Turning one translation?

Question

How do I say "My daughter will turn one in October?"

Thanks!

Welcome to SpanishDict. Please complete your profile as it relates to language. Thanks. - rac1, Jul 22, 2014

Turn one what ? - ray76, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 1

Hello Nlav08

Welcome to the SpanishDct forum

Mi hija cumplirá uno este octubre = My daughter will turn one this October.

Later on, you might want to say She has just turned one. (1)

My daughter has just turned one.

Mi hija acaba de cumplir 1

Acaba de cumplir 1 = She has just turned one.

Acaba de cumplir (los) 2 (dos)

I hope this helps

Thank you! - nlav08, Jul 22, 2014

my friend Feliz, very good response but present indicative will sound more natural in this context (for a near future event) .. like in English .. my daughter turns one .. instead of will turn one .. just my opinion - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

but if I happen to talk about a more distant event like 2 or 3 or 4 years hence , then futuro de indicativo s - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

will be my choice .. for example .. tras cinco años mi hija cumplirá 6 años .. after 5 years my daughter will turn 6 - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

With all due respect the English is an incomplete sentence -"My daughter has turned one" -one what ? = One years old , does it make sense in Spanish? - ray76, Jul 23, 2014

yes Sir (Ray) in spanish it does because we are using a different verb cumplir which literally means tk complete or tl comply .. so the spanish sentence literally translated to English would mean .. my daughter completes 1 year thks october - 00b055e0, Jul 23, 2014

to*, this* .. - 00b055e0, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 2

Mi hija cumple un año este octubre ...

Birth day = cumple años. To turn certian age = cumplir ...xyz...años..

Thank you!! - nlav08, Jul 22, 2014

welcome - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

Good Jimmy but cumpleaños is one word :) - FELIZ77, Jul 22, 2014

ohh yes .. El cumpleaños .. hehe .. sorry .. my bad .. thats how we all learn by correcting each other .. I appreciate it amigo .. hehe - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

no hay de que, Jimmy :) - FELIZ77, Jul 22, 2014

Answer 3

Even though tenses are specific, the way they are used may not be specific. Both of the previously mentioned variants are correct, but the most common way to say this would be: Mi hija cumple un año en/este octubre.

We use cumplir because this indicates a certain number of years, months, etc. that someone has completed living. It obviously does not mean to turn, which I believe in English is idiomatic.

Absolutely, great answer :) - 00b055e0, Jul 23, 2014

Answer 4

Jimmy, I have just consulted two sources: Barron's 501 Spanish verbs and my native Spanish tutor's teaching PDF document on the future tense and they confirm that the future tense can be used in such circumstances...

The authors of Barron's 501 verbs 7th edition Christopher and Theodore Kendris state, when speaking about the future tense:

"Tense number 4 Futuro: In Spanish and English, the future tense is used to express an action or state of being that will take place at some time in the future: Examples 1. Lo haré = I shall do it / I will do it. Iremos al campo la semana que viene = We shall go to the country next week. / We will go to the country next week.

Additionally, I add an excerpt from my tutor's document about when (and how) to use the future indicative:

Uses: This tense is used to express future actions. Appears with temporary markers as tomorrow, next week, next, then, after year, etc. Ex: Mañana visitaré a mi abuela. (Tomorrow I will visit my grandmother.) El jueves iré a la piscina.(Thursday I will go to the swimming pool)

My teacher did not give the translations but I have added them for the benefit of people here who are learning Spanish.

I am not saying that you are necessarily wrong to use the present indicative, Jimmy, especially if a native here has recommended you to do so, but I am sure that you can see from all the examples given that the future can be used for tomorrow, next week, next month, in a few months time.

I hope this helps

I never said that the future can't be used there .. I just said it sounds more natural to use present indicative for events not too far forward in time .. grammatically both are correct - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

and it also depends a lot on the context .. for example in some cases the use of ir may sound more natural .. even though gramatically all the three options are equally correct .. - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

for example .. it would sound more natural to say .. te voy a llamar mañana instead of te llamaré mañana .. (both options are gramatically correct but the former sounds more natural) .. even in english it is gramatically correct to say "I will turn 35 thi - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

s this october .. but will you actually say so is the question .. quite unlikely ... you might rather keep it simple and say "I turn 35 this october" .. similarly .. mi hija cumple un año este octubre .. hehe .. - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

the information you have sourced and mentioned from the PDF and the yellow verb book (which I have read already) has no relivence to the sugestion I made .. seems you misunderstood my comment my friend ,, hehe .. your response is good (as I stated before - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014

Thank you, Jimmy Yes, I appreciate that the use of the present tense can sound more natural at times depending on the context :) - FELIZ77, Jul 22, 2014

I would actually say: i'm going to turn 35 etc... - FELIZ77, Jul 22, 2014

yes my friend .. that sounds good too .. depends hehe - 00b055e0, Jul 22, 2014