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"I eat lunch."
Translation:Yo almuerzo.
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I speak spanish. Lunch in spanish has two definitions: commom noun and verb.
In commom noun lunch is a thing and in spanish is 'el almuerzo' Examples: EL almuerzo está listo=Lunch is ready. ¿Qué hay para EL almuerzo?=What's for lunch?
In verb lunch is an action and you do not have to use 'el'. In this case is about to eat a meal. Examples: Nosotros almorzamos= We eat lunch. Yo almuerzo en el trabajo=I eat lunch at work.
In resume: when lunch is a thing, then you have to use 'el'. PD: This is equal with 'desayuno' and 'dinner', but in those cases is 'el desayuno' and 'la cena'.
Two questions (I'm a curious person) First, why does "Yo almurerzo" translate to "I eat lunch" when there is no verb in the Spanish sentence? Is it because its obvious you eat lunch( as opposed to smash, spill, make, or other verbs) ? Second, in Spanish, is it always necessary to have an article? For example, say a child was just leaving the animal shelter and called out "Bye dogs!" Would she have to say "adios los perros!" or just "adios perros!" ? (since there is no non-specific article that has a plural form I used "los" but "good bye the dogs!" sounds a little weird, don't you think?)
The verb almorzar
means "to eat lunch", so that is the verb right there. It just happens that the first-person singular present conjugation "I eat lunch" is the same word as the noun "lunch".
http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
I'm not sure about the article requirement in Spanish, as I'm more familiar with French in that regard, but to say that "Good bye, the dogs" sounds weird is just applying English rules outside of English. You really shouldn't do that. Different languages have different rules and what's correct in one just might sound bizarre if translated literally into another.
rae.f- and also in Castellano, vosotros coméis. http://conjugueur.reverso.net/conjugaison-espagnol-verbe-comer.html
Yes. "Almorzar" is a verb that means "to eat lunch".
http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
We have no way of knowing what your answer was unless you tell us. But yes, "yo almuerzo" is how you say "I eat lunch" in Spanish, because the verb almorzar means "to eat lunch".
"To eat lunch" is its own verb: almorzar. "I eat lunch" is "Yo almuerzo" and "I ate lunch is "Yo almorcé".
http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
But "Yo como almuerzo" should also have been accepted.
Yeah, pretty much, although it's slightly irregular.
ALMORZAR:
http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
"To eat lunch" is "almorzar". The way Spanish works, if there is a noun that has a verb form, then the noun will look like the third person singular present indicative form of the verb.
"Comida" should not be accepted, since that is the generic "food" and we're asked to translate the more specific "lunch". I would report (flag) that as an error.
"Almuerzo" can be the noun "lunch" or the "yo" conjugation of the verb "almorzar", which means "to eat lunch." So "Yo almuerzo" is just as valid as "Yo como (el) almuerzo."
https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
Some, but not all, misspellings are recognized as typos and are counted as correct. Part of it is that the course contributors can't think of everything. Part of it is some misspellings make a different, very real word, and the computer doesn't know it's just a typo as opposed to you don't know the difference between the words. And part of it is some misspellings are bad enough that no good teacher would allow it (this technically falls under the first reason, that the course contributors just can't add in all possible typos).
almuerzo
can be a noun or a verb.
If it's a noun, then "Yo almuerzo" means "I lunch" and there's a verb missing.
If it's a verb, then "Yo almuerzo" means "I eat lunch".
https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
As has been explained on this page before, almuerzo
can be a noun "lunch" or a verb "I eat lunch".
https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar
As has been explained on this page before, almuerzo
can be a noun "lunch" or a verb "I eat lunch".
https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/almorzar