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Forum: Grammar January 24, 2008, 08:07 AM

Replies: 3 haber + de + infinitivo Views: 10,496 Posted By shruti haber + de + infinitivo En su poema "Himno entre ruinas," Octavio Paz usa esta construcción por lo menos dos veces, y no entiendo su significado...ayuda, por favor? "¿Qué yerba, qué agua de vida ha de darnos la vida...

Forum: Vocabulary December 04, 2007, 06:33 PM

Replies: 5 Self-referential Views: 2,321 Posted By shruti ...like, revering himself? Uh, not really what I... ...like, revering himself? Uh, not really what I was going for...

Forum: Vocabulary December 02, 2007, 04:50 PM

Replies: 5 Self-referential Views: 2,321 Posted By shruti Awesome, thanks so much! Awesome, thanks so much!

Forum: Vocabulary December 01, 2007, 02:05 PM

Replies: 5 Self-referential Views: 2,321 Posted By shruti Self-referential Anyone know how I would say self-referential in Spanish? (as in, "A la izquierda, se ve Velázquez y el lienzo en que está pintando "Las Meninas." Por eso, el cuadro también es un autorretrato, y es...

Forum: General Chat November 30, 2006, 03:56 PM

Replies: 6 When did you start? Views: 3,843 Posted By shruti Re: When did you start? Freshman year of high school, so 2003. I really like taking actual classes so I can understand the grammar and such, but I could actually probably manage just as well with just the textbooks and...

Forum: Grammar November 30, 2006, 03:53 PM

Replies: 5 Le, lo, and la oh my! Views: 8,718 Posted By shruti Re: Le, lo, and la oh my! Le and Les are indirect object pronouns. La(s) and Lo(s) are direct object pronouns. They generally go before the verb, but you can attach them to the end of infinitives and present participles...

Forum: Grammar October 03, 2006, 08:12 PM

Replies: 7 "We have never spoken/conversed before." Views: 13,271 Posted By shruti Re: "We have never spoken/conversed before." I know conversar isn't a reflexive verb, but aren't verbs sometimes used in that manner to signify "with each other" or something of the sort? Maybe?

Forum: Grammar September 19, 2006, 03:43 PM

Replies: 3 What part of speech is this? Views: 6,258 Posted By shruti What part of speech is this? So we have some translations for class to do along the lines of, "They call him Ivan the Terrible," and I'm really quite bemused as to what part of speech "him" would be. It doesn't really seem to be...

Forum: Introductions May 19, 2006, 05:09 PM

Replies: 12 Buenaaas... Views: 3,979 Posted By shruti Re: Buenaaas... Oh, but it is. Perhaps not as ridiculous-looking as that guy's mullet, but still. I was in Spain over spring break, and there had to be a million guys with mullets. 80's style in general seems to be...

Forum: Introductions May 19, 2006, 01:49 PM

Replies: 12 Buenaaas... Views: 3,979 Posted By shruti Re: Buenaaas... Indeed. The haircut was what I was going for. Sorry to have confused you.

Forum: Introductions May 18, 2006, 02:03 PM

Replies: 12 Buenaaas... Views: 3,979 Posted By shruti Re: Buenaaas... Hello. Spaniards are <3. Except for the mullet thing. Why are they so popular?

Forum: Vocabulary May 16, 2006, 04:17 PM

Replies: 6 Medicaid and medicare Views: 3,446 Posted By shruti Re: Medicaid and medicare Hm. Well, both are health insurance. I think medicare is for elderly people, and medicaid is for impoverished people? I'm not 100% sure, though, so don't take my word for it.

Forum: Introductions May 16, 2006, 02:02 PM

Replies: 12 hola todos Views: 6,636 Posted By shruti Re: hola todos Hola; yo estoy tratando de aprender español también. Vivo en los estados unidos.

Forum: Vocabulary May 15, 2006, 07:21 PM

Replies: 2 cup of tea Views: 3,294 Posted By shruti Re: cup of tea I would guess that taza para té would refer to a teacup - that is, a cup for tea rather than a cup of tea.

Forum: Vocabulary May 15, 2006, 07:20 PM

Replies: 8 Coloring book Views: 9,513 Posted By shruti Re: Coloring book I would guess colorear.

Forum: Grammar May 15, 2006, 04:14 PM

Replies: 14 Nice Views: 6,515 Posted By shruti Re: nice Er, yeah. *cough* that's what I meant?

Forum: Vocabulary May 14, 2006, 07:18 AM

Replies: 4 Numbers in Spanish Views: 4,163 Posted By shruti Re: Numbers in Spanish Nope, johnny was right, it becomes "ciento" when it's a hundred and whatever. So yeah, I think that's the correct way of writing numbers. Unless someone who actually speaks spanish wants to counter...

Forum: Grammar May 13, 2006, 05:13 PM

Replies: 14 Nice Views: 6,515 Posted By shruti Re: nice día is masculine and tengas is the informal you command form of tener

Forum: General Chat May 12, 2006, 07:13 PM

Replies: 41 How long have you studied Spanish. Views: 12,031 Posted By shruti Re: How long have you studied Spanish. Yeah, high school. I think it's proven that by the time you're 12ish it's harder to learn a new language.

Forum: General Chat May 12, 2006, 05:08 PM

Replies: 8 Espana Views: 4,596 Posted By shruti Re: Espana I went to Spain over spring break and I absolutely loved it. The architecture and scenery are amazing, and were you to go there, I'm sure you'd be able to understand people easily enough after some...

Forum: General Chat May 12, 2006, 05:03 PM

Replies: 6 Where have you visited? Views: 2,287 Posted By shruti Re: Where have you visited? Spain, over spring break. 'Twas very exciting, and I loved it. I pretty much want to move to Madrid.

Forum: General Chat May 12, 2006, 05:01 PM

Replies: 41 How long have you studied Spanish. Views: 12,031 Posted By shruti Re: How long have you studied Spanish. Um, started freshman year, I'm a junior now. So, about three years. I wish schools started foreign languages earlier.

Forum: Other Languages May 12, 2006, 04:59 PM

Replies: 89 Other languages you would like to learn Views: 30,906 Posted By shruti Re: Other languages you would like to learn Actually, I want to read Dante's Divine Comedy in the original Italian at some point in the future. And it's just such a cool language.

Forum: Practice & Homework May 12, 2006, 04:57 PM

Replies: 33 I want to improve my English skills Views: 28,787 Posted By shruti Re: I want to improve my English skills I was only there for ten days, which was sad; we started in Madrid (with which I'm pretty much in love) and went farther south from there.

Forum: Practice & Homework May 12, 2006, 04:54 PM

Replies: 36 Si quieren practicar español Views: 16,892 Posted By shruti Re: Si quieren practicar español Gracias por sus correcciones; aprendimos como decir frases como eso pero no recordé. Generalmente me encanta la gramatica, y estoy triste cuando no puedo decir algo. :( En la clase de español,...

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