Vocabulary 2

Question 1

I’m going to meet Juan next weekend
LG2ST=
The end of week that comes I-am-going to “remain” with Juan

Answer 1

El fin de samana que viene voy a quedar con Juan

Question 2

This is not my bag
LG2ST=
This bag not is the mine

This bag is not mine
LG2ST=
This bag not is mine

Answer 2

Este bolso no es el mío

Este bolso no es mío

Question 3

My grandmother has grey hair
LG2ST=
My grandmother has the hair, grey.

My grandfather had brown hair
LG2ST=
My grandfather was-having the hair, brown.

Answer 3

Mi abuela tiene el pelo gris.

Mi abuelo tenía el pelo marrón.

Question 4

Barcelona is as expensive as Madrid

Answer 4

Barcelona es tan cara como Madrid

Question 5

Yet / still

It still hasn’t arrived / hasn’t arrived yet
LG2ST =
still not it-has arrived

Answer 5

Todavía

Todavía no ha llegado

Question 6

I agree with you in almost everything that you have said
LG2ST=
I-am of agreement with you in almost all it that you-have said

Answer 6

Estoy de acuerdo con usted en casi todo lo que ha dicho.

Or

contigo….has dicho

Question 7

How does it fit you?

Use 1. Qué Tal

Use 2. Cómo

Answer 7

¿Qué tal te queda?

¿Cómo te queda?

(Véase la entrada sobre “¿Qué Tal?”)

Question 8

Can I try on these shoes
LG2ST=
“¿I-can test-me these shoes?

Answer 8

¿puedo probarme estos zapatos?

Question 9

We don’t want to give him a heart attack!
LG2ST=
Not we want to-give-tohim an attack tothe heart

Answer 9

¡No queremos darle un ataque al corazón!

Question 10

Why am I here?
LG2ST=
¿For-what I-am here?

What am I doing!
LG2ST=
¿What I-am doing?
¿What I-do?

Answer 10

¿por qué estoy aquí”?

¿Qué estoy haciendo?

¿Qué hago?

Question 11

¿Qué tal?
Is equivalent to English:
“How are things?”
“What’s up?”
“How are you?”
“How’s it going?” etc

What does it literally mean.

Answer 11

There is really no route to the English meaning of the Spanish phrase ¿Qué tal? through a word-for-word literal translation. And that’s really not so different from the difficulty a native English speaker would find in trying to understand the route from the actual words in the English phrase “what’s up?” to the meaning that that question has in English. “What’s up”? Can mean a wide variety of things as a greeting in English e.g.: “How are things” ? “ How are you?” “Is there a problem?” etc etc depending on the context. If translated literally the word Qué as a question usually means What? in Spanish and Tal can mean such, what, so. So the words ¿Qué tal? Even in Spanish become as difficult to define logically as does “What’s up?” In English. This phrase must be taken as a combo without attempting word-for-word analysis. Just like we do with the English “What’s up”?
It can be taken in general to be inquiring how things in general or more specifically are going for you, him, her, them, it. Context is the key to narrowing down this general meaning to specific cases.

Question 12

There’s only a few days of our holiday left
LG2ST=
Only they-remain ones days of our vacations

Answer 12

Solo quedan unos días de nuestras vacaciones

Question 13

There is/are five minutes left
LG2ST=
They-remain five minutes

Answer 13

quedan cinco minutos

Question 14

I don’t have time for this
LG2ST
No I-have time for this

Answer 14

No tengo tiempo para esto

Question 15

I’m sorry, but I honestly don’t have time to do that
LG2ST=
It I-feel, but honestly no I-have time for to-make that

Answer 15

Lo siento, pero honestamente no tengo tiempo para hacer eso.