La Palabra Del Dia: "ejército"
ejército ( eh-hehr'-see-toh )
noun ( army )
There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Los ejércitos de Alemania y la Unión Soviética pelearon en la Batalla de Stalingrado, en el cual murieron casi dos millones de personas.
The armies of Germany and the Soviet Union fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, in which nearly two million people died.
2. Un ejército de chihuahuas salvajes está aterrorizando un pequeño pueblo en Arizona.
An army of feral chihuahuas is terrorizing a small Arizona town.
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Prince William, Catherine, and Prince Harry at the Tower of London, touring through the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation that, by November 11, on Armistice Day, will represent the 888,246 fallen soldiers from the UK, Australia, and the Commonwealth, each life remembered with a poppy.
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Muchos niños sueñan con alistarse en el ejército porque quieren dejar sus casas y a sus mamas, pero la realidad es que en el ejército hay que hacer ejercisio a cualquier hora de día o noche, hay que mantenerse en superbuena forma y sobrevivir por una dieta muy pobre y poco saludable, y todo eso para tener trabajo matando a otra gente.
Many young boys dream of enlisting in the army because they want to leave home and leave their mummies, but in reality life in the army consist of doing exercises at any hour of day or night and keeping in tip-top shape whilst surviving on a very poor and unhealthy diet. And all this in order to work, killing other people.
Mi padre sirvió en el ejército de los Estados Unidos por más de cincuenta años, y poseyó cada rango del ejército, incluir Chief Warrant Officer y General.
My father served in the U.S. Army for more than fifty years, and held every possible rank, including Chief Warrant Officer and General.
(The top picture below shows him at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, on what may have been our front porch. The other was probably for a newspaper or Army newsletter. It says on the back "The Three who Run Fort Ritchie." That's Dad on the right. Maybe someone can help translate Chief Warrant Officer into Spanish?)
El pais de Liechtenstein no tiene un ejército.
The country of Liechtenstein does not have an army.
Cuando mi hermana tenía dieciocho años, mi madre la obligó a alistarse en el ejército, para separarla de su novio, quien había alistarse en la armada, y para causar que ella saliera de casa. Pero se mandaron los dos a bases cercanas la una a la otra, y mi hermana se fugó con su novio, quedó embarazada, y dejó el ejército.
When my sister was eighteen, my mother forced her to enlist in the army, in order to separate her from her boyfriend, who had enlisted in the navy, and to get her out of the house. But they sent them to bases that were near each other, and my sister eloped with her boyfriend, ended up pregnant, and left the army.
(This is not really my sister)
El ejército de Napoleón fue famoso y por muchos años fue casi invencible.
The army of Napoleon was famous and for many years was almost invincible.
Estaba en el ejército de los Estados Unidos por siete años. Era un paracaidista infantería.
I was in the US Army for seven years. I was an infantry paratrooper.
My father-in-law volunteered for the army during World War ii. He was rejected because of poor eyesight. Two weeks later he was drafted.
Mi suegro se ofreció como voluntario para el ejército durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Él fue rechazado a causa de problemas de visión. Dos semanas más tarde fue reclutado.
Traté de entrar en el ejército una vez pero me han rechazado. Supongo que era débil. Sin embargo, he tenido una carrera exitosa.
I tried to get into the army once but they rejected me. I guess I was weak. However, I have had a successful career.
Hombres jovenes se alistan en el ejército, pensando que va a estar una grande aventura. Desafortunademente, si hay una guerra, algunos de ellos serán asesinados, heridos o traumatizados. Los pobres soldados no tienen voz en la decisión de ir a la guerra, sino que pagan el precio.
Young men enlist in the army, thinking it will be a great adventure. Unfortunately, if there is a war, some of them will be killed, injured or traumatized. The poor soldiers have no say in the decision to go to war but they pay the price.
Él se quiere unir al ejército
He wants to join the ARMY.
