Topic: Spanish

"Tomorrow I am going to eat six apples."

Translation:Mañana me voy a comer seis manzanas.

December 15, 2012

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Fluent2B

    Tomorrow I'm going to overdose on fructose.

    August 4, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Thasvaddef

      Perhaps the speaker is afraid of being attacked by six doctors?

      January 21, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/frankie197

        tomar means to take

        January 14, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ZheGreatest

          yes that's right :)

          April 16, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/z3ddicus

            Isn't tomar sometimes used to describe eating or drinking something?

            December 15, 2012
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/arturohiero

              More like to drink.

              July 29, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lavmarx

                You use tomar for drinks and medicine in most cases.

                March 3, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ElHeim

                  I'd say tomar is mostly for anything you don't have to chew (eg. a drink, but also a pill).

                  September 2, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mordizzle

                    in spain it's normal to say "mañana me voy a comer seis manzanas", right? to me it sounds better given that it's a fixed number

                    July 30, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Santi_Minstrel

                      Yes, many times 'comer' becomes reflexive if a direct object is stated.

                      August 8, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rmcgwn

                        I looked up comerse in a dictionary and it seems to suggest 'eating all of one's own food'. Is that what you mean by eating all six apples? As opposed to just eating apples then use comer??

                        September 21, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Santi_Minstrel

                          Really, both forms are valid. The reflexive form just puts some emphasis on the direct object, but that is all.

                          September 22, 2013
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/glenn.ashley

                            ...and gives some informal emphasis: I'm gonna eat me some apples.

                            October 24, 2013
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jwolfjensen

                              Wait, I thought that comer could mean "to eat" and the a wasn't necessary?

                              April 23, 2014
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