nmoira Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 My daughter and I are using Learnables Level 1 Basic Structures. It's an immersion program. Each level is comprised of a listening component followed by a listening/reading component. The latter introduces a few new words and some new constructs. So far I've been able to follow everything. There's a short narrative containing this sentence: "El médico tiene la mano en el estómago del hombre gordo." The narrative is followed by a series of questions. It's the structure of the question I don't get. This is the first time I've encountered "dondé" not followed by "está/n" "¿Dondé tiene la mano el médico?" The program doesn't encourage translating, but this one's stumping me. If I were going to translate this to butchered English, would it be: Where does he (the doctor) have his hand? The subject is doctor? I would appreciate any help. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 My daughter and I are using Learnables Level 1 Basic Structures. It's an immersion program. Each level is comprised of a listening component followed by a listening/reading component. The latter introduces a few new words and some new constructs. So far I've been able to follow everything. There's a short narrative containing this sentence: "El médico tiene la mano en el estómago del hombre gordo." The narrative is followed by a series of questions. It's the structure of the question I don't get. This is the first time I've encountered "dondé" not followed by "está/n" "¿Dondé tiene la mano el médico?" The program doesn't encourage translating, but this one's stumping me. If I were going to translate this to butchered English, would it be: Where does he (the doctor) have his hand? The subject is doctor? I would appreciate any help. :) You got it. The Doctor has his hand on the stomach of the fat man. Where does the doctor have his hand? LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 You got it. The Doctor has his hand on the stomach of the fat man. Where does the doctor have his hand? LOL.Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 that question is really funny!! :001_smile:Yeah, that's why I included an excerpt from the preceding paragraph. :) It was the structure of the sentence that threw me. I've seem more like this now and it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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