La doctora cubana

Carina estaba enferma y no iba a ir a la fiesta.

• Carina was sick and wasn't going to go to the party.

• Carina was a nurse and didn't want to party.

• Carina is sick and didn't went to the party.

• Carina didn't have enough nursing and she can't go to the party.

Marta se dio cuenta que quería ser doctora cuando ayudaba al doctor del pueblo con su abuela.

• Marta said that she wanted to be a doctor when she helped her grandma with the town doctor.

• Marta realized that she wanted to be the town doctor and help take care of her sick grandma.

• Marta realized that she wanted to be a doctor when she helped the town doctor with her grandma.

• Marta wanted to be a doctor when she was in elementary school and helped her grandma.

En la clínica, había bastantes pacientes pero no había bastantes asientos.

• In the clinic, there was enough patience, but there wasn't enough sorry.

• In the clinic, there were a lot of patients but there weren't enough seats.

• In the clinic, there was a lot of patients but there wasn't a lot of chairs.

• In the clinic, they had a lot of patients but they didn't have enough seats.

Tienes una sonrisa bonita.

• You are a beautiful smile.

• You smile beautifully.

• You have a beautiful smile.

• It is a beautiful smile.

Marta les sonríe con compasión, no con felicidad.

• Marta smiles at them with compassion, not happiness.

• Marta doesn't smile with compassion, but with happiness.

• Marta smiles at me compassionately, and I feel happy.

• Marta doesn't smile at them, neither with compassion nor felicity.

A Daniela le pareció una persona muy interesante.

• Daniela thought he was a very interesting person.

• He seemed like a very interesting person to Daniela.

• To Daniela, he seemed a very interesting person.

• In Daniela's opinion, he was not a very interesting person.

El español me parece muy fácil. No es difícil para nada.

• Spanish seems very easy to me. It is not difficult at all.

• Spanish makes me seem simple. I am not difficult at all.

• Spanish class is very easy. It is not difficult at all.

• Spanish seemed very easy to you. You think it was not difficult at all.

Hace tres años, el sistema médico en Cuba tenía problemas serios por el COVID.

• The Cuban medical system has serious problems from Covid.

• Three years ago, the Cuban medical system had serious problems because of COVID.

• Three years ago, Cubans were having problems with the medical system because of COVID.

• Three years from now, the Cuban system of medicine will have problems from COVID.

Luis estaba en la clínica cuando la madre entró con su bebé enfermo.

• Luis is in the clinic when the mom enters with her sick baby.

• Luis was in the clinic when the mom entered with her sick baby.

• Luis is at the clinic when the sick mom enters with her baby.

• Luis was sick and wanted his mom to come and take care of the baby.

A Marisa la clase le pareció una oportunidad increíble. No podía esperar a empezar.

• To Marisa, the class seemed like an incredible opportunity. She couldn't wait to start.

• Maria realized that the class was an incredible opportunity. She couldn't get started.

• Marisa felt that the class was an incredible opportunity. She couldn't wait to get started.

• To Marisa and the class, the opportunity seemed incredible. It couldn't wait - it had to start.