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Translation – writing sentences

The key to both translating and writing sentences is to go step by step and remember proper word order in Spanish.

Sentences with a Direct object phrase

Sentences with a Direct object phrase (nouns, articles and adjectives) will be in the following word order:

Subject – predicate– direct object.Ex: Yo llevo una chaqueta café.

subject conjugated verb direct object phrase.

Another example

Subject – predicate– direct object.Ex: Mateo quiere comprar un bate nuevo.

subject predicate direct object phrase. with two verbs

Sentences with a direct object pronoun.

• When your verb/predicate is simply a conjugated verb the word order in Spanish is always different from English.

Subject –direct object pronoun– predicate.Ex: Mi padre me ama.

subject direct object pronoun conjugated verb.

HOWEVER• When your predicate is verb phrase using a

conjugated verb and an infinitive or a present participle there are 2 possible orders for the parts of the sentence.

1. Subject –direct object pronoun– predicate.Ex: Sra. Castro te necesita hablar

subject direct object pronoun conjugated verb and infinitive.

and2. Subject – predicate– attached direct object

pronoun.Ex: Tomás está hablándote.

subject present progressive verb attached direct object

pronoun.

• Ex 2: Marcos quiere comprarlos.

conjugated verb and infinitive

Try these translations

1. My brother takes me to the store.Mi hermano me lleva a la tienda.

2. You have the computer. Tú tienes la computadora.3. Gabriela watches the video.

Gabriela mira el video.4. We wear jackets when it is cold.

Nosotros llevamos chaquetas cuando hace frío.

Now try these with pronouns1. I need a book and I am going look for it in the

library.Yo necesito un libro y voy a buscarlo en la

biblioteca.Yo necesito un libro y lo voy a buscar en la

biblioteca.2. Felipe needs a calculator and his mom plans

to buy it.Felipe necesita una calculadora y su madre

piensa comprarla.Felipe necesita una calculadora y su madre la piensa comprar.

How can we use this to answer questions?

• When we answer questions in Spanish, we want to replace direct objects with pronouns wherever possible. This makes our speech more natural and less repetitive repetitive. While it is something that we do in English without much thought, it is not so simple in Spanish.

Interrogativos• Interrogtivos are the question words in English

– who, what, when, etc. Spanish English

Qué What

Cómo How

Quién Who

Cuándo When

Cuánto/a How much

Cuántos/as How many

Dónde Where

Por qué Why

Para qué What for/For what

• Some of the interrogativos can be the subject of the question

1. Subject –direct object pronoun– predicate.Ex: ¿Quién me necesita hablar?

• subject direct object pronoun conjugated verb

and infinitive.

• Other times the interrogative can be all or part of the direct object phrase.

• direct object phrase–(Subject) – predicate• ¿ Cuántos libros piensas comprar?

• In this example, cuántos libros makes up the direct object phrase. The subject is implied by the conjugation of the verb - Tú

So knowing all of this…..

1. The answer to a question is always a statement, so the words will go in the order of a regular sentence.

2. Before we answer a question we must understand what the subject and the direct object are.

3. Then, we have to decide if it makes sense to replace the direct object with a pronoun.

¿Quién tiene mi libro?• 2. Subject is Quién –

D.O. is mi libro

• 3. Does it makes sense to answer this question “I have it?” – yes

• Libro is masculine and singular - LO

1. The answer to a question is always a statement, so the words will go in the order of a regular sentence.

2. Before we answer a question we must understand what the subject and the direct object are.

3. Then, we have to decide if it makes sense to replace the direct object with a pronoun. If so, which one?

Yo lo tengo.

¿ A qué deporte juega tu madre?1. The answer to a question is always a

statement, so the words will go in the order of a regular sentence.

2. Before we answer a question we must understand what the subject and the direct object are.

3. Then, we have to decide if it makes sense to replace the direct object with a pronoun. If so, which one?

• 2. Subject is tu madre– D.O. is qué deporte

• 3. Does it makes sense to answer this question “my mom plays it?” – no

• No Direct oject pronoun is used – a noun will be used

Ella juega al tenis.

This works the same if the question has no interrogative

words.• ¿Juega fútbol tu padre ?

– Sí, lo juega.

• ¿Piensas estudiar matemáticas en la universidad?– No. No las pienso estudiar. Or– No. Pienso estudiar ciencias naturales.

Try answering these questions1. ¿Quién en tu familia juega al beisbol?

1. Yo lo juego.

2. ¿Qué compras en la tienda Walmart?1. Compro dvd y otras cosas.

3. ¿Llevas una chaqueta cuando hace calor?1. No. No la llevo cuando hace calor.2. No. La llevo cuando hace frío.

4. ¿ Por qué buscas el libro? 1. Lo necesito.2. Lo pienso leer en la tarde.