Please review my sentences.

Question

Please review my sentences.

1) La tarjeta es en la mesa. 2) Tú premio es junto a la puerta. 3) Yo disfrute para caminar. 4) El trabajo es solo provisional. 5) Necessito es la contreseña. 6) El bolígrafo es a lado de el libro. 7) Necessito aprender algunos Alemán.

Thank You,

Joey

A very warm welcome to the forum! - --Mariana--, Oct 25, 2012

Answer 1

3) (Yo) disfruto caminando.

I would say ......

"Disfruto caminar" because the infinitive verb in Spanish is used here, just like....

• Me gusta bailar / cantar / comer (I like dancing / singing / eating)

Thanks, Mariana! - jrich73, Oct 25, 2012

Answer 2

It is not completely clear exactly what you are trying to say with some of these as you did not provide English equivalents, so I may have made changes to something other than to what you intended to say. I am learning as well, but this is how I would change them:

1) La tarjeta está en la mesa. 2) Tu premio está junto a la puerta. 3) (Yo) disfruto caminando. 4) El trabajo es solo provisional. 5) Necesito la contraseña. 6) El bolígrafo está al lado del libro. 7) Necesito aprender algo de alemán.

I would agree with your changes except number 3..."disfrutar" needs to be accompanied by "de" and "caminando" cannot be used as a noun; only the infinitive "caminar" can - PumpkinCalabaza, Oct 23, 2012

• http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2225430 - duendecillo, Oct 23, 2012

• Ejemplos del diccionario de aquí (disfrutar): disfruto escuchándoles reír, disfruté muchísimo hablando con ella - duendecillo, Oct 23, 2012

• http://www.200words-a-day.com/enjoy-in-Spanish.html : Disfruto viéndola bailar. I enjoy watching her dance. - duendecillo, Oct 23, 2012

"caminando" in his example is a "gerundio" and as such can be used with that pattern. We have the same in English, the Gerunds and are used with the same pattern : "I like painting" - Hokuten, Oct 23, 2012

Gracias por confirmarlo, Hokuten. :) - duendecillo, Oct 23, 2012

Answer 3

I am not sure what a comparison to “gustar” has to do with the verb “disfrutar”, but unlike “gustar”, “disfrutar” is used on a regular basis with the “gerundio” as the examples I listed in the comments under my post show. I also believe that the infinitive can be used in this case as well (with or without “de”), so I am in no way trying to argue that it is the only way, just that it is one way.

I suspect that there could be a slight difference in the sense given by each way but that is purely conjecture on my part. It may even be that without anything else in the sentence, the infinitive is more usual, but the sentence:

Cuando hace sol, disfruto mucho caminando por el parque.

Seems valid to me. But then I am just learning.

As far as I can tell Hokuten is a Spanish speaker from Argentina who states in the comments under my post:

"caminando" in his example is a "gerundio" and as such can be used with that pattern”

II C 1. The gerund in adverbial phrases, at this site:

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Explains what I am trying to do.

Answer 4

1) La tarjeta está en la mesa. ("ser" is not used with locations)

2) Tu premio está junto a la puerta. (see #1)

3) Disfruto del caminar. ("disfrutar" requires "de")

4) El trabajo es sólo provisional. (You need an accent on "sólo" in this case)

5) Necesito la contreseña. (You mean to say "I need the password," not "I need is the password," right?)

6) El bolígrafo es al lado del libro. ("Al lado" means next to and "de" + "el" shortens to "del")

7) Necesito aprender algo del alemán. ("algunos Alemán" is not correct; languages are not capitalized in Spanish and they almost always need the article before them)

Answer 5

Here's my review:

Sentences 1-4 are fine - good job!

Not sure what you're trying to say in sentence 5, although I think that's more to do with me (not a native speaker, see)

Sentence 6 might be better as "el bolígrafo está al lado del libro" (always use 'del' rather than 'de el')

Sentence 7 = "Necesito aprender algunos alemán" (languages don't need to be capitalised)

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Thanks for everyone's feedback!