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[nmoira]

My daughter and I are using Learnables Level 1 Basic Structures. It's an immersion program. Each level is comprised of a listening component followed by a listening/reading component. The latter introduces a few new words and some new constructs. So far I've been able to follow everything.

There's a short narrative containing this sentence: "El médico tiene la mano en el estómago del hombre gordo." The narrative is followed by a series of questions. It's the structure of the question I don't get. This is the first time I've encountered "dondé" not followed by "está/n"

"¿Dondé tiene la mano el médico?"

The program doesn't encourage translating, but this one's stumping me. If I were going to translate this to butchered English, would it be: Where does he (the doctor) have his hand? The subject is doctor?

I would appreciate any help. :)

[Virginia Dawn]

My daughter and I are using Learnables Level 1 Basic Structures. It's an immersion program. Each level is comprised of a listening component followed by a listening/reading component. The latter introduces a few new words and some new constructs. So far I've been able to follow everything.

There's a short narrative containing this sentence: "El médico tiene la mano en el estómago del hombre gordo." The narrative is followed by a series of questions. It's the structure of the question I don't get. This is the first time I've encountered "dondé" not followed by "está/n"

"¿Dondé tiene la mano el médico?"

The program doesn't encourage translating, but this one's stumping me. If I were going to translate this to butchered English, would it be: Where does he (the doctor) have his hand? The subject is doctor?

I would appreciate any help. :)


You got it. The Doctor has his hand on the stomach of the fat man. Where does the doctor have his hand? LOL.

[nmoira]

You got it. The Doctor has his hand on the stomach of the fat man. Where does the doctor have his hand? LOL.Thanks. :)

[yeknom]

"¿Dondé tiene la mano el médico?"



LOL =)
Where does the doctor have his hand?

where = donde

have = tiene

that question is really funny!! :001_smile:

[nmoira]

that question is really funny!! :001_smile:Yeah, that's why I included an excerpt from the preceding paragraph. :) It was the structure of the sentence that threw me. I've seem more like this now and it makes sense.