2. Do the following sentences sound okay to you? (Don't worry about "technically" correct grammar, just tell me if these sound allright in your opinion, or if you use them.)
We are in five.
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2. Do the following sentences sound okay to you? (Don't worry about "technically" correct grammar, just tell me if these sound allright in your opinion, or if you use them.)
We are in five.
OldBoring wrote:We ate the cake in five = Abbiamo mangiato la torta in cinque = We ate the cake among five (?) = We were five people and ate the cake.
OldBoring wrote:This is a common mistake that Romance language speakers make.
We are in five = Noi siamo in cinque = We are five people
Saim wrote:I don't think this works in Catalan or Spanish. I've only ever heard:
(ca) som cinc
(es) somos cinco
OldBoring wrote:Saim wrote:I don't think this works in Catalan or Spanish. I've only ever heard:
(ca) som cinc
(es) somos cinco
My bad. I didn't know the other Romance languages were different.
How do you say "Five of us ate the cake" in Spanish and Catalan?
Saim wrote:OldBoring wrote:This is a common mistake that Romance language speakers make.
We are in five = Noi siamo in cinque = We are five people
I don't think this works in Catalan or Spanish. I've only ever heard:
(ca) som cinc
(es) somos cinco
Saim wrote:Like this I think:
(ca) Els cinc vam menjar el pastís
(es) Los cinco comimos el pastel
or
(ca) Ens vam menjar el pastís entre tots cinc
(es) Nos comimos el pastel entre los cinco
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