"Te les presento a mis amigos americanos"

Question

"I present you to my American friends"

Esta frase esta correcta?

Gracias,

Tim

It needs work, my friend. - francobollo, Nov 14, 2012

Hi, Tim. Gotta say that I love your posts...they are intelligent, well-written, and you always say "Gracias." :-) - --Mariana--, Nov 14, 2012

Answer 1

Les presento a mis amigos estadounidenses (I introduce my American friends to you all, formal "ustedes" in Spain or Latin American version formal or informal you plural)

Os presento a mis amigos estadounidenses (I introduce my American friends to you all informal "vosotros" -- Spain only)

Le presento a mis amigos estadounidenses (I introduce my American friends to you--one person, formal "usted")

Te presento a mis amigos estadounidenses (I introduce my American friends to you--one person, informal "tú")

Answer 2

Te les presento a mis amigos americanos: I present them to you my american friends.

(My translation and by no means etched in stone.)

I present you to my American friends: Allow me to introduce you to my American friends.

(Flows better in the English this way.)

Permítame presentarle a mis amigos americanos.

(This answer comes from a compilation of the Pimsleur method, listening to it over and over and SD translation word introduce in English.)

Hope this helps.

Good point - gsdfsggs, Nov 12, 2012

Nice options Saige. But this is very formal and extremely correct! - francobollo, Nov 14, 2012

Oops, so much for blending in! - SaigeSmith, Nov 14, 2012

Answer 3

Looks good to me, Tim.

Both "Les" and "te" are not necessary here, amiga. - --Mariana--, Nov 14, 2012

Answer 4

I like Francos answer because....

1) You don't need "te" and "les" in the same sentence. Use one or the other.

2) Estadounidenses is better than "Americans" because it says that they're from the U.S. and not the other Americas.

That said, I'd prefer.......

Te presento a mis amigos de los Estados Unidos.