Pepe6-18,25Feb,28mar Flashcards
His father was from Africa and his mother was from the United States.
Su padre era de África y su madre era de los EE.UU.
use Su padre, not El padre de él
using era here is because it is description in the continuous past
That was the answer to the question.
Esa fue la respuesta a la pregunta.
The last is the new one I just started reading. (libro)
The last is the new one I have just started reading.
El último es el nuevo que acabo de empezar a leer.
translations are the same - acabar de = to have just (done something)/to just do something
They have just arrived/They just arrived. Acaban de llegar.
One of Obama´s books I read was “Dreams from my father”.
Uno de los libros de Obama que leí fue “Sueños de mi padre”.
He is an honorable and inteligent man.
Es un hombre honorable e inteligente.
een-teh-lee-hehn-teh
One of Obama´s books I read was “Dreams from my father” and another was about his experiences when he was president.
Uno de los libros de Obama que leí fue Sueños de mi padre y otro trataba sobre sus experiencias cuando era presidente.
Uno de los libros de Obama que leí fue Sueños de mi padre y otro era sobre sus experiencias cuando era presidente.
I know his mother. I met her when I was working at the University of Hawai and we also knew each other in Indonesia when I was working there and she was studying for her Doctorate.
Conozco a su madre. La conocí cuando trabajaba en la Universidad de Hawái y también nos conocimos en Indonesia cuando yo trabajaba allí y ella estudiaba el doctorado.
My friend introduced me to her.
She introduced me to her.
Mi amiga me la presentó. (preterite - introduced-presented)
Me la presentó a ella. o Me la presentó.
DO NOT USE introducir which means to insert.
I would like to introduce you to my mother.
Quiero que conozca a mi madre.
Pepe says conocer is better to use than presentar. conozcas is subjunctive for ud. it’s conozca
Me gustaría presentarle a mi madre.
or
Quisiera presentarle a mi madre.
Quiero presentarte a mi mamá. Juliio says it´s OK.
She introduced me to Obama´s mother.
Ella me presentó a la madre de Obama.
She introduced me to his mother.
Ella me presentó a su madre.
Let me introduce myself. Ud. tú
Permit me to introduce myself.
Permítame presentarme. ud.
Permíteme presentarme. tú
permitir(pehr-mee-teer)
can use below but Julio says sounds stilted,
Permíteme que me presente. (tú)
We went to dinner from time to time.
Íbamos a cenar de vez en cuando.
repeated times so use imp
(NOT para cenar)
Let´s go to dinner.
Vamos a cenar.
We would talk about our lives in Indonesia and her daughter who was called Maya.
Hablábamos/hablaríamos de nuestras vidas en Indonesia y de su hija que se llamaba Maya.
We were not real close friends, but when she was in Hawaii she always visited me.
No éramos muy amigas, pero cuando estaba en Hawaii siempre me visitaba.
use imperfect here because siempre and it is descriptive of the past
That is how I found out she was his mother.
Así es como me enteré de que era su madre. correct, I checked
(In that way, I found out that she was his mother.)
así que - so (NOT so that), logical consequence
así - in that way,
asked, this is correct
enterarse de
The are Caucasian people.
Son gente caucásica.
like Caucasion but ca ca si co
caucásico is an adj - la gente would be gente caucásica
They took care of him and raised him Hawaii.
Lo cuidaron y lo criaron en Hawái.
think of malcriado - like raised wrong - criar
criar - to raise
crear - to create (similar spelling)
creer - to believe
crecer - to grow
to grow
to believe
to create
to raise
crecer - to grow
creer - to believe
crear - to create
criar - to raise
I would really like to know more about the relationship between them, but it’s not actually my business, although I think it’s very interesting.
Realmente me gustaría saber más sobre la relación entre ellos, pero en realidad no es asunto mía, aunque creo que es muy interesante.
actually
realmente, en realidad
I could do it (succeeded in doing it).
I couldn´t do it (failed in doing it).
Pude hacerlo.
No pude hacerlo.
poder=can/to be able
in positve preterite means succeeded-was able
in negative preterite means failed, didn´t succeed, wasn´t able to
