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También era atlética y yo no podí

Oh sorry, what i meant to type was También era atlética y yo no podía paraba corría alrededor (also i was athletic and could not stop running around). alos am i conjugating the verbs correctly Thanks

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Answer 1

También era atlética y yo no podía paraba corría alrededor (also i was athletic and could not stop running around)

I am a learner, a native might be able to fix it with less changes:

También (yo) era atlética y no podía dejar de correr por todas partes.

If you are going to use yo, use it with the first verb, not randomly in the middle. Dejar de is a nice way to say you quit doing things. You cannot conjugate three verbs in a row the way you did, note that I used two infinitives rather than conjugating the second two, one needed a connector of de- that is something that just has to be learned. Alrededor might be okay, but I like "por todas partes"= literally through all parts, idiomatically all around or everywhere.

no podía paraba corría sounds something like I could not was stopping was running.

Good call, Bosque, I would agree with your translation, not that I'm any kind of expert! ;)! :) - FELIZ77, Mar 9, 2017

Answer 2

Hello Stephanie,

Welcome to our SpanishDict community

Well done and thank you for making an attempt to write your sentence in Spanish! Please add the English translation so we can tell exactly what you were trying to say! This is important and I believe that even professional translators require a translation in the questioner's own native language to ensure as accurate a translation as possible, and we are not professional translators.

Were you trying / meaning to say: " also, she was (or, she used to be) an athlete and I could not be (was not able to be) ? = También, era una atleta y no podía ser

(un/una) atleta = (an) (masc/fem) athlete This is the person who is actually the athlete.

atlético /lética = athletic This is an adjective to describe the person's quality or characteristic

Please add your English translation to confirm whether I have understood your sentence correctly!

We look forward to reading your English translation

Update:

Your English sentence: (Also/besides) I was athletic and could not stop running around = (También/Además) Era atlética y no podía dejar de correr de todas partes. (o en todos lados)

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Answer 3

Oh sorry, what i meant to type was También era atlética y yo no podía paraba corría alrededor (also i was athletic and could not stop running around). alos am i conjugating the verbs correctly Thanks