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Communication With Limited Means.
for, for the purpose of para there allá to work, working trabajar to eat, eating comer to be happy estar contento to be unhappy estar descontento well bien but pero without sin to live, living (compare "vivid," "vivify") vivir to be able, being able (compare "power") poder to sleep, sleeping (compare "dorm") dormir to rest, resting (compare "repose") reposar much, a lot mucho One must (you have to, it's necessary to) Hay que (It) is fun. Es divertido(a). It is (im)possible. Es (im)posible.
Useful Spanish Sentences
Get the meaning of the following sentences.
Hay que trabajar allá.
Hay que trabajar mucho allá.
Hay que trabajar sin reposar y sin comer.
Hay que trabajar para comer.
Hay que trabajar bien para vivir bien.
Hay que trabajar bien para estar contento.
Hay que comer mucho para poder trabajar mucho.
Hay que dormir bien para trabajar bien.
Hay que trabajar para poder estar contento.
Trabajar es vivir.
Vivir es comer.
Trabajar sin poder dormir es vivir sin poder estar contento.
Es imposible trabajar sin reposar y sin comer.
Reposar sin dormir es posible.
Equivalents of Spanish Sentences
In case you have doubts, here are the same sentences in English. Orally translate these back into Spanish.
One has to work there.
You have to work a lot there.
It’s necessary to work without resting and without eating.
You have to work in order to eat.
One has to work well in order to live well.
It’s necessary to work well in order to be happy.
You have to eat a lot in order to be able to work a lot.
You have to sleep well in order to work well.
One has to work in order to be able to be happy.
To work is to live (or, working is living).
To live is to eat (or, living is eating).
To work without being able to sleep is to live without being able to be happy.
It is impossible to work without resting and without eating.
It’s possible to rest without sleeping (or, resting without sleeping is possible).
Bonus: Spelling Rules of Cognate Words
In many cognate words–words that are very similar in different languages– double letters in English correspond to single letters in Spanish:
Letters Spanish bb > b abreviación, sábado (compare "Sabbath") cc > c ocupación, acomodación, aceptar, acumulación dd > d adición ff > f efecto, aflicción gg > g agresor, agravación ll > l ilusión, colección mm > m comentario, acomodación nn > n conexión, anual pp > p opresión ss > s misión imposible, asociación, necesario tt > t atención, atractiva In many cognate words, consonant clusters are reduced to a single consonant:
Letters Spanish ct > t respetable ph > f foto, elefante, geografía, profeta ks > j complejo (complex)
para
for, for the purpose of
alli
there
trabajar
to work, working
comer
to eat, eating
estar contento
to be happy
estar descontento
to be unhappy
bien
well
pero
but
vivir
to live, living (compare “vivid,” “vivify”)
poder
to be able, being able (compare “power”)
dormir
to sleep, sleeping (compare “dorm”)
reposar
to rest, resting (compare “repose”)
mucho
much, a lot
hay que
One must (you have to, it’s necessary to)
Es divertido(a).
(It) is fun.
Es (im)posible.
Es divertido(a).
Hay que trabajar allá.
One has to work there.
Hay que trabajar mucho allá.
You have to work a lot there.
Hay que trabajar sin reposar y sin comer.
It’s necessary to work without resting and without eating.
Hay que trabajar para comer.
You have to work in order to eat.
Hay que trabajar bien para vivir bien.
One has to work well in order to live well.
Hay que trabajar bien para estar contento.
it’s necessary to work well in order to be happy.
Hay que comer mucho para poder trabajar mucho.
You have to eat a lot in order to be able to work a lot.
