Could you please correct this?

Question

Hoy mi hermanas y yo tenemos un el rendimiento. / Today my sisters and I have a performance.

¿Está correcto?

Answer 1

 In this context it should go more like this:

"Hoy mis hermanas y yo tenemos una actuación". In this case- performance- would be -actuación- because you´re going to act maybe in a play or you´re going to sing or dance etc. Performers= Actores/Actors.

Right, thanks! - 00e5a88f, Jun 26, 2012

Cantar no siempre es actuar. - DualG, Jun 27, 2012

DualG: No estoy prescisando,estoy generalizando al mencionar -actuación-. Una actuación no define actividad por llevarse acabo. - El_Mexicalense, Jun 27, 2012

Answer 2

Hi Cleppie,

Here is how I would say: Hoy, mis hermanas y yo tenemos un rendimiento. - Today, my sisters and I have a performance. (undefinite article) Hoy, mis hermanas y yo tenemos el rendimiento. - Today, my sisters and I have the performance. (definite article)

Have beautiful days!

¡Muchas gracias por su ayuda! - 00e5a88f, Jun 26, 2012

Right. You use "mis" because the subject (hermanas y yo) is plural, correct? - yafnrp, Jun 26, 2012

yo creo "desempeño" es mejor usado - latino12, Jun 26, 2012

"Desempeño" is a bit closer, but still it's not right. It will sound very odd. - DualG, Jun 26, 2012

It just doesn´t make sense. "Rendimiento" has nothing to do with performance in this context.. - El_Mexicalense, Jun 26, 2012

Answer 3

"Tenemos un rendimiento" is totally incorrect. It sounds terrible and nobody would know what you are talking about.

Performance translates into "rendimiento" when you are talking about engines or similar context, and it means efficiency.

You may say something like "Hoy mi hermanas y yo tenemos una representación", or to put it more clearly "Hoy mi hermanas y yo actuamos en una obra de teatro, cantamos, bailamos.......", or whatever kind of play are you taking part of.

Thanks! - 00e5a88f, Jun 26, 2012

It´s not mi hermanas,It´s mis hermanas. - El_Mexicalense, Jun 26, 2012

Yes. I just copied it from the original post and did not check. - DualG, Jun 27, 2012

Answer 4

Diccionario Espasa concise inglés-español © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

actuación sustantivo femenino 1 (interpretación, participación) performance.

Answer 5

I agree with DualG: you should use "presentación" or "una obra de..."

Yes, "mis" is used because you are talking about a plural subject.

Thanks! - 00e5a88f, Jun 26, 2012

Answer 6

Hoy mi hermanos vamos tener un desempeño.

No, I don't think that is correct. For one thing, I'm talking about my sisters. So "hermanos" would not be correct, I don't think. Thanks for the effort though. - 00e5a88f, Jun 26, 2012

"Desempeños is not correct in that context either. - DualG, Jun 26, 2012

This is incorrect, Latino. - --Mariana--, Jun 26, 2012