Nieve en sudeste de los Estados Unidos
Es raro el día que nieva mucho en el sudeste de los Estados Unidos. La nieve se pone pone a <em>(poner nervioso a alguien = to make sb. nervous)</em> nuestros vecinos muy nerviosos, pero mi esposa y yo acabamos de movernos mudarnos/trasladarnos (to move=mover(se), to move out=mudarse, trasladarse) al <em>(al = a (preposition) + el (article. in this case, the sentence is 'a esta' = 'to this...region', so there is no need to place this 'to the', since we are already saying 'to this' :) ) </em>a esta región del país no hace mucho tiempo de Connecticut. En ese estado no es nada raro que recibimos caigan / que tengamos / que caigan<em> (in any case, this part of the sentence needs a verb in subjunctive mood, not indicative)</em> dos o tres "feet" pies <em>(please notice that, at least in European Spanish, we use meters instead of feet. so we would say 'dos o tres metros' / 'varios metros' (several meters))</em> de nieve a la vez<em> (while not completely wrong, 'a la vez' means simultaneously, two or more actions going on at the same time. in Spanish it would be more correct to use 'en una sola vez' or 'de una sola vez', which would mean 'in a single time').</em>. Somos Estamos <em>(don't forget to check out the cases in which </em>ser/estar<em> are used. In this particular case, 'somos personas acostumbradas' would be correct, but just accompanying the adjective, the verb 'somos' (from 'ser') is not correct: 'estar' is the good one).</em> acostumbrados a la nieve, entonces conque/así que/de modo que<em>(meaning so, therefore...) </em>decidimos ayudarles a nuestros vecinos en a <em>(the verb 'ayudar', when accompanying another verb, requires the preposition 'a': 'ayudar a amontonar'. If it goes with a noun, however, other prepositions are valid: ayúdame con los deberes (help me with my homework), ayudaremos en la búsqueda de empleo (we will help you in the job-hunting)</em> amontonar nieve con palas de sus caminos de entrada <em>(this doesn't sound optimal. however, i cannot come up with something better).</em> Espero que se calente <em>(well done, using subjunctive! however, beware: the correct form in this case -that is, present subjunctive for 'calentar', 3rd person singular, is 'caliente'. yeah, exactly as the adjective meaning 'hot').</em> el tiempo pronto para que la nieve y el hielo se derritan antes de mañana, porque tengo que trabajar a las ocho por <em>(I would use 'de' instead of 'por' here. however, that would be following Spain's standards of speaking. I don't know about Latin American ones)</em> la mañana.
Gracias por adelantado, <em>(alternative: Gracias de antemano,)</em>
Peter
Well done! Keep it up! :)
