La Palabra del Día: "simple"
simple ( seem'-pleh )
adjective ( simple, mere )
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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. Es un simple favor, no entiendo cuál es el problema con prestarme tu carro.
It's a simple favor, I don't understand what the big issue is with lending me your car.
2. ¡Ojalá y la vida fuera más simple y menos complicada!
If only life were simpler and less complicated!
18 Answers
Se dice que Mozart es muy simple para los niños y muy difícil para los adultos.
It is said that Mozart is too simple for children and too difficult for adults.
The answer is really quite simple.
La respuesta es realmente bastante simple.
Con una simple mirada, Mario sabía que Valentina lo amaba.
With a simple glance, Mario knew that Valentina loved him.
No tengo la facilidad para construir una frase compleja,así que construiré una simple. I don't have the ability to construct a complex sentence,thus a simple sentence.
Mi regla para mis hijos es simple, haces lo que digo, no lo que hago.
My rule for my children is simple, do what I say, not what I do.
Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated. (Confucius).
La vida es realmente simple, pero los hombres insisten en hacerla complicada.
Sometimes the directions in a 'how-to" booklet say that it will be simple to assemble, but it ends up being very hard.
Algunas veces, las instrucciones direcciones en un manual
folleto de hacer dicen que será simple para fácil ensamblarlo, pero termina siendo muy difícil.
Algunas de los inventos mejores comenzaron como una idea simple.
Some of the best inventions started as a simple idea.
Tantas palabras son iguales en español e inglés que debería ser simple para mí aprender español. ¡Pero el problema es que hay tantas otras palabras!
So many words are the same in Spanish and English that it should be simple for me to learn Spanish. But the problem is there are so many other words!
Cuando habla su idioma nativo parece tan simple. Pero, cuando se trata de un nuevo idioma parece muy complicado. When you speak your native language it seems so simple. But when you try a new language it seems very complicated.
Como simple agricultora, que ni soy una potencial profesora ni estudio español en ningún curso, no entiendo por qué sigo escribiendo estas frases.
As a mere farmer, being neiher a potential teacher nor studying any particular course in Spanish, I don't understand why I keep writing these sentences.
¡Todo deberia hacerse lo más simple posible, pero no más simple!
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler !
The simpler the girl is, the more beautiful she will be. Right, gentlemen? 
Es el más simple de la niña, ella será más hermoso. Correcto, el caballero?
Un cohombro es una forma simple de la vida, sin embargo los encuentro muy fascinantes.
A sea cucumber is a simple form of life, but I find them very fascinating.
Vivir rodeado de mobiliario simple es suficiente siempre que tu familia esté cerca de ti.
Living surrounded by simple furnishings is enough as long as your family is near you.
