What is wrong with this sentence? "Mi hermano vive lejos desde aquí."

Question

My son is studying prepositions in school. The problem says the sentences have errors, write them in correct form. The sentence is "Mi hermano vive lejos desde aquí". What is wrong, and how can it be written correctly?

Answer 1

de en lugar de desde

y tal vez acá en lugar de aquí pero es correcto

:) I would use aquí rather than acá but I prefer Europeam Spanish - FELIZ77, May 14, 2014

Síp, ven aquí, Él está allí, Is definitely more broadly used in Spain versus the word acá. Either or works for me. I use both. If I am talking about the general area I use "acá", specific place "aquí". In general, I like all forms of Spanish. - jphip, May 14, 2014

Here is one of the best political discourses that I have heard, and he is from Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmmJva1NJ7k - jphip, May 15, 2014

I am not necessarily for or against his politics. I just think it is a great speech. - jphip hace 11 minutos - jphip, May 15, 2014

I thought "de" also, but it seemed to just replace one preposition for another. I'm not sure what is wrong with "desde". Wouldn't it translate the same? - smarbach, May 15, 2014

In this case only "de" sounds correct. Take a look and the following link for a more indepth comparison between the two (copy + paste): http://spanish.about.com/od/prepositions/a/de_vs_desde.htm - jphip, May 15, 2014

There are times where they are synonymous I must add. - jphip, May 15, 2014

Thanks :) - smarbach, May 15, 2014

Answer 2

Mi hermano vive lejos desde aquí."

It should be written as: Mi hermano vive lejos de aquí = My brother lives far from here.

: ) - jphip, May 14, 2014

Do you know what is wrong with "desde"? It seems to translate the same. He has several to correct. He will ask in class tomorrow, but I'm not sure he will be able to explain it to me (he's 10) - smarbach, May 15, 2014

Smart, these words are used in different ways Desde is used differently from the word de :) Please see my newer post ) - FELIZ77, May 15, 2014

Answer 3

Hello smarbach,

Desde is used to mean:

A.Since

ex: We've been here since last month = Estamos aquí desde el mes pasado.

Pregunta: ¿Desde cuándo trabajas aquí? = How long have you been working here?

Contesta: Llevo trabajando aquí cinco años = I've been working here five years.

No los veo desde hace meses = I haven't seen them for months.

B.From:

Les mandé una postal desde Dublin = I sent them a postcard from Dublin

Desde mi punto de vista = From my point of view.

desde ......hasta = from .................. to

Desde la página 12 hasta la 20 =From page until/up to/ as far as page 20

C. From

Blusas de 12 euros = Blouses from 12 Euros.

Desde el director hasta el último empleado de la compañía =From the director to the lowest employee in the company.

This should give you some idea of how the word desde is used

De would be used like this:

Es de España = He is from Spain.

I hope this helps

All examples except the last one, courtesy of the Oxford Spanish Dictionary (4th edn)

Thanks. Definitely helps! - smarbach, May 15, 2014