"Never play cards with a man named Doc";Translation exercise ;All Levels.
Nunca juego cartas con un hombre se llama Doc.
Nunca comer en un lugar llama mamás.
Nunca estar demasiado amistoso con una mujer
cuyos problemas son peores que la tuya.
Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Moms
Never be too friendly with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
Nelson Algren
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Please correct my sentence
A little American folklore to have fun with
Please note the word" friendly" is arbitrary.
Be adventurous ,I am constrained by convention.
3 Answers
I think these sentences call for the subjunctive if I understand them correctly in English.
- Nunca juegues a las cartas con un hombre que se llame Doc.
- Nunca comas en un lugar que se llame Madres.
- Nunca seas amistoso con una mujer cuyos problemas sean peores que los tuyos.
And never eat in a place called Ma's.
Y nunca comer en un lugar llamado Ma's.
You are pushing your luck when you do those things. Ma Barker's gang hide out was in my back yard in Florida. Doc Holliday he was a fierce gambling man. I think it means don't go farther than that or your luck might not hold out and you'll be in for it. Empuja su suerte cuando hace aquellas cosas. La cuadrilla de Ma Barker se esconde estaba en mi traspatio en Florida. Doc Holliday era un hombre de juego de azar feroz.
