La Palabra Del Dia: "lejos"

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lejos ( leh'-hohs )

adverb ( far (away) )

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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. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. 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.
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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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Please encourage everyone with a vote.

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1. A su mamá no le gusta que viva tan lejos.

Her mom doesn't like that she lives so far away.

2. El restaurante no queda muy lejos de aquí.

The restaurant isn't very far from here.
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Is the cat going up the stairs or down the stairs?

I believe the cat is going up the stairs - jemamu, Apr 11, 2015

Hola amigas. - ian-hill, Apr 11, 2015

If I look at its tail it is going down - if I look at its head it is going up. :) - - ian-hill, Apr 11, 2015

I can't make up my mind. lol - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

I can't make head or tail of it rofl - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

but I would say the cat is climbing the stairs! - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

Rofl Feliz. jejejeje - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

only JRaider "crazy cats" knows - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

Hola amigos , I think that cats 'bound' upstairs but walk down , it is coming down. - ray76, Apr 12, 2015

Lol true, Missy. ♥ - rac1, Apr 12, 2015

Hola Ray..good point. :) - rac1, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 1

Todos estamos muy lejos de ser perfectos.

We're all far from being perfect.

Oh yes, how true. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Answer 2

La casa está más lejos de lo que pensaba.

The house is farther then what I thought.

Way up there all by itself. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

I'm right now getting confused about whether it should be "then" or "than". And I should know this because I'm fluent in English. Oh, well :( - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

You're right, Missy, it should be "than".. :) - rac1, Apr 12, 2015

"The house is further than I thought" Great job jemamu, we all get these wrong . - ray76, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 3

Este es mi lugar favorito para visitar. Si no estuviera tan lejos, iría allí más a menudo.

This is my favorite place to visit. If it wasn't so far away, I'd go there more often.

Jim, I would say that you don't really need the personal pronoun 'yo' in your sentence because voy can only 'I' go - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

Si no estuviera tan lejos, iría allí más frecuentamente/ más a menudo - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

You need to use the conditional indicative: iría together with the imperfect subjunctive: estuviera. I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

correction above: voy can only mean 'I' go - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

You could also use con más frecuencia :) - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

Thank you Feliz77, I was stuck on "word for word" translating in my original post. - jim5489, Apr 11, 2015

Small typo: "I'd"... :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

A mí me gusta. - Daniela2041, Apr 11, 2015

You are welcome Jim, I love helping people with their languages, especially Spanish ;) - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

nice picture to go along with the sentences - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 4

Dios nunca está lejos de nosotros. La Biblia dice que Dios es "un amigo más unido que un hermano." (Prov. 18:24 Reina-Valera Revisada )

God is never far from us. The Bible says that God is a "friend that sticketh closer than a brother." (Prov. 18.24 KJV) ( I liketh the sticketh part )

A little note for English learners, sticketh is bible English, it is archaic and would be sticks in normal English. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 11, 2015

Yes, he is. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

There is no Spanish word that translates sticketh, is there? :) - jim5489, Apr 11, 2015

And "liketh" really doesn't agree with "I" . I'm just having fun. ♥ - Daniela2041, Apr 11, 2015

@Jim "pegar" is one word, "pegadura" is glue. - Daniela2041, Apr 11, 2015

sticketh...jeje. I love it when you talk in Bible; better than your attempts at speaking Scottish. - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

Yes, it is called "Old English" ..jeje - rac1, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 5

Fue hace mucho y estaba lejos.

It was long ago and far away.

How old is that car? - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

68 Camaro: ) - Ranman, Apr 11, 2015

Is this your car, bro? - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

...fue hace mucho y... :) - Pablo064, Apr 12, 2015

Thanks tiempo: ) - Ranman, Apr 13, 2015

Answer 6

Hay un dicho: Lejos de ojos , lejos de corazón, pero podemos discutir eso , porque hay gente que olvida su amor de repente y hay quienes guardan su amor a pesar de distancia.

There is a saying: far from eye, far from heart, but we can discuss that, because there are people who forget their love suddenly and there are those who keep their love despite the distance.

Out of site, out of mind. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

...y hay quienes guardan su amor a pesar de la distancia,,, :) - Pablo064, Apr 12, 2015

Gracias Tiempo de estar, eres mi hada bondadosa - porcupine7, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 7

Desde lejos parece más pequeño.

From a distance, it looks smaller.

Me saludó de lejos.

She waved to me from a long way off.

Hola Ian. xo - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Hola princesa xx - ian-hill, Apr 11, 2015

:) - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 8

They were as far apart as the heavens from the earth.

Tan lejos estaban el uno del otro, como el cielo de la tierra.

