Forum: Grammar
August 22, 2021, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 806
Definite article before "Español".
When should 'el' precede 'Español' and when is it omitted - and do the same rules apply to the noun "Castellano"? And when should the initial letter be capitalised?
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 25, 2021, 11:30 AM
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Views: 2,020
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 06, 2021, 03:06 AM
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Views: 2,120
¡Gracias - y sí que lo es - muy del pueblo!
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¡Gracias - y sí que lo es - muy del pueblo!
Re my first posting here - when my daughter lived in Spain there was a street near her house called 'c/ de jesus Pobre' and we'd agree that it probably...
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 04, 2021, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,120
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 26, 2021, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,120
Mi Padre Pobre / Mi Pobre Padre
I began learning Spanish fifty odd years ago (I'm a slow learner) and I remember reading in one text-book that one of those structures means "My pitiable father" and the other one means "My father...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 15, 2021, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,625
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Forum: Grammar
March 13, 2021, 05:47 AM
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Views: 1,187
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Forum: Grammar
March 12, 2021, 03:32 AM
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Views: 1,187
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 15, 2021, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,545
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 13, 2021, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,545
My wife is Española - I am English - in...
My wife is Española - I am English - in differences of opinion on matters of Spanish vocabulary/grammar I am not permitted to be right even if I can quote the RAE. She however has the inalienable...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 13, 2021, 04:46 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,545
The Post-Lady
My wife was half-expecting a letter this morning, I saw the post-lady walk past the window; so I said "Acaba de pasar la cartera". "¿Qué dices? ¿Qué quiere decir 'cartera'? ¡No he oido tal cosa en...
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Forum: Vocabulary
September 18, 2020, 05:05 PM
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Views: 1,803
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Forum: General Chat
September 03, 2020, 10:19 AM
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Views: 1,530
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Forum: General Chat
September 01, 2020, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,530
Rarely Seen Film
I remember seeing a brilliantly funny Argentine film donkey's years ago, it was about a pleasant chap who loses his job, I think. He helps a lady whose car has broken down, does some welding I...
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Forum: Grammar
June 03, 2020, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,835
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
May 31, 2020, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,429
Cross That Bridge When ...
When someone wants to make overly detailed plans for the unforeseeable future we say "Cross your bridges when you get to them!", does Spanish employ "¡Cruce los puentes cuando los llegues!" ¿u otra...
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 11, 2020, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,997
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Forum: Grammar
April 17, 2020, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,835
Acentuation - Stress
A very concise and lucid explanation of where to apply written accents:-
Stress
Stress falls on the last syllable of a word, e.g. comer,
unless the word ends in a vowel, n or s, in which case ...
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Forum: General Chat
March 29, 2020, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,042
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Forum: General Chat
March 26, 2020, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,042
¡Gracias!
Now I have question - my wife is...
¡Gracias!
Now I have question - my wife is very gregarious - very much a "people" person and when we're on essential shopping trips she occasionally forgets and converses with strangers; what...
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Forum: General Chat
March 24, 2020, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,933
Todas las obras de Carlos Ruiz Zafón,...
Todas las obras de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, especialmente "Shadow of the Wind" que leí en el inglés. And for English writers - Robert Goddard, very prolific, not as intense as Zafón but very gripping and...
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 24, 2020, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,742
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Forum: General Chat
March 24, 2020, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,042
¡Bienvenidos de nuevo!
¡Cuanto os he echado de menos - creí que habéis desaparecido por siempre!
¡Espero que estéis todos bien en estos tiempos tan difíciles!
God bless and keep us all!
A great way to celebrate my...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 08, 2020, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,118
In the UK we usually say "Disgusted with it",...
In the UK we usually say "Disgusted with it", although "Disgusted by it" probably isn't really wrong, just not widely employed. Whereas "Disgusted to it" makes no sense at all, so really I have to...
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Forum: Grammar
January 14, 2020, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,632
Benidorm
My daughter lived there for fourteen years, we visited her there often, but it's only today that I spotted an anomaly - it's spelled without accentuation so according to all my textbooks it should be...
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