LC2-2021/28feb,24mar/2022 1abr

Question 1

three ways of saying, possibly, maybe, could be, can be

Answer 1

all take subjunctive

puede ser – usually used alone
puede que
puede ser que

¿Vas a hacer un pastel? Puede ser
basically, all the same meaning

Question 2

I haven´t finished answering them all yet.

Answer 2

Todavía no he acabado de contestarlos todos.

Todavía no he terminado de contestarlos todos.

Question 3

I ran out of milk and the baby needs it so now I have to go to the store to buy more.

Answer 3

Se me ha acabado (Se me acabó) la leche y la bebé la necesita, así que ahorita tengo que irme a la tienda a comprar más.

Question 4

The only change I made was in this sentence:

Answer 4

Lo único cambio que realicé/hice fue en esta oración:

realizar - to carry-out, to do, to perform

Question 5

to carry-out, to make, to do, to perform

to find fulfillment

Answer 5

realizar

realizer se - reflexive verb

Question 6

Mucha gente quiere realizarse en su trabajo.

Answer 6

Many people want to find fulfillment in their jobs.

Many people want to be fulfilled in their jobs. (also a correct translation I think)

Question 7

as for/as soon as

Answer 7

en cuanto

En cuanto/tan pronto como terminemos, vamos a comer.

As soon as we finish, hasn´t happened yet so subj

Question 8

As for your pronunciation,

Answer 8

En cuanto a tu pronunciación,

Question 9

It seems to me that the imperfect fits better in this case.

Answer 9

Me parece que encaja/cabe mejor el imperfecto en este caso.

Question 10

I just read my e-mail and I had a ton of messages. I still haven´t finished answering them all.

Answer 10

Acabo de leer mi correo electrónico y tenía un montón de mensajes. Todavía no he acabado de contestarlos todos. Todavía no he terminado de leerlos todos.

acabar de + inf = I/you have just

Question 11

contemptuous, perjorative

Answer 11

despectivo (think despicable, which is actually despreciable)

Question 12

Don’t take that contemptuous tone with me. I’m your sister!

Answer 12

No tomes/uses ese tono despectivo conmigo. ¡Soy tu hermana!

Question 13

because I am always asking people I talk to to correct me

Answer 13

porque siempre estoy pidiendo a la gente con la que hablo que me corrija

Question 14

The teachers correct me and I appreciate it very much.

Answer 14

Los professores me corrigen y lo aprecio mucho.

Question 15

Some of my Spanish-speaking friends do not want to correct me.

Answer 15

Algunos de mis amigos hispanohablantes no quieren corregirme.

Anglohablantes - eng speakers

Question 16

It´s been a long time since I wrote to you.

Answer 16

Hace mucho tiempo que no te escribo. In Spanish they use this phrase in the present tense.

Question 17

When I was a little girl, I liked to swing.

Answer 17

Cuando era niña me gustaba columpiarme.

it is cuando era niña - not cuando era una niña - also can say, cuando era pequeña

Question 18

the swing
to swing
to swing/sway back and forth

Answer 18

el columpio
columpiar
columpiarse

Question 19

I didn´t say anything to anyone when I bumped into the post at the parking lot in Meridian because I didn´t want to have a run-in with my Dad. I still feel guilty about that.

Answer 19

No dije nada a nadie cuando me choqué contra el poste en el aparcamiento de Meridian porque no quería tener un choque con mi padre. Todavía me siento culpable por eso.

Question 20

to collide with/to run counter to

to bump into

Answer 20

chocar CON - I think it is always with con

chocarse con

Question 21

I do not remember if I did that, but I do remember that I have spilled the wine once and awhile.

Answer 21

No recuerdo si hice eso (or No recuerdo si lo hice), pero sí recuerdo que he derramado el vino de vez en cuando.

you can´t have No recuerdo si lo hice eso because then you would have repeated the DO twice.

Question 22

Santiago said, “I remember that when I was a child, I was very clumsy”.

Answer 22

Santiago dijo: “Recuerdo que cuando era pequeño era muy torpe (patoso in Spain).

Question 23

clumsy-awkward-slow-dim

another word for clumsy

Answer 23

torpe
patoso in Spain
desgarbado - Julio says this isn´t used much, nor patoso, and torpe is the better word to use

Question 24

I put the tablecloth on the table.

Answer 24

Puse el mantel en la mesa.

Question 25

They thought the person who did that was drunk.

Answer 25

Pensaban que la persona que lo hizo estaba borracha.

Question 26

…maybe because I´m a gringa, maybe because I am an older person.

Answer 26

…tal vez porque soy gringa, tal vez porque soy una persona mayor. soy gringa is used as a gentilicio (name of where you´re from and doesn´t need an article - like I am English, I am Mexican, etc. but persona is specific to me and needs an article.