Picture of the day: Adiós.

Question

Hello Everybody! Welcome to the Picture of the Day! This is a game where you can all practice your Spanish and English, but still have fun at the same time! Post your comments/titles/captions to this picture (both in Spanish and English) and vote for the responses you like. The best answer will be chosen soon on the basis of the answer I feel is the best, the fact that the person has corrected their post and possibly the number of votes. Pon tu comentario/ título/ pie de foto a esta im! agen (ambos en español y inglés) y vota por las respuestas que te gusten. La mejor respuesta será seleccionada cuando pueda, tanto por la cantidad de votos como por la corrección en el uso del idioma. Please, give everyone a chance and only post more or less one caption and no photos. Por favor, deja que todos tengan una oportunidad y pon más o menos una respuesta, sin fotos. . Please encourage everyone with a vote. . .Please help each other with your English/Spanish sentences. And above all, have fun.

Previous Picture of the day: Guided by birds.

and here is today's Picture of the day:

Happy and Blessed Sunday, amiga. :) - rac1, Jun 4, 2017

Happy and blessed Sunday, amiga. - Nickelbackfan1, Jun 4, 2017

Hi nick here is a big badge. - ray76, Jun 5, 2017

Hey Ray. Thanks mate. - Nickelbackfan1, Jun 5, 2017

Answer 1

The elephant used its trunk to bid farewell to the lady. El elefante usó su trompa para despedir a la mujer.

Answer 2

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen goodbye...

Adiós, hasta luego, nos vemos, hasta pronto....

Amber: I closed my eyes and heard you singing. Beautiful! ") - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

I did, too :) - FELIZ77, Jun 4, 2017

Awww thanks you two. :):) - rac1, Jun 5, 2017

Answer 3

Se dice que los elefantes son muy talentosos, y ahora aquí está, podemos verlo.

It is said that elephants are very talented, and now here it is, we can see it.

Answer 4

Pues bueno, pensaba que las lecciones de Duolingo no era realistas. Aparentemente, estaba equivocado. El elefante realmente dijo adíos a la mujer hermosa.

Well...I used to think that Duolingo's lessons were not realistic. Apparently I was wrong. The elephant really did say goodbye to the beautiful woman.

Interpreting body language can be tricky,, but it seems very clear here. :-) ... - Esteban_317, Jun 4, 2017

Estaban: what gave that away, the wave with the trunk or the ears? ¿o ambas cosas? - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

Answer 5

Los animales tienen más inteligencia de la que les damos crédito.

Animals have more intelligence than we give them credit for.

Answer 6

El elefante: ¡Adiós, adiós! La despedida es una pena tan dulce, que dijere diré adios hasta que sea mañana.

Elephant: Goodbye, goodbye! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say goodbye till it be morrow.

Shakespeare actually wrote "good night" not goodbye.

Matt: very interesting, we don't see the future subjunctive used much nowadays. Maybe in Shakespeare's time it was more common. :) - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

Ken, I accept and thank you for your correction. For the sake of argument though (I'm in over my head here), - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

note that Cervantes, a contemporary of Shakespeare, was known to use the future subjunctive. - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

https://everything2.com/user/quijote/writeups/Conjugating+verbs+in+Spanish - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

Conjugating+verbs+in+Spanish - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

Matt': it was just a sincere complement. ;) - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

"que diré" would go better here. There is no subjunctive trigger until you get to "hasta que" "sea" is OK. Future subjunctive would be "fuere" but as has been said, It's not used anymore. - Daniela2041, Jun 4, 2017

Oh. Oops. Thanks again, Ken :) - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

Thanks, Daniela - mattb1of6, Jun 4, 2017

Answer 7

Adiós, pequeña rubia... y no olvides volver y verme pronto.

Goodbye, little blonde... and don't forget to come back and see me soon.

Answer 8

El despidió adiós con ambos sus trompa y orejas.

He waved goodbye with both his trunk and his ears.

Note: I'm not sure about possessive pronouns with compound nouns. Should this be "su trompa y sus orejas"?

Kristin: Yes, I think you need sus orejas. Also, se despidió. (despedirse is used for this. Also, I don't think "both" is always translated into Spanish. In this case I would have omitted ambos. I could be wrong about this one. :) - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

I'll explain my current understanding of ambos and hopefully someone will either concur or set me straight :) Ambos can be used as pronoun For example, in a later phrase you could just use ambos to refer to the hands and the ears just like we can do in - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

English....and they were both big! Alternatively, you can use ambos as an adjective to refer to two things of the same type. Both hands, for example. When they things are different (trunk and ears) I don't think you can use ambos. - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

If you really wanted to emphasize "both" I think one way to do it in Spanish would be to use además which means "in addition" sus trompa y además sus orejas. - - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

Thanks, DilKen. I've never come across those rules for ambos before. - kristinmwmoore, Jun 5, 2017

Answer 9

¡Chau! Pero cuando vuelvas ¿me traes una bolsita de cacahuetes, eh?

Bye, But when you come back could you bring a bag of peanutes, hmmm?

Answer 10

Adiós, nunca voy a olvidarte.

Goodbye, I will never forget you.

Clever... - Esteban_317, Jun 4, 2017

Bosque: Did you consider using the formal future here. I'm not sure if they would use the informal future in Spain in a case like this. (isn't it usually reserved for plans in the near future?) What do you think? - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

From what I've read, however, use of the informal future tends to have a wider application in Latin America and I think it would probably be used this way in Mexico, for example. - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

I don't know, I think either could be used, but I think the informal future makes it more matter of fact, and the formal future allows a bit of doubt. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 4, 2017

Interesting, I don't think I ever heard that. Are you saying that you have learned this is a difference between the two in Spanish? What about English, given that you didn't say...I'm never going to forget you. - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

People will have all kinds of opinions, and they are fairly functionally interchangeable, but read the answers here: https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/319/ir-a-infinitive-vs-future-tense - bosquederoble, Jun 4, 2017

Thanks bosque. I read that. Talk about a lack of consensus! That doesn't matter too much to me right now. Just being aware of the possibilities that there can be a difference in nuance is interesting. Thanks again.. - DilKen, Jun 4, 2017

Where you would use the "gonna" (ir+a+inf.) tense in English, you use the same way in Spanish, Same with the future tense. But Spanish future has several additional uses. - Daniela2041, Jun 4, 2017

Answer 11

Adiós, fue bueno conocerte, no olvides escribirme.

Goodbye, it was good to meet you, do not forget to write to me.