Any hispanohablantes around tonight? I've got a super-short oral presentation here

[XemaSab]

I just want to make sure I'm not making a complete idiot of myself with the grammar.

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Es Harry Potter. El es ingles. El cumpleano es el treinteuno de julio, y nacio en Godric's Hollow. Harry es flaco, y tiene el pelo negro y tiene los ojos verdes. Lleva los lentes. Los padres de Harry es muerto.

Harry tiene dos amigos. Se llaman Hermione y Ron. Hermione es muy estudioso, pero Harry y Ron prefiero jugar al Quidditch.

Harry tiene una mascota. Es un buho de la nieve. Se llama Hedwig.

Harry estudia en una preperatoria llame Hogworts, y es en la casa de Gryffindor. Los estudiantes en la casa de Gryffindor llevan corbatas rojas y amarillas.

:hi:

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Google translate sez...

It is Harry Potter. He is English. The treinteuno birthday is July, and was born in Godric's Hollow. Harry is skinny and has black hair and has green eyes. Take the glasses. Harry's parents is dead.

Harry has two friends. Hermione and Ron are called. Hermione is very studious, but I prefer Harry and Ron play Quidditch.

Harry has a pet. It's a snow owl. His name is Hedwig.

Harry attends a preperatoria call Hogworts, and is in the house of Gryffindor. Students in the Gryffindor house are red and yellow ties.
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[XemaSab]

3. That's pretty awesome

Thanks. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Xema!

Well, my Spanish is pretty rusty, being more than 40 years since I studied it...

But this looks OK. I hope someone else comes along to make sure I'm not wrong, lol!

Buena suerte!

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

4. "Su cumpleano" maybe? Not certain which is more colloquial...

"son muertos", for numerical agreement, I would think, as well.

It's been a long time for me though - don't take what I say seriously. :)

[XemaSab]

5. That sounds right

Gracias. :)

[BlooInBloo]

7. De nada - tenga divertido!

[EFerrari]

6. These are the changes I see:

Su cumpleanos es el . . . (His birthday is)

Harry es flaco y tiene pelo negro y ojos verdes. Sus padres han fallecido. (His parents are deceased. If you say they're dead, you usually mean they're right there, dead.)

Hermione es muy estudiosa pero Harry y Ron prefieren jugar al Quidditch.

Harry estudia en una preparatoria que se llama Hogworts, y vive en la casa de Gryfindor.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

12. Thank you!

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

8. Let's see... should be "los padres son muerto:... and, uh...

I'm not sure if "El es ingles" would be understood as "He comes from England"

You could instead say, "Harry es de Inglaterra" (is from England)

I think the rest is OK.

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

9. For some reason, I vaguely recall that "pelo" is more like fur, than hair-on-your-head...

Can anybody speak to that?

[XemaSab]

10. Pelo is the word we learned for hair in class

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

11. (shrug) Like I said - don't take my word on a half-forgotten (by me) language too seriously....

I could well just be making up false memories. :)

[XemaSab]

13. Haha

I really appreciate your help. :hi:

[NYC_SKP]

19. Yes. We have a furry Speaker of the House.

Pelosi, Pelosa, what's furry in one romance language is furry in another.

:donut:

[rabs]

14. Wanna make an "A"

Es Harry Potter. El es ingles. El cumpleano es el treinteuno de julio, y nacio en Godric's Hollow. Harry es flaco, y tiene el pelo negro y tiene los ojos verdes. Lleva los lentes. Los padres de Harry es muerto.

Harry tiene dos amigos. Se llaman Hermione y Ron. Hermione es muy estudioso, pero Harry y Ron prefiero jugar al Quidditch.

Harry tiene una mascota. Es un buho de la nieve. Se llama Hedwig.

Harry estudia en una preperatoria llame Hogworts, y es en la casa de Gryffindor. Los estudiantes en la casa de Gryffindor llevan corbatas rojas y amarillas.

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Este es Harry Potter. Es ingles y su cumpleano es el treinta y uno de julio. Nacio en Godric's Hollow. Harry es flaco, tiene el pelo negro, ojos verdes y usa lentes. Los padres de Harry han muerto.

Harry tiene dos amigos. Se llaman Hermione y Ron. Herminone es muy estudioso, pero Harry y Ron prefieren jugar Quidditch.

Harry tiene una mascota. Es un buho de la nieve y se llama Hedwig.

Harry estudia en una preparatoria que se llama Hogworts, ubicada en la casa de Gryffindor. Los estudiantes de Gryffindor usan corbatas rojas y amarillas.

(Your version is mostly good, but fixing some grammar and other little thingies. Good luck :hi:

[XemaSab]

15. Sweet

Thanks

[rabs]

16. One question

Harry estudia en una preperatoria llame Hogworts, y es en la casa de Gryffindor.

Do you mean the preparatoria is in the house of Gryffindor?

Or that Harry lives in the house of Gryffindor?

If he lives there, then it would be

... y vive en la casa de Gryffindor.

[XemaSab]

17. Gryffindor house is a part of the school

Not the other way around.

I think saying he lives in the house of Gryffindor is a little more accurate.

Also, we're only on chapter two in the book, so we can't get too fancy with it.

I'm even thinking of bagging this essay for later, and doing something a little shorter for tomorrow. I've got 14 sentences, and we only need 10, but we've got a 20-sentence presentation in a week or so. :shrug:

[rabs]

18. Okay, did not know it was part of the school ...

guess I should read the Harry Potter books :)

Once again, buena suerte tomorrow.

[PVnRT]

20. I told you, I don't speak German!