"La casa de ella tiene un techo negro."
Translation:Her house has a black roof.
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I looked up these 2 words. Tejado means a tiled roof - seems to be exterior only. Techo can be roof or ceiling, interior or exterior. According to spanishdict.com. Interesting.
Just to add up - I think "techo" means more like "something which provides a shade". So "ceiling" actually should be much proper word for "techo". But in some cases a roof can actually be a ceiling as well. Let's say in some old house or shop or houses in which poor people live. I don't you would know it if you are an American. But here in India we have a lot of poor people living or working in houses/buildings which don't have any ceiling at all, but roofs used as ceilings
Both, I believe, but "Su casa.." leaves the meaning open to " his/her/your house". So without more context, it would be hard to know which one it is. For example "Su casa tiene un techo negro?" would work in a conversation where the identity of "su" was clear.
Your house can be translated into Spanish as 'tu casa'. It can also be 'su casa' assuming that the you is Ud. or Uds. or as 'vuestro casa' if is you is translated to vosotros.
That's not going to help me talk to the building contractor, is it? :)
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I'm not an expert but couldn't you easily differentiate between them by using techo interno/externo? (If there really aren't different terms for ceiling/roof.)
"The house of hers has a black roof." is accepted. I guess they are only looking for correct Spanish because that sounds unnatural in English. Makes it hard to translate.
"Her house has a black roof"That what I think is the correct translation "The house of hers" is,may be, old English, however not anymore used. I lost one hart on this
It can and does. In this case "La casa de ella.." is literally "the house of her.." which does not work in English. So, it gets flipped around to "her house.." and the "the" disappears. Just another bit of language magic!
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So, I was wondering, I translation I have is "La casa de ella tiene un techo negro." And "techo" is the form of "I". Do you guys always use that in Spanish?
"Techo" is a noun, not a verb :)
I wonder Spanish does use the verb "to roof" meaning to install a roof?
Right. But it's possible to say "her house" two ways in Spanish: su casa and la casa de ella. In English, we say only "her house."
