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AIBU to ask for help with Spanish homework?

53 replies

TopSecretSquirrel · 05/12/2017 20:03

I can’t speak Spanish. Google can’t help me.

My DS says that he doesn’t know what it says - he needs to hand it in tomorrow.

Help us cheat?

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donajimena · 05/12/2017 20:03

What would you like to know?

TopSecretSquirrel · 05/12/2017 20:06

One sec - picture coming!

OP posts:
TopSecretSquirrel · 05/12/2017 20:07

Here it is

AIBU to ask for help with Spanish homework?
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peachypetite · 05/12/2017 20:09

Does he also need the mistakes?

BobbleyPook · 05/12/2017 20:09

See llama
Divertido
Accent on pajaro

Pengggwn · 05/12/2017 20:10

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bimbambom · 05/12/2017 20:10

From my rubbish memory you need to match everything si it is masculine or feminine so boys end in o for adjectives and girls in a.

BobbleyPook · 05/12/2017 20:10

Bonito
Peluso

cloudyweewee · 05/12/2017 20:11

Why can't your DS understand it? presumably he has been learning Spanish so should have some clue.

BobbleyPook · 05/12/2017 20:11

Una tortuga

peachypetite · 05/12/2017 20:11

The second pero is correct, pero =but
Perro = dog.
Se llamA fifi

TeenTimesTwo · 05/12/2017 20:12

I would suggest your DS:

  1. checks agreements
  2. checks tenses
  3. uses a dictionary & verb tables (I don't know Spanish enough to help, but DD did it to AS so I picked some bits up along the way)

Start by writing every word he does know the meaning of above its Spanish counterpart. Then look up the words he doesn't know. Then think what it is trying to say.

Mars100 · 05/12/2017 20:12

Why can't your DS understand it? presumably he has been learning Spanish so should have some clue
I
Most useless post of the day.

HungerOfThePine · 05/12/2017 20:13

Que se llama* in first sentence (it says llamo).

peachypetite · 05/12/2017 20:13

The mistakes are mainly agreement of adjectives with masculine / feminine. Tell him to stop being lazy and get a dictionary!

nothingwittyhere · 05/12/2017 20:14

Fourth line down should be NO ES, not ES NO

cloudyweewee · 05/12/2017 20:15

@Mars100 Why is my post useless? Why is the OP trying to do her son's homework is she knows no Spanish? Confused

Ellisandra · 05/12/2017 20:16

Why is it a useless post? It's a fair point.
I would be asking the same thing to the son.
Of course if he could just do it he wouldn't have asked. But he should have more idea than his mum what is required and where he could go for help (text book, exercise book, dictionary, online sites)
As a parent, I'd want to understand why he couldn't work it out from resources he has, so I could help him with those knowledge gaps.

cloudyweewee · 05/12/2017 20:16

Oh, I get it. My post is useless because I'm not doing the OP's son's homework for him.

TopSecretSquirrel · 05/12/2017 20:16

So many replies already! Thank you :) it is mainly just to find the mistakes but it would also help if he understood it! He’s 11 and has only been doing Spanish since September. He struggles with English grammar so this is quite challenging for him...

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trilbydoll · 05/12/2017 20:17

It's a mish mash of feminine and masculine adjectives. And the second pero is correct.

frieda909 · 05/12/2017 20:17

Google translate should definitely get you 90% of the way there! What do you get when you put it in there?

Mars100 · 05/12/2017 20:18

cloudy She's asking someone to help. If you don't want to, why post at all?

JimLahey · 05/12/2017 20:18

Get DS to check the adjective agreements. Maybe he has some vocab sheets in his book? For reference he could look back on lessons about family,pets and descriptions on appearance and personality.
Encourage him to really use his exercise book to revise previous learning. Then look up words he doesn't know with the dictionary or wordreference.com (free online dictionary)

avocadobrie · 05/12/2017 20:18

New words are as follows in order:

perro
llama
gulosa
una poca sucia
bonito
una serpiente
delgada
una tortuga
mala

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