La Palabra del Día: "normal"
normal ( nohr-mahl' )
adjective ( normal, usual, regular )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
1. No es normal que haga tanto calor en Diciembre, ¿será el calentamiento global?
It's not normal for it to be so hot in December, could it be global warming?
2. Trabajando día y noche en la cosecha de las uvas y la producción de vino, Ramón comenzó a sentirse más normal. Ya no pensaba tanto en Claudia ni en lo que pudiera haber sido.
Working day and night on harvesting the grapes and making wine, Ramón began to feel more normal. He no longer thought of Claudia that often nor of what could have been.
Notes:
The 2nd example sentence is part of our special new Word of the Day "novela" series. Check it out from the beginning on December 1 and stay tuned tomorrow for the next chapter!
19 Answers
Las Escuelas Normales son institutos o universidades para entrenar maestros.
Normal Schools are institutions or universities to train school teachers.
Nadie en el mundo es normal , excepto y yo usted , pero no estoy tan seguro de usted.
Nobody in the world is normal, except you and me , but I am not so sure of you.
¡Por supuesto, yo soy normal! Todos los demás son extraños.
Of course I'm normal! All the others are strange.
Situations or behaviour, that is normal in some countries, can be considerated as inappropriate in other countries.
Situaciones o comportamientos, que son normales en algunos países, pueden ser considerados inadecuados en otros países.
En mi país hay este refrán "Compórtate en forma normal y ya estarás comportándote en forma extraña."
In my country there's this saying "Behave normal and you're alreading behaving weird enough".
Ya sé que llorando durante funerales es bastante normal, pero siempre llevo gafas del sol para esconder mis lágrimas.
With Franco's corrections: Ya sé que llorar en los funerales es bastante normal, pero siempre llevo gafas del sol para esconder mis lágrimas.
I know that crying at funerals is quite normal, but I always wear sunglasses to hide my tears.
María era una mujer normal y corriente. En cambio, su hermana, era un mujer fuera de serie.
Mary was just your normal, run of the mill woman. Her sister; however, was one in a million.
¡Normal es solo un ciclo en la lavadora!
Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine! (Whoopee Goldberg)
¡Pero la lavadora no es siempre normal! But the washing machine is not always normal! (me)
En Portland, Oregon, es normal ver a una persona montada en bicicleta en la lluvia.
In Portland, Oregon, it is normal to see a person riding her bike in the rain.
A veces no es fácil ver la diferencia entre lo que es normal y lo que es una locura
Sometimes it isn't easy to see the difference between what is normal and what is crazy .
Es normal ver a los gatitos y los patitos en un parque.
It is normal to see kittens and ducklings in a park.
The rate of normal IQ is between 90 y110 .
La tasa de IQ normal es entre 90 and110.
Creo que en verdad, ser normal es una ilusión, porque ¿quién decide lo que es 'normal' y lo que no?
I think that in reality, being normal is an illusion, because who decides what is 'normal' and what isn't?
No es normal quedar en casa los viernes por la noche
It´s not normal to stay at home on Friday evenings.
OK, I know the above is simple and uncreative, but it reminds me of something I´ve been wanting to learn. How does one correctly say -- On Friday nights. On Sunday mornings. On weekday evenings. ???
I know ¨On Fridays¨ is ¨los viernes¨ but I don´t know which part or parts are made plural in Spanish when you add a time of day, such as mornings-evenings-nights etc.
I´d love to have it explained.
Thanks.
Roger
They say that normal people are those people you haven't gotten to know very well yet.
Se dicen que las personas normales son las personas que no conoces muy bien todavía.
