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What's wrong with the sentence?

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Me gusta oír los perros comen.

Tú es inteligente.

Mi vida es muy divertido y gran.

Thanks.

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updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by stepfanng
Could you post your attempt please? :) - NikkiLR, Feb 26, 2014
Possibly the examples given were their answers that had been marked wrong somewhere but they weren't sure where they'd gone wrong? ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Feb 26, 2014
That could be possible. That is why the poster always need to provide context. - NikkiLR, Feb 26, 2014

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  1. Since the noun in this sentence is plural, the verb would be 'gustan' and not 'gusta'.

  2. The verb 'ser', like any other spanish verb, changes with the subject. The verb would then turn to the 'tu' form and therefore be 'eres' instead of 'es'.

  3. Since 'Mi' seems to be a woman according to the feminine form of 'vida', divertido must be changed to the feminine form as well. (Because 'gran' doesn't have a defined gender it's fine the way it is.)

  • Answers:

Me gustan oír los perros comen. ( I like to listen to my dogs eat.... )

Tú eres inteligente.

Mi vida es muy divertida y gran.

updated Feb 26, 2014
posted by baysofblue
Nice answer... :) Just one thing... Next time please do not give out answers unless the poster has posted their own attempt first. We have scrict rules about that. Thanks! - NikkiLR, Feb 26, 2014
You can find the link on the main page of the forum. :) - NikkiLR, Feb 26, 2014
Great effort Bays of Blue, I can't quite agree with everything you have there so I've posted some suggestions below, all the best, keep up the good work! :) - Kiwi-Girl, Feb 26, 2014
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baysofblue

Since the noun in this sentence is plural, the verb would be 'gustan' and not 'gusta'.

That doesn't quite work as it's not 'the dogs' that are pleasing but rather 'hearing' which is singular.

Instead try, ... Me gusta oír a los perros comer.

The verb 'ser', like any other spanish verb, changes with the subject. The verb would then turn to the 'tu' form and therefore be 'eres' instead of 'es'.

Perfecto

Since 'Mi' seems to be a woman according to the feminine form of 'vida', divertido must be changed to the feminine form as well. (Because 'gran' doesn't have a defined gender it's fine the way it is.)

On the right track but not quite.

'Vida' (life) is feminine so when you use an adjective to describe life you need to use a feminine one - divertida.

Mi vida es divertida ....

Also, if 'grande' were to go before any singular noun it would be shortened to 'gran' but in this case it would need to be 'grande'.

..... y grande.

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by Kiwi-Girl
:) - ian-hill, Feb 26, 2014
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Me gusta oír los perros comen

You can say: me gusta oír a los perros comer / me gusta oír cómo los perros comen. It depends what you exactly want to mean. It's gusta and not gustan because the subject is "oír a los perros comer" what is singular.

The verb "gustar" in Spanish requires use of the indirect object (OI) pronoun and the subject is different to the English sentence. For example:

You like dogs. You: subject Dogs: Direct object

But in Spanish we say: Te gustan los perros Los perros: subject Te: OI

Tú es inteligente Tú eres inteligente. "ES" is the third person (he/she/it is) but in this sentence the subject is "Tú" so you need to conjugate corretly the verb.

Mi vida es divertido y gran Vida is femenine so "divertida". Adjectives are femenine,masculine,singular or plural depending on the noun. Grande. We use gran when this adjective is before the noun but we use grande when is after the noun.

La casa grande / La gran casa The big house

But be careful because sometimes the meaning changes. If you say

Peter es un gran hombre,means Peter is a good person Peter es un hombre grande, means Peter is a big man (I mean size, he is very tall or very fat...)

I hope this can help you!

More Spanish tips in: www.spanishskype.org

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by SpanishSkypeorg
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Sorry baysofblue but you are wrong. "Me gusta oir a los perros" is the right sentence, because "Me gusta oir" is talking about yourself not about the dogs only, is something you like to do... If you want to use gustan the sentence should be "Me gustan los perros", but not talking about hear them. Then you are totally right.

And now to stepfanng: The sentence right is: "Me gusta oir a los perros cuando comen". or "Me gusta oir a los perros comer". I need to know the sentences in English to know what do you want to mean.

The other ones are: "Tú eres inteligente" Here is a trick to learn the diference between ser (es) or estar. to be The verb "Ser" is what you are and can't be changed. at least easily. smile You are a girl or a boy, handsome/ugly (physically), smart,... And the verb "Estar" is what is happening to you now or what you are doing but it can change. Tired, ugly(when you look tired or have a hit in your face, something you can change later), full of food, walking, sitted...

The last one: "Mi vida es muy divertida y grande." "Divertida" with "a" because "vida" is feminine gender also.

I hope it helps you.

Javier

updated Feb 26, 2014
posted by Javier_Spain
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es should be eres

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by Rey_Mysterio