Julio 2: 2n’22?//24//feb29,

Question 1

They finished President Biden´s swearing-in ceremony without any problem.

Answer 1

Terminaron la ceremonia de juramento del Presidente Biden sin ningún problema.

juramento = oath

jurar - to swear
¿Juras decir la verdad en tu testimonio hoy? Do you swear to tell the truth in your testimony today?

Question 2

What was that sound?
It could be thunder.
It could have been thunder.
It was thunder.

Answer 2

¿Qué sonido fue ese? ¿Qué fue ese sonido?

• Podría ser un trueno. (It could be thunder - like in this moment, used more in speaking).
• Pudo ser un trueno is It could have been thunder but in the past. (expresses same as Pudiera haber sido)
• Pudiera haber sido un trueno. (It could have been thunder. Very formal, probably best not to use.)

It was thunder. Fue un trueno.

Question 3

If I had known before, I would not have made other plans.

Answer 3

De haber sabido antes, no hacía otros planes. o no habría hecho otros planes.

de haber sabido antes - a phrase you just have to memorize - had I known before-if I had known before

Question 4

If I had known before, I would have changed my plans.

Answer 4

De haber sabido antes, habría cambiado mis planes.

Question 5

In Mexico, the host provides all the food.

Answer 5

En México, el anfitrión pone toda la comida.

poner la comida = to buy or prepare all the food

Question 6

I wish I could have visited Mexico before

Answer 6

Ojalá que pudiera haber visitado México antes.

Ojalá que hubiera podido visitar México antes.

Question 7

I (VS) am confused.

Answer 7

Estoy confundida.

Question 8

That always confuses me.

Answer 8

Eso siempre me confunde.

Question 9

Could I have done more?

Answer 9

Similar to the thunder question.
¿Podría haber hecho más? best
¿Hubiera podido hacer más? correct but bookish

Question 10

it´s a good thing, luckily, thank goodness

Answer 10

menos mal

Question 11

Luckily we have the vaccine.

Answer 11

Menos mal que tenemos la vacuna.

Question 12

The more I exercise, the healthier I feel.

Answer 12

Cuanto más ejercicio hago, más sano me siento.

Cuanto más…más

Question 13

The more I think, the more I worry.

Answer 13

Cuanto más pienso, más me preocupo.

Question 14

to stay/keep/remember

to run-out of/not to have something anymore/to lose/to be left/not to get

Answer 14

quedarse

Question 15

He made a bad investment and was left penniless.

Answer 15

Hizo una mala inversión y se quedó sin dinero.

Question 16

We do not have a cook anymore.

Answer 16

Nos hemos quedado sin cocinera.

Question 17

My printer is out of ink/has run out of ink.

Answer 17

Mi impresora se ha quedado sin tinta. present perfect, started in the past and continues into the present - this is my printer has run out of ink. this is the better translation actually
also translates as My printer is out of ink, which could also be Mi impresora está sin tinta.

but the se ha quedado also translates as my printer is out of ink.

Question 18

We have run-out of sugar

Answer 18

Nos hemos quedado sin azúcar.

Remember you have to have the personal pn because it is quedarse

Question 19

I called him. Not because you told me to, but because I needed to.

Answer 19

Lo llamé. No porque me lo dijeras tú, sino porque necesitaba hacerlo.
Julio says can use subj or indic but that “no porque” very often triggers subjunctive

Question 20

but because

Answer 20

sino porque

NEVER say PERO PORQUE

Question 21

I liked it not because it was red, but because it was green.

Answer 21

Me gustaba no porque fuera r rojo, sino porque era verde.

no porque often triggers/followed by subj

Question 22

Both the army and clowns use balloons, but for different reasons.

Answer 22

Tanto el ejército como los payasos utilizan globos, pero por razones diferentes.
- do not use ambos to mean both A and B, use the formula tanto A…como B, do not use tanto when referring to two different groups

Question 23

never use what with ambos

what is equivalent to ambos

Answer 23

• articles before or after, and de after
  can use these with todo-a-s
• los-las dos, and is used frequently
• ambos and todos need to agree in gender & # w/noun or pn replaced

Question 24

Ambos conocemos Panamá y Caracas, y las dos hace calor.

Answer 24

Both of us know Panamá y Caracas and both are hot.
Los dos?

Question 25

the standard norm

Answer 25

la norma estándar