hace, hay, escritorios, and que hacer

Question

Ok so for my spanish class, I have to Know how to answer these questions about a picture of a classroom. I also would like to know what they mean! A little help please'!?

1. Que ensena la maestra?
2. Que hace la muchacha?
3. Que hay en los escritorios?
4. Que hay en la clase?
5. que tienen que hacer los muchacha para sacar buenas notas'

Answer 1

By the way,

¿Qué ensena la maestra? = What does the teacher hide in her breast?
¿Qué enseña la maestra? = What does the teacher teach?

I'd strongly advice that you type correctly.

...strongly advise .............. :) - ian-hill, Oct 3, 2011

Answer 2

Janice wrote:
Mr. James Santiago may have made the assumption that you are attending a girls' school.

No, I was just addressing the question to Marissa in particular.

Lazarus wrote:
Aaaarrrrgh! That stupid "advice" again! Why do I keep making the same mistake'

To show that you're human and make the rest of us feel better?

Answer 3

It might have something to do with the fact that the s in advise sounds like z, and the c in advice sounds like s. Or maybe you have become to Anglicized . . . this is definitely a native-speaker mistake!

lazarus1907 said:

Aaaarrrrgh! That stupid "advice" again! Why do I keep making the same mistake?

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Answer 4

We can't do your homework for you, Marissa. Try them yourself and then ask any specific questions you may have.

Hint:
¿Qué tienen que hacer las muchachas para sacar buenas notas?
Answer: Do their own homework.

Answer 5

1. What does the teacher teaches?
2. What does the girl do?
3. What is there in the desks?
4. What is there in the class?
5. What do the students have to do to get good grades'

Answer 6

Oh that is wonderful, Lazarus!!! I think that Marissa should translate it that way for her class. Of course her teacher might not agree that is it something "que tiene que hacer para sacar buenas notas"....

lazarus1907 said:

By the way,¿Qué ensena la maestra? = What does the teacher hide in her breast'¿Qué enseña la maestra? = What does the teacher teach'I'd strongly advice that you type correctly.

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Answer 7

Oh, there are a number of answers about how to use the keyboard and easily create the accent marks, etc.. I use a silly way just for fun and to help me pretend I am in some Spanish speaking country while learning. I "map" the keys on my laptop keyboard to the Spanish keyboard layout. I have a picture of the Spanish keyboard to help me find the letters I don't remember when I am touch typing. But if you search this forum, many people have suggested much easier ways. The question comes up often. I typed in the word "keyboard" and found some that there are some good answers here: [url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A326492]http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A326492[/url]

Answer 8

yes Janice. I did mean to write them the way you had spelled them out, I just did not know how to do thaat on my computer! thank you!

Answer 9

I think you need to write these sentences with the upside down question mark (that probably has a better name) and an accent mark over the "e" in all but one of the "que's" because all but one of them asks a question (I think that this the reason). Then the sentences would be:

¿Qué enseña la maestra?
¿Qué hace la muchacha?
¿Qué hay en los escritorios?
¿Qué hay en la clase?
¿Qué tienen que hacer los muchachos para sacar buenas notas?

Because your last sentence had "los", I think that you must write "muchachos" which is plural and thus agrees with the "los". You got that one right when you wrote "los escritorios"!!

One other little point: I have learned that if one is talking about both males and females, one uses the male form - thus the "los" and "muchachos". Mr. James Santiago may have made the assumption that you are attending a girls' school. Are you in beginning Spanish?

What a shame that you have to learn Spanish in school and cannot just go somewhere where people speak it and learn it the fun way!! In any case, buena suerte.

Answer 10

If the girl had been listening to a record, the verb would not have required the "a", correct'

Correct. La muchcha escucha un disco.

The personal A is also required in No. 5.

Answer 11

Oh yes, James!! I am so sorry to have completely missed advising Marissa of the required "a" in sentence two, since the girl is listening to the teacher, a human being. If the girl had been listening to a record, the verb would not have required the "a", correct?

I am asking if the "a" is required only because of "teacher" or because the verb "escuchar" always requires this preposition. ...Ok, I should myself first look in the RAE.

I will do that and perhaps I can answer my own question before I leave work for home this evening

@Marissa, that may be why you got 94% instead of 100%....so sorry....

James Santiago said:

1. La maestra enseña la historia.2. La muchacha escucha a la maestra.3. Hay papel, calculadoras, y mochilas.4. (not applicable) ¿Por qué no? Hay muchas cosas en el aula (supongo que "clase" aquí se refiere al aula).5. Para sacar buenas notas, hay que eshuchar a la maestra.

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Answer 12

hey janice! thanks for your help with the accents! in reply to your correction on my spelling of escucha, in my class right now, we have learned to conjugate verbs. I'm not sure if you understood that I was conjugating escuchar. Anyways, my test went well, I got a 94 out of 100! yay! I told my teacher about my mistake in the one sentence. she burst out laughing! Well ttyl!

