G A M E. Descriptive writing and actions

Question

This game is to help us expand our vocabulary when it comes to describing actions.

How To Play:

Imagine that you're writing a novel and you need to describe your character or characters doing all sorts of actions.

State one action verb, in Spanish and English and write a short descriptive sentence using the verb.

If you're reading a Spanish book feel free to quote a phrase from the book, as forming these kind of action sentences are not always intuitive.

Feel free to add a picture.

If you're reading a book feel free to use examples that you come across in your book..

Eg. I'll start us off ....

Verb: codearse - to nudge

Sample phrase: Se codeaban. They nudged each other.

If we keep the sentences short and sweet that should help us to avoid grammatical errors so that we can just focus on just the actions and the verbs. This in turn should help us to remember them.

Fun! - --Mariana--, Mar 11, 2013

Great fun. - katydew, Mar 11, 2013

Nice to see you here girls :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

I was just wondering where you were lately. - katydew, Mar 11, 2013

in Nicaragua actually ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 1

Verb: Arrugar, to wrinkle, crease, to crumple up

Phrase: Arrugaron el periódico.

They crumpled up the newspaper.

Answer 2

verb caminar->walk

Phrase he walks to the cafe in order to meet him. él camina al Café para encontrarlo.

English: "He walks..." Español: "Él...al café para encontrarlo." - --Mariana--, Mar 11, 2013

thanks:) - aileia, Mar 11, 2013

Well done Aileia, remember to keep the phrases short and sweet. :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 3

I'm adding a verb link for beginners:

Spanish Verbs Link

kewl bananas thanks Katy :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 4

Go!, he shouted and everyone knew what he wanted.

Vaya!, Gritó y todo el mundo sabía lo que quería.

Shortest sentence in the English language :):) - ian-hill, Mar 11, 2013

lol - ok but remember that you're the author here, your sentence is to describe and action that your character or characters are doing or did :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 5

She sold and lit matches because she was poor and cold.

Ella vendió y encendió los fósforos, porque estaba pobre y fría.

Nice one Ian :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Hey where did that first sentence go? Lol. I liked vendía better as the occupation of selling was ongoing,not a one off completed action. :) - - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

- short and sweet is good for this game :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Kiwi - I could have wriiten "she froze to death" - but thought that would be a bit too strong. - ian-hill, Mar 11, 2013

You run into trouble when you add frío because you need to make sure the gender agrees and also you can't use ser so the 'era' won't cover the frío. But rather than having to worry about grammar, short little phrases will allow us to focus on one action. - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

so this one was perfect - Ella vendía fósforos porque era pobre. - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

oops - gracias KIwi - ian-hill, Mar 11, 2013

All good :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 6

Verb: sentarse, to sit down

Phrase: Se sentó en la cama.

He sat down on the bed.

Answer 7

Verb: llorar ? ? to cry
Phrase: they wept bitterly -- lloraron amargamente

Lloraron amargamente porque el helado se derritió en por el calor del sol.
They wept bitterly because the ice cream melted by the hot sun.

I need a ful sentence don't I. I'll be back with the sentence! - bandit51jd, Mar 11, 2013

No that's perfect, it keeps the focus on the verb, well done :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

:) - bandit51jd, Mar 11, 2013

Generally, we'd say "..por el calor..." (because of the sun, the sun is responsible for the melting). - --Mariana--, Mar 11, 2013

Don't worry about longer sentences Bandit, lloraron amargamente was perfect :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Gracias, Mariana y Kiwi! - bandit51jd, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 8

Integrarnos ha sido difícil.

Integrating ourselves has been difficult.

La danza de los Afro Peruanos. - katydew, Mar 11, 2013

Beautiful pic :) Nice to have you join in Katy, remember though that you are the author here, your sentence is to describe the action carried out by the character or characters in your novel. - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 9

Verb - Bailar - to dance

Phrase I want to dance all night.

Quiero bailar toda la noche.

thanks for joining in Rac :). Don't forget that you're the author describing a character or characters in your novel :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 11, 2013

Answer 10

Verb: bajar, to lower, take down , go down,

Phrase: Bajaron las escaleras.

They went down the stairs.

Answer 11

Verb: Interrumpir, to interrupt, cut off

Phrase: Interrumpieron su conversación.

They broke off their conversation.

Answer 12

Verb: Ruborizarse, to blush

Phrase: Se ruborizó.

He blushed

Answer 13

Verb: Entrar

to enter, go in

Phrase: Entraron por la puerta estrecha

They went in through the narrow door

Answer 14

Verb: volar; to fly

Phrase: Lós mármoles volaron.

The marbles flew.

Answer 15

Verb: lanzarse - to shoot

Phrase: se lanzaron - They shot marbles.