Help proofread my first presentation (Spanish 1A)
Hi,
I have to speak for one minute about a family member. Here is the guidelines:
Introduce yourself
Show the class a picture of your family member
Say who it is, how old they are, where they are from, where they live, what they are like, and what they like to do in their free time
Below is what I have come up with based on what we've learned in class so far. My main concern is that it sounds so repetitive with "el es", "es", and "mi hermano". Is there any way to properly fix this? Any other corrections or suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated!
Hola, me llamo Annabelle. Está es una fotografía de mi hermano Daniel. Tiene veintiocho años. El es estadounidense. El vive en Oakland. Mi hermano es alto y grande. El es moreno y muy guapo. Es inteligente y simpático. My hermano muy trabajador. En Su tiempo libre le gusta leer libros y esuchar musica.
1 Answer
When you want to say "here is" you need to use "aquí está". You said "está es" which is incorrect because you are using two different conjugated verbs (ser and estar) in Spanish which are forms of "to be" in English. The Spanish word "el" without a tilde means "the". When it has a tilde (él), it is a subject pronoun meaning "he". You have three errors regarding the use of "el" and "él".
Watch out for accidentally using English forms of words when you are writing in Spanish, such as using "is" for "es", and "my" for "mi". You made one of these two mistakes.
In your last sentence you have one word which you unnecessarily capitalized, you misspelled an infinitive form of a verb, and you omitted a tilde over a noun.
I think you did a pretty good job given that you are just beginning to learn Spanish.
Good luck with your presentation! And, welcome to Spanish Dict!
