks good. - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Answer 3

Los costarricenses comen casado, chicharrón, ceviche, nigoró y yuca. En Costa Rica a las personas les gusta jugar fútbol, nadar y manejar motocicletas(maybe what you meant was bicicletas).

I think, gustan jugar. Andar en motocicleta works fine, I think, anyway. I'm usually wrong so don't worry! - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Answer 4

Posiblemente 'cocina de casa?'' Espero que no coman gente casada, pero ne sé nada de esta region, espero que no sean canibáles.

yucca sounds disgusting, whatever it may be.. - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

annie!! don't say that, yucca=manioc. I like it - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012

actually, yucca cooked correctly is quite good. My Colombian friend made it a lot. - robinflight, Jun 1, 2012

What's manioc?? I really am very ignorant. Lo siento. - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

cassava?? maybe that's the name youuse over there - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012

I googled it just now, possibly it is ababy food called tapioca? - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

Slippery sort of soft rice dish? - annierats, Jun 1, 2012

check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012