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chatina7
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Hi there!
I need your help, please. I want to check how to say addresses here in Puebla,Mexico.
The city is divided in North, South, East, West, but in Spanish: Norte, Sur , Oriente and
Poniente. : Here are some addresses. 33 Poniente 208.
Calle Girasol 208
Privada 16 sur 233
Miguel Negrete 3145
What about the prepositions,( In,on,at ) name of streets, numbers in english or
spanish?
Thanks in advance.
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9 Sep 2010
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Emy Lee
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Hi there,
I also teach in Puebla, Mexico, and I regularly face the same problem when teaching adresses.
I don �t know if it �s OK, but since streets are considered proper nouns, I tell my students not to translate the words Norte, Sur, Oriente and Poniente.
From the way I see it, it wouldn �t be right to translate streets. If I translate Calle 31 Poniente, for example, it becomes the 31st Street West, and this street just doesn �t exist in Puebla. I can look for it for hours, I will never find it.
As I said, I don �t know if this is correct. Other teachers might have more suitable suggestions. I hope I could help anyway.
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10 Sep 2010
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