Giving someone else's opinion

Question

My teacher had advised me to attempt to give another person's opinion about why they would think holidays are important to them. Since this is my first time doing this I thought I would check on the correct way to conjugate or phrase other people's opinions but a few searches only yield how spanish people think about brexit, which is rather unfortunate. What I'm trying to say is:

"My mother thinks that when she is on her holidays, she has the time to live life at a slower pace, therefore she can have fun on the beach or in the alps with her family."

I'm trying to stay away from translators altogether because I know how inaccurate they can be.

So far, I have come up with this:

"Mi madre piensa que mientras estás en su vacaciones, tiene el hora para vivir en un ritmo lento, por lo tanto su puede tener diversión en la playa o en los alpes con su familia."

The main thing I'm concerned about is the conjugation of verbs and also the use of ritmo lento - is this the correct phrase for "slow pace" or "slower pace", and did I miss any accents? In other words, I need help proofreading this sentence since my teacher isn't available. If you have any corrections it would be nice if you explained why they are as such so I can learn from my mistakes.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to SpanishDict. Please take a moment and complete your SD profile as it relates to language. Thanks. - rac1, Jul 31, 2016

I have added the relevant information, thanks for informing me. - NdMSnIpEz, Jul 31, 2016

Thank you for completing your profile ,that is worth a vote from me. - ray76, Jul 31, 2016

A vote from me too. - ian-hill, Jul 31, 2016

A vote for completing your profile and also for framing your question well. - AnnRon, Jul 31, 2016

Answer 1

Mi madre piensa que mientras estás de vacaciones, tienes tiempo para vivir a un ritmo lento, por lo tanto puedes tener diversión en la playa o en los alpes con tu familia.

You could also use subjunctive for estar if you want a nuance of slightly less factual.

Tú is often used to mean "you in general", but in this case all related verbs should be conjugated the same way.

"Puedes tener diversón" is OK but "te puedes divertir" sounds more natural.

Thanks for the help! I would like to know how exactly tú relates to my mother in this situation, I find it a little confusing how "you" becomes "she". - NdMSnIpEz, Jul 31, 2016

It is slightly different to your English with tu it is similar to one or a general you ie she thinks you should and is including herself. - Mardle, Jul 31, 2016

If you want this to be about her only (not her opinion using "you in general"), just conjugate all verbs in 3rd person singular *ella* including "estar" - 005faa61, Aug 1, 2016

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum. Are you year 11 from September eg GCSE in June or have you just finished exams and are hoping to start A levels? I have a relative who took her GCSE in June and will start her A level in Sept ember.

I am only asking to see what structures you are using. For example I remember lessons on reported speech but expressing opinions and giving advice is working out when to use indicative and when subjunctive. When I took my GCSE some time ago we did not learn the subjunctive although we did learn commands. Estás is tu form but your English uses third person. Holidays is usually De vacaciones. You don't need su before puede and diveritirse is better for to have fun.

I hope a native speaker will give you better corrections.

Buena suerte.

I am starting year 11 in September, for clarification I have adjusted my profile to highlight this. Thanks for the corrections, I will be sure to use them in the final write up. - NdMSnIpEz, Jul 31, 2016

I was thinking the same thing about divertirse, Mardle :) - FELIZ77, Jul 31, 2016