Please help me correct my sentence.

Question

Please help me correct my Spanish.

Mi sobrina está en el hospital porque fué golpeada por un coche. (My niece is in the hospital because she was hit by a car.)

Go to Ian's link, atropellar is the best solution. - annierats, Aug 8, 2012

Answer 1

One thing: fue does not need an accent. Otherwise, it looks OK to me.

Answer 2

Noetol your answer is perfect and jmairs translation is pretty good

Thanks, Silvia! - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012

Answer 3

.. fue arrollada por un coche.. After studying Ian's link, the best way to say it is : Un coche le atropelló, or fue atropellada por un coche.

Atropellar, to run into, or arollar, to run over. .

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Answer 4

You might like to see this thread from last year.

how-does-one-say-I-was-knocked-down-by-a-bus?

Thanks Ian! - annierats, Aug 7, 2012