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Vas de compras con un amigo para comprar lo que necesitas para la escuela. Escr

English translation: You are going shopping with a friend...

19:29 Aug 12, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: Vas de compras con un amigo para comprar lo que necesitas para la escuela. Escr
Vas de compras con un amigo para comprar lo que necesitas para la escuela. Escríbele una carta para tu madre para explicar dónde estás y que haces. Incluye un saludo y una despedida en la carta. (40 palabras)
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English translation:You are going shopping with a friend...
Explanation:
You are going shopping with a friend to buy what you need for school (school supplies). Write a letter to your mother explaining where you are and what you are doing. Don't forget to say hello and good-bye in your letter. (40 words)
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Alexandra Harmer
Local time: 20:19
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4 +12You are going shopping with a friend...
Alexandra Harmer


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
You are going shopping with a friend...


Explanation:
You are going shopping with a friend to buy what you need for school (school supplies). Write a letter to your mother explaining where you are and what you are doing. Don't forget to say hello and good-bye in your letter. (40 words)

Alexandra Harmer
Local time: 20:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 8
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Luisa Duarte: very good!
3 mins
disagree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): I don;t think we should do homework. See how it says 40 words?
10 mins
agree  Russell Gillis: I guess it's too late already, hey Jane! :)
18 mins
agree  Mary Bauer: bert study your english... don't cheat!
36 mins
agree  Marion Burns: This may be picky, but I'd say "Include a greeting and closing in the letter" (instead of "hello and good-bye"). Since the point of this exercise is to write a letter.
42 mins
agree  Sery: agree with Marion too!!
1 hr
agree  Chinoise
4 hrs
agree  elenali
6 hrs
agree  Loretta (Kulaga) Morris: I recognized this as a homework assignment, too. I guess I've tutored too many students!
6 hrs
agree  Rafa Lombardino
7 hrs
agree  LoreAC (X)
12 hrs
agree  x-Translator (X)
21 hrs
agree  Damian Cassani
1 day 25 mins
agree  luskie: but also with Jane! Bert, if you don't do your homework by yourself, you'll never come to try the pleasure of translating and of...joining us on proz!!!
1 day 12 hrs
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