some everyday sentences

Question

Here are some things which I always say to my baby (etc.), and I would like to make sure they are correct. In general, I prefer to use standard Spanish, but if there is an unavoidable variation I prefer to know the Mexican usage (as that is what one is most likely to encounter here).

Let's change your clothes. / Vamos a cambiarte la ropa / el traje.
It's time to go. / Es la hora de salir.
You can't do that, you are too small. / No puedes hacer esto, eres demasiado pequeño.
Do not climb up on the couch, you will fall off. / No te subes al sofá, pues que vas a caer.
Play with your books, don´t play with Daddy´s books. / Juega con tus libros, no juegues con los de papá.
You do not need binkey, you are a big boy now. / No necesitas chupete, porque ya eres un niño grande.
Let´s see if the mail has come yet. / Vamos a ver si ya ha llegado el correo.

Answer 1

Hi Natasha. Just a couple of corrections:

Do not climb up on the couch, you will fall off. No te subas al sofá, pues te vas a caer.
It's time to go. / Es la hora de salir. This is not wrong, just a little odd. I would say "Es hora de irnos" o "es hora de partir"
The rest is perfect to me.

Answer 2

I did not write the complete saying to avoid problems. Go to: [url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A229712]http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A229712[/url] and scroll down to the 9th answer.

dandi said:

ahora entiendo, gracias.

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Answer 3

ahora entiendo, gracias.

Answer 4

Natasha said:

Guillermo said:

Heidita, I know what you say is correct, but I've used it the other way (with "la") all my life. Am I wrong?

Heidita said:

No necesitas chupete ..deja el chupete porque ya eres un niño grande...porque ya eres muy mayorVamos a cambiarte DE ropa

Guillermo, you are a well-educated native speaker, so why would you ask if you are wrong?

Eddy (in the UK) & we Americans are frequently coming up with things we say differently in the exchange on this forum, but that doesn't make him wrong or us wrong -- we're just from different countries. No, wait, I changed my mind. Clearly Eddy is wrong!!!!

Natasha has just left the building.

Answer 5

dandi said:

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what do you mean by moscas here?

Flies. Look [url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A229712]here[/url].

Answer 6

what do you mean by moscas here?

Guillermo said:

Como bien dijo Lazarus hace un tiempo. 3000 millones de moscas no pueden estar equivocadas.

Heidita said:

Mira guille:Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 49.200 de "cambiarse de ropa".Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 17.300 de "cambiarse la ropa".Yo siempre lo digo con de...se ve que muuuuchos otros también, jeje

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Answer 7

Como bien dijo Lazarus hace un tiempo. 3000 millones de moscas no pueden estar equivocadas.

Heidita said:

Mira guille:Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 49.200 de "cambiarse de ropa".Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 17.300 de "cambiarse la ropa".Yo siempre lo digo con de...se ve que muuuuchos otros también, jeje

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Answer 8

Guillermo said:

Heidita, I know what you say is correct, but I've used it the other way (with "la") all my life. Am I wrong?

Heidita said:

No necesitas chupete ..deja el chupete porque ya eres un niño grande...porque ya eres muy mayorVamos a cambiarte DE ropa

Guillermo, you are a well-educated native speaker, so why would you ask if you are wrong?

Eddy (in the UK) & we Americans are frequently coming up with things we say differently in the exchange on this forum, but that doesn't make him wrong or us wrong -- we're just from different countries. No, wait, I changed my mind. Clearly Eddy is wrong!!!!

Answer 9

Mira guille:

Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 49.200 de "cambiarse de ropa".

Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 17.300 de "cambiarse la ropa".

Yo siempre lo digo con de...se ve que muuuuchos otros también, jeje

Answer 10

Gus said:

You do not need binkey..... is the word binkey, your own invention or is it commonly used word? There is another name for that, but, I can't remember it now. OH! I just remembered, it is a "pacifier"

You're quite correct. Binky is a brand name (I mis-spelled it), but that's what we call it. You will hear other nicknames for a pacifier . . . passy, etc.

[url=http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp'id=prod392509&CATID=100372&skuid=sku392510&V=G&ec=frgl_610489&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=sku392510]Binky[/url]

Answer 11

You do not need binkey..... is the word binkey, your own invention or is it commonly used word? There is another name for that, but, I can't remember it now.
OH! I just remembered, it is a "pacifier"

Answer 12

Heidita, I know what you say is correct, but I've used it the other way (with "la") all my life. Am I wrong?

Heidita said:

No necesitas chupete ..deja el chupete porque ya eres un niño grande...porque ya eres muy mayorVamos a cambiarte DE ropa

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Answer 13

No necesitas chupete ..deja el chupete porque ya eres un niño grande...porque ya eres muy mayor

Vamos a cambiarte DE ropa

Answer 14

Guillermo said:

Hi Natasha. Just a couple of corrections:

Do not climb up on the couch, you will fall off. No te subas al sofá, pues te vas a caer.

It's time to go. / Es la hora de salir. This is not wrong, just a little odd. I would say "Es hora de irnos" o "es hora de partir"

The rest is perfect to me.

¡Gracias!