Use of preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish. Past tense. Is this right?
A group of lifeguards were saved from a shark attack by several dolphins. On the coast of Australia, a team of lifeguards were training in the ocean when they spotted two sharks swimming around them. Before the sharks could attack, several dolphins swam by the lifeguards and scared the sharks away.
El grupo de socorristas salvaron desde la ataque de tiburon por delfín. En la costa de Australia, el grupo de socorristas nadaban cuando vieron dos tiburón nadando alrededor los. Antes de tiburones podía, el grupo de delfín nadaron por delante las socorristas y asustaron los tiburones lejos.
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A group of lifeguards were saved from a shark attack by several dolphins. On the coast of Australia, a team of lifeguards were training in the ocean when they spotted two sharks swimming around them. Before the sharks could attack, several dolphins swam by the lifeguards and scared the sharks away.
UN grupo de socorristas FUERON SALVADOS DE UN ataque de tiburon por VARIOS DELFINES. En la costa de Australia, el EQUIPO de socorristas ESTABA ENTRENANDO EN EL OCEANO cuando vieron dos TIBURONES nadando alrededor DE ELLOS. Antes de QUE LOS tiburones PUDIERAN ATACAR, VARIOS DELFINES nadaron CERCA DE LOS socorristas y asustaron A los tiburones.
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Hi Marcie !
In my opinion, the correct translation of your text is this:
" Un grupo de guardavidas fue salvado del ataque de un tiburón por varios delfines. En la costa de Australia, el equipo de guardavidas estaba entrenando en el océano cuando vieron dos tiburones nadando alrededor de ellos. Antes que los tiburones pudiesen atacar, varios delfines nadaron hacia los guardavidas y alejaron a los tiburones. "
When you're talking about " a group of lifeguards", the principal noun of the sentence is " a group", and it's a singular noun. Then you must respect the number of the principal noun in the whole sentence.
" Un grupo ( de guardavidas ) fue salvado " or say " Los guardavidas fueron salvados "
" Dos tiburón " isn't correct because "tiburón" is a singular noun, and you're talking about two of them = un tiburón (singular ) / dos tiburones (plural )
"Were saved " / " were training" / "could attack " are compound conjugations with two verbs, and they are a little difficult to learn in Spanish.
If you wish, I can send to you a few texts of Spanish grammar with examples and basic rules about compound conjugations. Please send to me a message with your email address. My email is: [email protected]
Best wishes
Sofía
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