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Hi everyone! I wrote this composition for my Spanish class--my professor asked us to describe our daily routine. I've read through it a few times, but it always helps for someone to read over it too! I'm just hoping everything makes sense raspberry

Durante la semana, me despierto a las siete. Sin embargo, no me levanto hasta las siete y media. Me molesta levantarme temprano, pero tengo mucho que hacer. Primero, voy al gimnasio. Entonces, me ducho. Después, me lavo la cara y me peino. Yo desayuno, luego cepillarme los dientes y marquillarme. Voy a la universidad a las dos de la tarde, porque mi primera clase es a las dos y veinte. Después de mis clases, regreso a mi apartamento para almorzar con mis compañeras de cuarto. Hablamos un rato, luego voy a mi cuarto y hago mi tarea. A veces me preocupan mis clases, porque son difíciles este semester. Sin embargo, estudio bien. Para relajarme, escucho música o veo un programa de television favorito. También me gusta escribir en mi diario. Después de cenar, practico tocar la guitarra. Me acuesto a las diez y media por la noche y por último, me duermo a las once. Generalmente, me acuesto a la una por la mañana los fines de semana.

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updated Mar 26, 2017
posted by kennak

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no me levanto sino hasta las siete y media.

luego me cepillo los dientes y me maquillo.

son difíciles este semestre.

veo un buen programa de televisión. Veo mi programa de televisión favorito.

Me acuesto a las diez y media de la noche

me acuesto a la una de la mañana

updated Mar 27, 2017
posted by 003d2d9c
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Very nice. I'm not positive but I think you should use "de la noche" and "de la mañana" in last two sentences because you state a specific time. I pretty sure about this, if you were talking about one specific time on one specific day. Maybe because you are talking about every weekday in one case and every weekend night in the other, this makes it sort of general again and you would you por. dunno smile

I generally see por la manana more with a meaning of during or anytime in the morning...i.e. I like to take a walk in the morning. When a specific time is mentioned then de la mañana.

I checked context.reverso.net and I got 103 exact matches for "diez de la noche" and 0 for "diez por la noche" I also checked "me acuesto a las" and they used "de la noche" even when they said normalmente or something similar. So I guess I'm pretty sure now it should be "de" and not "por" smile

updated Mar 26, 2017
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
You're totally correct. She had it right with "dos de la tarde." I just missed the "por la noche and por la mañana." Thanks, "Hawkeye." :) - Daniela2041, Mar 25, 2017
Thank you, Ken!! You're awesome for spotting that. I didn't understand what the difference was before but it's clearer now. :) - kennak, Mar 26, 2017
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Yo desayuno, luego cepillarme los dientes y marquillarme.

Desayuno is OK but then you need to conjugate the following verbs. Me cepillo los dientes y me maquillo.

The only other think I can find is "televisión" is missing an accent mark.

¡Bien hecho! smile

P. S. Are you using "Panorama"? This exercise uses vocabulary and grammar right from chapter 7.

updated Mar 26, 2017
posted by Daniela2041
The textbook we're using in my class is "Vistas"--the vocabulary and grammar is from chapter 7 :) - kennak, Mar 26, 2017