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    Hola! I'm working on a book and in it a character quotes from a line of made up Spanish poetry. The line goes "Show me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly." This is the Spanish version I've come up with:

    “Demuéstreme cómo volar, mi mariposa hermosa,”

    Is this anywhere close to being right? Can someone please correct this for me? Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasmineGal
    Hola! I'm working on a book and in it a character quotes from a line of made up Spanish poetry. The line goes "Show me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly." This is the Spanish version I've come up with:

    “Demuéstreme cómo volar, mi mariposa hermosa,”

    Is this anywhere close to being right? Can someone please correct this for me? Thanks!
    Quizás: "Muéstrame cómo se vuela, mi mariposa hermosa"

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    I agree with ElVizconde, JasmineGal: to show is "mostrar", "demostrar" is like prove... I like "Muéstrame cómo volar" better... but it's just a matter of taste.
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    Hi! Your choice of words is not wrong, but I'd personally approach it differently. Maybe something like: "Enseñame a volar, mi hermosa mariposa."
    Please let me know what you think!

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    "Enséñame a volar" is a good alternative (many times "enseñar" is used as a synonym of "mostrar"; DRAE #4 meaning; though "enséñame a volar" would definitely be "teach me to fly")... I like it! But in any case, the choice would depend on the rest of the context...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana1986
    Hi! Your choice of words is not wrong, but I'd personally approach it differently. Maybe something like: "Enseñame a volar, mi hermosa mariposa."
    Please let me know what you think!
    Enséñame... me gusta.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana1986
    Hi! Your choice of words is not wrong, but I'd personally approach it differently. Maybe something like: "Enseñame a volar, mi hermosa mariposa."
    Please let me know what you think!
    Sounds good, but it would be "Enseñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa" right? Verb before adjective? And is it enseñame or enséñeme?

    Thanks for all the help guys!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasmineGal
    Sounds good, but it would be "Enseñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa" right? Verb before adjective? And is it enseñame or enséñeme?

    Thanks for all the help guys!
    you surely mean "noun before adjective"? it's not a rule. In Spanish we can have it both ways: "hermosa mariposa", "mariposa hermosa". exactly the same. (In fact, I'm now thinking it would be better to replace the adj by "bella", to avoid the rhyme in "-osa", unless that's specially intended!).

    in Argentina, where we use "vos" as the 2nd person pronoun for close relations, it would be "enseñame" (stress on center syllable), (other examples: "decime", "contame", "mostrame"). in other countries, this pronoun is "tú" and the verb would be "enséñame" ("dime", "cuéntame", "muéstrame").

    we also have in Spanish the 2nd person pronoun "usted" for more distant/ respectful/ formal treatment (in all countries). in that case it would be "enséñeme" ("dígame", "cuénteme", "muéstreme").

    hope to have helped...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lauracipolla
    hope to have helped...!
    You've been extremely helpful! Thank you!

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    Default Qué linda versión quedó!

    "Enséñame a volar, mi hermosa mariposa."

    Quedó tan bonita!! bien!!

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