Request check of some present to preterite conversion exercises (and pronouns).

Question

Hi all,

OK, we have an exercise set where we have to answer a question where someone asks ¨when are you going to blah-blah-blah¨ and we have to say ¨I already did that¨ and in the process, use the word YA, and convert present tense verbs to preterite, and nouns to pronouns.

I won´t type in all the background, as it would take forever, but I´d appreciate if people could glance over a few of the answers I made up and tell me if they sound like they could be right, given the limited context. Thanks.

Also, I don´t want to ask too much, so even though they´re relatively simple, I´m just going to type 10 out of the 25.

Por ejemplo-

¿Cuándo vas a escribirle esa carta a tu tía?

Ya se la escribí

¿Cuándo van a entregarme Uds. la tarea?

Ya se la entregamos a Uds.

¿Cuándo vas a prestarme tu coche nuevo?

Ya te lo presté.

¿Cuándo va a darte tu novia tu regalo?

Ya se lo di a ella.

¿Cuándo va a enseñarnos el pretérito?

Ya se lo enseñé a ella.

¿Cuándo vas a mostrarme las fotos de tu novia?

Ya te las mostré a ella.

¿Cuándo vas a mandarle flores a tu abuela?

Ya se las mandé a ella.

¿Cuándo vas a darme el dinero que me debes?

Ya te lo di.

¿Cuándo vas a lavarme los platos? (I don´t understand why this one is reflexive)

Ya te los lavé

¿Cuándo van a plancharme la ropa? (ditto???)

Ya te la planché

Thanks for anyone willing to look over them.

Regards.

Roger

Good question! - francobollo, Dec 11, 2012

Hi. I edited your heading and posting with the correct spelling of exercise. Hope you don't mind. - francobollo, Dec 11, 2012

Never mind such help and improvement. Thanks! - rogspax, Dec 11, 2012

Answer 1

¿Cuándo va a darte tu novia tu regalo? Ya se lo di a ella This one is wrong. The question says: When is your girlfriend going to give you your gift? The answer should be, She already did it. (Ella ya lo hizo or Ella ya me lo dio)

¿Cuándo va a enseñarnos el pretérito? Same thing. The question says: When is she/he going to teach us the preterit? The answer should be: He/She already did it. (Él/Ella ya lo hizo / Él/Ella ya nos lo enseñó.)

¿Cuándo vas a mostrarme las fotos de tu novia?

Ya te las mostré a ella.

A ella is unnecessary. The question says. When are you going to show me your girlsfriend's photos? I already show them to you. > Ya te las mostré.

¿Cuándo vas a mandarle flores a tu abuela?

Ya se las mandé a ella.

A ella is unnecessary.

Good job! - francobollo, Dec 11, 2012

Thanks! - aileribel, Dec 11, 2012

Thanks much aileribel. Looks like both of my mistakes were ones I repeated, so I need to read more carefully, and avoid incorrect clarifcations (which actually end up being obfuscations) THANKS! - rogspax, Dec 11, 2012

Answer 2

¿Cuándo va a enseñarnos el pretérito? Same thing. The question says: When is she/he going to teach us the preterit? The answer should be: He/She already did it. (Él/Ella ya lo hizo / Él/Ella ya nos lo enseñó.)

Actually, it´s good you´re forcing me to think (which I apparently need, even more than I thought)

I botched that one two ways.

1) I have NO idea why I put the ´a ella´ in there.

2) On this one, me not typing in all the context hurt too, as it was supposed to be the students asking the professor (the VA being the Usted form) when the professor was going to teach them the preterit.

Now that I look at it, the exercise itself didn´t say whether the professor or a 3rd party was answering. I guess the two correct answers then would be much as you wrote.

Ella ya nos lo enseño.

Or, if the professor was answering --

Ya se lo enseñé.

Does that sound right?

Thanks again.

I wish I was good enough to help others as much as you all help me.

Ya se lo enseñé (for one person for example: a uno de los estudiantes, one of the students / Ya se los enseñe (for a group of people for example: a los estudiantes). Aw thanks, I'm glad to help! - aileribel, Dec 12, 2012

Awww, thank -You- - rogspax, Dec 12, 2012