Janice said:

We can help you with the accents, Marissa. I am so glad to see your replies!La maestra enseña la historia. (I want to guess that one needs a "la" here, but it is a pure guess and let's hope someone lets us know!)Maybe you even need a "nos" as in "La maestra nos enseña la historia." No. Probably not.I hope you saw Lazarus1907's wonderfully funny comment about missing the accent here!! You should tell your teacher about it after the test, I think she (you wrote maestra) will get a kick out of it too.In your second sentence, you have spelled "escucha" incorrectly. The infinitive is "escuchar".Your third line is not a complete sentence, in case that matters. There is a little word "hay" that you may have learned already. It means "There is" and I think "There are" too. Try adding it to the information about what is in the desks like this: "In the desks there are...."Again, in the last sentence, "escuchar" (that is the infinitive) is spelled wrong. But why don't you add variety and choose another verb such as "estudiar"'Buena suerte por (well, it might be "para") el examen. I hope you do well. But most of all, I hope you continue to learn Spanish and someday travel to a Spanish-speaking country, meet lots of warm and wonderful people and and have lots of fun!

Marissa said:

Forgive me on any accents or other things I might miss while typing this, but this is the answers that I decided to go with:1. La maestra ensena historia. 2. La muchacha eschucha la maestra. 3. Papel, calculadora, y mochila.4. (not applicable)5. Para sacar buenas notas, hay que eschucha la maestra.

Janice said:

Aaaarrrrgh! When I got the email that someone named Maria had posted, I quickly clicked to see the reply, I was thinking and so excited to think that our young Marissa had made an attempt to answer her own query....How disappointing to be reminded once here that our query was from a "Marissa" and that Maria is not Marissa at all.Now Maria could perhaps make up some new sentences for Marissa to work on!

James Santiago said:

Maria said:

1. What does the teacher teaches'2. What does the girl do? 3. What is there in the desks? 4. What is there in the class'5. What do the students have to do to get good grades?

Maria, I know you are trying to be helpful, but doing homework for students does not really help them, and it is against the rules of this forum.

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Answer 13

1. La maestra enseña la historia.
2. La muchacha escucha a la maestra.
3. Hay papel, calculadoras, y mochilas.
4. (not applicable) ¿Por qué no? Hay muchas cosas en el aula (supongo que "clase" aquí se refiere al aula).
5. Para sacar buenas notas, hay que eshuchar a la maestra.

Answer 14

Marissa, Pay attention in class, study your notes and vocabulary and read your textbook to get clues.
Always write in complete sentences. Each sentence needs a verb.
Spanish is a beautiful language, put some of your own effort into it.
If I could do it, you can do it!!!
(Sra. is putting her ruler away now!)

Answer 15

We can help you with the accents, Marissa. I am so glad to see your replies!
La maestra enseña la historia. (I want to guess that one needs a "la" here, but it is a pure guess and let's hope someone lets us know!)

Maybe you even need a "nos" as in "La maestra nos enseña la historia." No. Probably not.

I hope you saw Lazarus1907's wonderfully funny comment about missing the accent here!! You should tell your teacher about it after the test, I think she (you wrote maestra) will get a kick out of it too.

In your second sentence, you have spelled "escucha" incorrectly. The infinitive is "escuchar".

Your third line is not a complete sentence, in case that matters. There is a little word "hay" that you may have learned already. It means "There is" and I think "There are" too. Try adding it to the information about what is in the desks like this: "In the desks there are...."

Again, in the last sentence, "escuchar" (that is the infinitive) is spelled wrong. But why don't you add variety and choose another verb such as "estudiar"?

Buena suerte por (well, it might be "para") el examen. I hope you do well. But most of all, I hope you continue to learn Spanish and someday travel to a Spanish-speaking country, meet lots of warm and wonderful people and and have lots of fun!

Marissa said:

Forgive me on any accents or other things I might miss while typing this, but this is the answers that I decided to go with: 1. La maestra ensena historia. 2. La muchacha eschucha la maestra.

1. Papel, calculadora, y mochila.

2. (not applicable)

3. Para sacar buenas notas, hay que eschucha la maestra.

Janice said:

Aaaarrrrgh! When I got the email that someone named Maria had posted, I quickly clicked to see the reply, I was thinking and so excited to think that our young Marissa had made an attempt to answer her own query....How disappointing to be reminded once here that our query was from a "Marissa" and that Maria is not Marissa at all.Now Maria could perhaps make up some new sentences for Marissa to work on!

James Santiago said:

Maria said:

1. What does the teacher teaches'2. What does the girl do? 3. What is there in the desks? 4. What is there in the class'5. What do the students have to do to get good grades?

Maria, I know you are trying to be helpful, but doing homework for students does not really help them, and it is against the rules of this forum.

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