Mar 18, 2009 18:05
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English term
They will not eat until they are hungry.
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Linguistics
grammar
To translate "they won't eat until they are hungry," can you say "no comeran hasta que tengan hambre"? Is this use of subjunctive allowed event though there is no change of subject? Also, is it alright to use present subjunctive after the word "si"?
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Rafael Bordabehere (X)
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Mar 18, 2009 18:09: MPGS changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Proposed translations
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Your suggestion seems ok to me.
;)
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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-03-19 06:13:14 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome. When something is right is just right.;)
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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-03-19 06:13:14 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome. When something is right is just right.;)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the approval. The other answers changed the wording slightly, something I did not want to do."
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no comerán si no tienen hambre
Una posibilidad.
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Aitor Aizpuru
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
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Solo comerán cuando tengan hambre
Tu traducción está bien.
Esta propuesta no es literal pero suena bien.
Esta propuesta no es literal pero suena bien.
2 hrs
comerán hasta el momento que tengan hambre
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Jairo Payan
Colombia
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Colombia
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no comerán hasta tanto tengan hambre
Me parece que es una forma correcta de expresarlo.
"hasta tanto tengan hambre". En ese momento, cuando tengan hambre, empezarán a comer.
"hasta tanto tengan hambre". En ese momento, cuando tengan hambre, empezarán a comer.
Reference comments
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Tense
The tense is correct, so the expression. Supply an example on the use of "si". Thanks.
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MPGS
: tilde in comeran :)
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Gracias MPGS. El tilde me lo "comí" por eso no aparece.
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Yaotl Altan
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Gracias Yaotl
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Marjory Hord
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Gracias Marjory
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Remy Arce
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Gracias Remy
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
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Gracias Claudia
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Aïda Garcia Pons
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