2. 4/16, May Flashcards

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I also love nature, so I really enjoy combining these two passions.

A

También me encanta la naturaleza, por lo que esas dos pasiones me gusta mucho unirlas.
por lo que = so, which is or was why
Por lo que me gusta mucho combinar ambas pasiones.

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Juan has many books and reads a lot.

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Juan tiene muchos libros and lee mucho.
mucho,a,os,as before noun, verb before mucho

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My friend (f) is very intelligent and studies a lot.

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Mi amiga es muy inteligente y estudia mucho.
muy before adj, verb plus mucho

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4
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From what I understand

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Por lo que entendido/segun tengo entendido
From what I know / por lo Que sé yo
As far as i know - que yo sepa

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5
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We need a little more patience.

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“Necesitamos un poco más de paciencia.” → Es una traducción directa y más neutral.- “Nos hace falta un poco más de paciencia.” → Es una forma más coloquial y común en muchas regiones de México. Suena un poco más relajada y natural.

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Children that are very priviledged are different than those who are not.

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Los niños que son muy privilegiados son diferentes de/a los que no lo son. A/de?

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There are many people at the very beautiful beach.

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Hay mucha gente en la muy bonita playa.
mucho,a,os,as before noun and muy before adjective

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My brother is very hungry and eats a lot.

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Mi hermano tiene mucha hambre y come mucho.
mucho,a,os,as before a noun and mucho after a verb.
Hambre is fem like águila and it is a noun si the adj that modified it needs to agree

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9
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so, which is-was why

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por lo que
also can be from what

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The plane landed quite late.

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El avión aterrizó bastante tarde.

bastante y is an adverb meaning quite or sufficient and here modifies an adverb, could use muy tarde also

El avión despegó temprano. The plane took off early.

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Some of the boys wanted to go to the cinema, though a lot of them preferred the theatre.

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Algunos de los chicos querían ir al cine, aunque muchos preferían el teatro. –

mucho,a,os,as can also work as a pronoun when it refers to a noun that was previously mentioned and must agree in # and gender with the noun it is replacing. in this context means many of or a lotof

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My mother cooked a lot and had a lot of patience.

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Mi mamá cocinaba mucho y tenía mucha paciencia.
verb + mucho, mucha before nou

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13
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I do not have anything to do with this.

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No tengo nada que ver con esto.

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14
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is necessary/is lacking/is needed

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hace falta

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If you asked me, I would say OK/yes.

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Si me lo preguntara, le diría que sí.

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