Some basic questions please...

Question

I need help on a few vocab words and such please.

1.) Whats the best word for "this"?
2.) and "It"?
3.) what about "by"?
4.) Is "sus" his and "su" her?
5.) When asking a question like "Do you want to swim'" woud you say it like, "Quieres a nadar'" (which translates to "you want to swim".)
6.) I saw a sentence like "Vamos a un restaurante mexicano." I easy figured out what it meant, but what is the rule for sentence order in Spanish? Likewise sentences like. "Hoy celebramos los derechos humanos," and "Fue una fiesta muy buena."
7.) and the best words for, "me, my, and mine."

Sorry for asking so many questions! Thank you!

Answer 1

HI Sara, I should be deleting this thread but I have seen so many good answers...well,

Please read the [url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A329534]FAQ[/url] for the next posts.

Answer 2

...but what is the rule for sentence order in Spanish'

If you mean a rule for word order in a sentence, There is no fixed "rule" (nor is there in English). The most common word order (as with English) is SVO (i.e. subject - verb - object) but inversions are possible (and somewhat more common in Spanish).

Answer 3

Sara Beth said:

Ok, thank you. Identical, really? We go to a restaurant mexican, Today we celebrate the rights human, and It was a party very good? I'm probably just mistaken, my grammer is horrible.

They are identical, yes. Notice that while you have "his" and "her" for both men and women, you only have one "theirs", not a male theirs" and a female "theirs". Spanish only has one form in singular and plural.

Your sentences about the restaurant, the human rights and the party are all perfect.

Answer 4

Ok, thank you. Identical, really? We go to a restaurant mexican, Today we celebrate the rights human, and It was a party very good? I'm probably just mistaken, my grammer is horrible.

Answer 5

1) "Esta" for feminine, "este", for masculine, and "esto" when its name is unknown, and for things only.
2) "It" has too many uses in English, and therefore, too many translations in Spanish. You need to narrow your question.
3) "By" has several uses too. In Spanish it has at least 10 different translations.
4) There is no difference between "his" and "her" in Spanish. "Su" is "his/her" and "sus" is "theirs"
5) "¿Quieres nadar'". That "to" that you use in English for verbs (e.g. "to swim) is not used in Spanish.
6) The order of those sentences is identical to English.
7) "me" is normally "mí"; "my" is "mi"; "mine" is "mío".