Queridos Alumnos - Dear Students
Below please find a nice lesson on how to construct your own original sentences.
I would like for each of you to send me at least 50 sentences in Spanish. Feel free to
add nouns as you wish. This could be quite interesting.
I will give public praise the person who does the best job here.
Hasta pronto y buena suerte, (Until soon and good luck)
Marcos
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Oh, this will be fun! 50 is a lot so I may post mine in segments.Can we make a little story? I hope you are not expecting great literature! 
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Hola, I hope this is what you are looking for. I constructed fifty sentences using ideas and words from the book and your lessons. I was able to learn alot more by making so many sentences in one sitting. I was even able to teach my roommate a few sentences!
--Molly 
My 50 Sentences....
- Hola! Me llamo es Molly. Puedo hablar Espanol. (Hello, I am Molly. I am learning to speak Spanish.)
- Me gusta Green Bay Packers. (I like the Green Bay Packers.)
- Que hay de Nuevo?...nada! (What’s new? Nothing!)
- A fin de pasar el examen, serías más estudioso. (In order to pass the exam you would be more studios.)
- Me gustaria visitor algun dia tu Pais. (I’d like to visit Spain one day.)
- Dale saludos a Zachary de mi parte. (Say hi to Zachary for me.)
- Buenas noches y dulces Suenos! (Good night and sweet dreams!)
- Puede repetirlo? (Can you say it again?)
- Puedes hablar mas despacio! (Can you speak slowly?)
10. Como se dice “please” en espanol?
11. Yo espero que el me compre unas flores. (I hope that he buys me flowers.)
12. Mi doctor recomienda que yo beba mas agua. (My doctor recommends that I drink more water.)
13. Mi espanol es malo. (My Spanish is bad.)
14. Me falta practica en Espanol. (I need to practice my Spanish.)
15. Tengo salir trabajar.
16. Quisiera hacer una reserve. (I would like to make a reservation.)
17. Quisiera comer postre. (I would to eat dessert.)
18. Quien quiere ordenar algo? (Who wants to order something?)
19. Tengo que pagar en efectivo en la caja. (I have to pay cash at the register.)
20. Voy a dejar una propina en la caja. (I’m going to leave a tip at the register.)
21. Tengo hambre. (I am hungry.)
22. Tengo sed. (I am thirsty.)
23. Me quiere, no me quiere. (She loves me, she loves me not.)
24. Mi casa es su casa. (Make yourself at home.)
25. Quiero Taco Bell. (I want Taco Bell.)
26. Quiero gastar dinero. (I want to spend money.)
27. Que tal durmio? (How did you sleep?0
28. Que idioma se habla alla? (What language do they speak there?)
29. Me gusta contar. (I like to tell a story.)
30. Vamos manana por la manana. (We’re going tomorrow morning.)
31. Molly lava los platos. (Molly is washing the dishes.)
32. Me gusta dormir. (I like to sleep.)
33. No quiero conseguir el numero. (I don’t want to get the number.)
34. No puedo salir de noche. (I can’t leave at night.)
35. Usted no quiere mandar un recado? (You don’t want to send a message?)
36. No tiene que pedir ayuda. (You don’t have to ask for help.)
37. No tiene que regresar a tiempo. (You don’t have to return on time.)
38. Puede conseguir un trabajo. (You can get a job.)
39. Tienen ganas de calor. (They have the desire for heat.)
40. El muchacho es estupio. (The boy is stupid.)
41. Mitchell escucha la musica. (Mitchell is listening to the music.)
42. Yo veo a mi amigo Dena. (I see my friend Dena.)
43. Tebgo calor. (I am hot.)
44. Que tiempo hace? (what’s the weather like?)
45. El gato es amarill. (The cat is yellow.)
46. El libro es blanc y negr. (The book is white and black.)
47. Que clases de libro es? (What kind of book is it?)
48. Hay cinco casas. (There are five houses.)
49. No le gusta estudiar la leccion. (You don’t like to study the lesson.)
50. Le gusta viajar? (You like to travel?)
awesomelyautumn wrote:I know my sentences are missing the accent marks. I am not sure how to do those on a computer...
About 70 postings ago dulcinea and I posted a keyboard method that uses ascii codes. Dulcinea is better:
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Dulcinea Wrote:
Nadine wrote:Cristine Wrote
Do we have access to accent marks when we write in Spanish?
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I found this on the Internet. I don't know if my cut and paste will post correctly. If not I'll try again. Use the ALT key on you keyboard and the numeric keypad on the right of your keyboard with the NUM locked. Hold the ALT key down while you type in the numbers below. When you release the ALT you should have your accented letter. I'm sure there is an easier way but this should do for this forum. I would print a copy of the codes and keep it next to your keyboard.================================
á........ 160
é........ 130
í........ 161
ó....... 162
ú....... 163
Á......0193
É....... 144
Í...... 0205
Ó..... 0211
Ú..... 0218
ñ....... 164
Ñ....... 165
¿........ 168
¡........ 173
I also found this site, that explains several ways to do the accents:
http://spanish.about.com/od/writtenspanish/a/typin
I have a .txt file at home that has all the possible symbols that are not on the keyboard, but I don't have it here. It also has the numeric combinations, like the ones Nadine posted above. But do you what I find to be the easiest way? Just copy and paste that list into a file, and then when you need to use one, just open the file and copy/paste what you need (the symbol itself, not the code)! No need to memorize codes!
I tried one of the ones in Nadine's list, and got a totally different symbol than I expected. I tried one from that article I posted (it's on the second page), and that worked, so I'm also posting the list from that article: (note - I found out what I did wrong: Nadine's list requires the Num Lock to be on, and the list below does not)
- á — 0225
- Á — 0193
- é — 0233
- É — 0201
- í — 0237
- Í — 0205
- ñ — 0241
- Ñ — 0209
- ó — 0243
- Ó — 0211
- ú — 0250
- Ú — 0218
- ü — 0252
- Ü — 0220
- ¿ — 0191
- ¡ — 0161
- « — 0171
- » — 0187
- — — 0151
If you're going to do it that way, remember that you need to use the numeric keypad, not the row of numbers at the top of the regular keyboard.
