Checking My Grammar...

Question

So in my spanish class we are watching this soap opera called "La Catrina" and i just need some help on the meaning in english of some phrases:

1) El Technologico de Monterrey es una universidad pero tambien es esto

2) Ka mujer que les gana a todos en un deporte

3) El lugar donde la gente so pone los trajes de bano

4) Las cosas viejas que un anticuario vende

5) El color do la casa do los Linares. Tambien es una bebida que casi siempre se toma caliente.

6) Una clase do animal acuatico. Felipe cree que maria nada como uno

And also...how do you say exchange students'?
THANK YOU!!!

Answer 1

Campeona Antiguedades Cafe Pez

Answer 2

Thank you for all your help

Answer 3

2) La mujer que les gana a todos en un deporte
The woman that beats everyone at a sport

3) El lugar donde la gente so pone los trajes de bano
The place where people put on their swimsuits. (vestuario)

6) Una clase do animal acuatico. Felipe cree que maria nada como uno
A type of aquatic animal. Phil thinks that Maria swims like one.

Answer 4

Okay, sounds good...

2) The women that wants to win at every sport

3) The place that people put on there swimsuits.
^is there something similar to a locker room in spanish?

6) (this one im not sure about because the copier kind of cut it off the words cree and como, the last letter i guessed on becuase i can only see part of it) The class of aquatic animals. Phil thinks that Maria something...i don't understand nada. I think it might be nadar conjugated'

Answer 5

Emily, rather than going back and forth like this, just translate all of the sentences here, and we can make corrections all at once.

Answer 6

For number five i think its...the color of the Linares' house. Also, its a drink that you almost always get hot'

Answer 7

Emily said:

Oh thats def not how i thought you said it. I don't really understand number four either....i thought las cosas meant "thing" and viejas meant "old person". So that doesn't make sense if there next to each other

"Cosas viejas" means "old things". "Viejas" can act as a noun as in "old women [hags]" and also as an adjective. Oops, I just saw James' post. He's right. "Viejas" can refer to women or feminine nouns in the plural form.

Answer 8

Viejas means old, and can refer to any feminine, plural noun, not just people. Cosas is a feminine, plural noun, so the two words mean "old things."

Answer 9

Oh thats def not how i thought you said it. I don't really understand number four either....i thought las cosas meant "thing" and viejas meant "old person". So that doesn't make sense if there next to each other

Answer 10

Emily said:

so im thinking that maybe #1 would mean that the "El Tecnologico do Monterrey" is a title for the university and its saying that that place is a university but its also this other thing (its for a crossword and you have to fill in the blank)....is that right?

Yes, that's right. See? Not so hard.

Thanks for changing the thread title, but in the future, try to include a few relevant words from your question. Also, you should have posted this to the Proofreading forum, which is for checking and editing translations. This forum is for asking questions like "how do you say exchange students'" The answer is estudiantes de intercambio.

Answer 11

so im thinking that maybe #1 would mean that the "El Tecnologico do Monterrey" is a title for the university and its saying that that place is a university but its also this other thing (its for a crossword and you have to fill in the blank)....is that right'

Answer 12

You would have to try much harder than that to offend me! The rule is for the benefit of students. If we do their homework, they won't learn anything.

Do your best translating the sentences, and we can offer corrections. But if you don't change your thread title, this thread will be deleted.

Answer 13

I apologize, i wasn't trying to get someone to do my homework for me. I need the meaning of those sentences so i can actually complete the assignment, the assignment isn't to figure out the meanings. And i have already done most of it i just needed some help with those. So I'm sorry if i offended you because you thought i was a rule breaker who is too lazy to do my homework.

Answer 14

There is a rule against doing homework for people here. Try it yourself, and ask specific questions. Also, you need to read the rules above about thread titles.