Unit II - 19C - Translation Drill

Trabajé en la Embajada.
I worked at the Embassy.


Trabajaba en la Embajada.

I was working at the Embassy.


Bajé en el elevador.

I went down in the elevator.


Bajaba en el elevador.

I'd go down in the elevator.


No encontraba la casa.
I couldn't find the house.


No encontré la casa.
I didn't find the house.


Salí tarde. * Salia tarde.
I left late. * I'd leave late.


Vivía con mi familia allí.
I used to live there with my family.


Vivi con mi familia allí.
I lived there with my family.


Tomé cerveza. * Tomaba cerveza.
I drank beer. * I'd drink beer.


Escribí muy poco. * Escribia muy poco.
I wrote very little. * I'd write very little.


Comi chuletas. * Comía chuletas.
I ate chops. * I'd eat chops.


Alquilé una casa. * Alquilaba una casa.
I rented a house. * I was renting a house.


Cuando llegué, él no estaba ahi.
When I arrived, he wasn't there.


Vi un apartamento que no tenía muebles.
I saw an apartment that was unfurnished.


Conocí a una señora que era amiga de él.
I met a lady who was a friend of his.


Hablé con la muchacha que quería conocer.
I spoke to the girl that I wanted to meet.


Barrió el cuarto que estaba sucio.
She swept the room that was dirty.


Salí con una muchacha que no hablaba inglés.
I went out with a girl that didn't speak English.


Vimos a la señora que quería comprar la casa.
We saw the lady that wanted to buy the house.


Compró un carro que no costaba mucho.
He bought a car that didn't cost much.


Abrí un baúl que no era mío.
I opened a trunk that wasn't mine.


Limpiamos las ventanas porque estaban sucias.
We cleaned the windows because they were dirty.


Repetimos la frase porque él no la entendía.
We repeated the sentence because he didn't understand it.


Mientras yo almorzaba, Juan escribió la carta.
While I was having lunch, Juan wrote the letter.


Mientras yo estaba allí no salió nadie.
While I was there, nobody went out.


Llegamos de Cuba hace dos años.
We arrived from Cuba two years ago.


Cuando vivíamos allí no hablábamos español.
When we lived there, we didn't speak Spanish.


Todas las semanas íbamos a fiestas.
Every week we went to parties.


Nos divertíamos mucho.
We enjoyed ourselves a lot.


Entonces teníamos sólo un hijo.
At that time we had only one child.


Teníamos una muchacha que lo atendía.
We had a girl that took care of him.


Cuando llegamos a Cuba compramos una casa.
When we arrived in Cuba, we bought a house.


Era muy grande. * Tenía cinco recámaras.
It was very large. * It had five bedrooms.


Antes de salir de allí la arreglé.
Before leaving there, I fixed it up.


Un amigo mío la compró.
A friend of mine bought it.


En realidad no me pagó mucho.
Actually, he didn't pay me very much.


Vivimos en Cuba cinco años y nos gustó mucho.
We lived in Cuba five years and we liked it a lot.


Salimos de allí hace dos años.
We left there two years ago.

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