Before of corrections: As far away were one of the other, as heaven and earth.

"We're as far apart as heaven and earth" or "We are as far away from each other as heaven is from earth." Would sound more natural. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

"They were as far apart (from each other) as the heavens from the earth." Para proporcionar otra opción- lo que está dentro de los paréntesis no es necesario. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 11, 2015

Thank you very much to both. - crucesignatus, Apr 11, 2015

De nada, amigo. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Answer 9

¡Lo sé por experiencia propia que puede ser muy dificil mantener una relación romántica con otra persona cuando los dos* de ustedes viven muy lejos de la persona que aman! ¡Tenia relación romántica con una jovencita Brasileira!

traducción alternativa*: o cuando ambas* personas viven/están viviendo lejos de la persona que aman.

I know from my own experience that it can be very difficult to keep a romantic relationship going (to maintain one) with another person when you are both living far from the person you love! I used to have a romantic relationship with a young Brazilian girl!

Corrijan mi español si necesario, por favor

Sorry that didn't work out, Feliz. - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Yes, I was sorry /sad about that Rac Thank you :) However, at least I learnt how to speak Brazilian Portuguese :) - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

but I am far from fluent lol - FELIZ77, Apr 11, 2015

nothing wrong with putting request for corrections with your posts but aren't we supposed to do that for each other anyway? This is a learning site, after all. - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

I wouldn't use 'los dos de ustedes' your alternative correction is better 'cuando ambos viven muy' :) - Pablo064, Apr 12, 2015

Muchas gracias, a tiempo ...voy a hacer las correcciones más tarde :) - FELIZ77, Apr 12, 2015

Yes, tipo but my request for corrections is directed towards native speakers in particular, to show an openess to being corrected, which is why I have written the request in Spanish! lol :) - FELIZ77, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 10

España está muy lejos de Australia pero he reservado un pasaje para volar allí en mayo. Tardará mucho tiempo , veintecuatro horas. Espero que pueda dormir en el avión.

Spain is very far from Australia but I have booked a ticket to fly there in May. It will take a long time, twenty-four hours. I hope that I will be able to sleep on the plane.

lol, the best positions for sleep on the plane! - crucesignatus, Apr 11, 2015

You must write: veinticuatro... que pueda... ("pueda" is subjunctive). Good work mate! - crucesignatus, Apr 11, 2015

Gracias falco - jennysk, Apr 12, 2015

Hopefully you will have a chance to stretch your legs. :) - rac1, Apr 12, 2015

You are very welcome Jennysk! - crucesignatus, Apr 13, 2015

We are going inAugust Jenny , I am going in four stages with 'Royal Brunie' I did the long haul last year and did not like it . Best of luck and have a ball I am sure that you will it is an amazing place , if you are like me you will not want to return - ray76, Apr 13, 2015

Answer 11

Vivimos lejos entre nosotros, pero nos comunicamos cada día.

We live far apart, but we communicate every day.

¿Puedo decirlo como esto?

Like right now...Hi amigo. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

I live far from friends in Smurf Village, but it's no problem because I can talk to my plush Smurfs :) - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 12

Sueño con estar lejos de aquí, en una playa al lado del Mar Caribe, sentado bajo de una palmera con una bebida en la mano. ¡Espera un momento! Dentro de una semana, sí, estaré allí.

I am dreaming of being far from here, in a beach beside the Caribbean Sea, sitting beneath a palm tree with a drink in my hand. Wait a moment! Inside a week, that will be me.

Suggestions as to how better to translate "that will be me" are welcome. ;) - bosquederoble, Apr 11, 2015

How wonderful! You recently returned from a vacation. - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

It does always seem that way. That one was by the Pacific though (Hawaii). Totally different experience. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 11, 2015

Yes...I'm happy for you and your family to get to go. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Thanks, one of my sisters and her husband are meeting us there, my brother and his wife were going to also, but had to cancel due to very serious illness in his mother-in-law. My brother lives just north of Mobile- I don't get to see him much. :( - bosquederoble, Apr 11, 2015

wow - Sassette, Apr 12, 2015

We do some of our morning walks along that beach, sometimes we head the other way. :) - bosquederoble, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 13

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

I can hear the music. :) - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Answer 14

"Mi amor, lejos de tus abrazos y tus besos, me siento triste."

"My love, far from your hugs and your kisses, I feel sad."

Awwww ♥ - rac1, Apr 11, 2015

Ditto the Awwwww♥ You know how to reach the girls. - Daniela2041, Apr 12, 2015

Answer 15

¿Por qué vives tan lejos?

Why do you live so far away?

Muy triste. - rac1, Apr 13, 2015