Help very confused!

Question

I am trying replying to my Spanish pen pal but cant work out how to write this sentence. Can anybody help me. "when i started my new job at the nursery, i found that we had a large amount of Spanish speaking families within the setting"

Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum. - francobollo, Nov 11, 2012

Are you working in a nursery for plants or young children? - annierats, Nov 11, 2012

Answer 1

Nursery is probably ' guardería' in this case. Playschool, rather than nursery for plants?

Cuando empecé mi nuevo trabajo en la guardería me dí cuenta de que había muchas familias hispanohablantes en el barrio.

Just a variation. - annierats, Nov 11, 2012

In England we use either Playschool or nursery for very young pre-school children. - margarita1943, Nov 11, 2012

Of course we also use "nursery' for plants as well. - margarita1943, Nov 11, 2012

I know, Margarita, I live in England. - annierats, Nov 11, 2012

Answer 2

Cuando comencé mi nuevo trabajo en el vivero, encontré que había una gran cantidad de familias de habla hispana en el marco

it came up with three answer this being the first, but this just confuses me even more. all the verbs are conjugated would this even be close, surely not?

Yes, I think it works, but I think darse cuenta sounds better, perhaps. Familias hispanohablantes sounds easier to me. - annierats, Nov 11, 2012

Answer 3

Hi, I'd go with....

Cuando empezó mi trabajo nuevo en el vivero, supe que tuvimos un gran cantidad de familias que hablan el español.

Answer 4

My two cents:

Cuando comencé mi nuevo trabajo en el vivero, me di cuenta de que había una gran cantidad de familias de habla hispana en el vecindario.

Answer 5

Please run your phrase through our online dictionaries located at the top of the page (blue box next to the magnifying glass). Then post the results and we'll help you from there.

Answer 6

I notice that most answers have gone for lots of families in the district while your original question said "within the setting". Did you mean locals or did you mean folk who make use of this nursery? If the latter, then I think Marian's answer is the one to go for.

Answer 7

Thanks everyone!