Frijol
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for May 20, 2009
frijol (masculine noun (el)) — bean. Look up frijol in the dictionary Me gusta comer frijoles refritos. I like eating refried beans. |
A mi no me gusta frijoles. Pero lo se usa en burritos. Entonces, cuando en un restaurante, pido burritos sin frijoles.
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Frijoles: masculino, plural. Gusta: singular. You already knew that. ;) |
Cool! Thanks, Malila! I am really going to try to write a bit in Spanish about each word of the day ... when I can.
Yeah - I knew about the frijoles (plural) and gusta (singular). I keep tripping up on that one because I forget that gustar reverses the subject/object of the English "to like". I got lazy with the accent on the "mí". I knew *that*, too! But tell me more about the "se usan" or "se les usa". I thought that the generic/impersonal sentences like that use the 2nd person singular imperative verb conjugation preceded by "se". ?? |
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What a great person to think alike with. :) Don't we share a birthday? April 30? I'm really trying to MAKE the time to do this. If I'm going to be ANY good at putting sentences together when I'm in Uruguay and Peru in less than SIX WEEKS, I need to really start practicing!!!
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And yeah, my "Haven't had a chance" is my standard excuse; in reality I've had plenty of chance, just not the energy to do something that actually requires me to think. That's what a boring, monotonous job does to you; your brain shuts down then refuses to wake back up. :-P |
There's lots of different words for beans. Different countries have different
words for them. If you don't like beans, maybe it's because you haven't had them prepared well. habichuelas zaragosas gandules poches judias cristianos moros habas frisol I'm sure there is more. I'm just a gringo. I'll be in touch in a little over a week. |
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Those in red I think it is a dish, consisting of beans and rice. The one in green is not frijol although it is a bean. And in chile frijoles are called porotos. |
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Impersonal "se" is always conjugated in third person singular. |
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