Foro: La gramática
August 22, 2021, 05:01 AM
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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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Foro: El vocabulario
April 25, 2021, 11:30 AM
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Foro: El vocabulario
April 06, 2021, 03:06 AM
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¡Gracias - y sà que lo es - muy del pueblo!
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¡Gracias - y sà 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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Foro: El vocabulario
April 04, 2021, 03:30 AM
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Foro: El vocabulario
March 26, 2021, 06:27 AM
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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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Foro: Modismos y Dichos
March 15, 2021, 05:02 AM
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Foro: La gramática
March 13, 2021, 05:47 AM
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Respuestas: 4
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Foro: La gramática
March 12, 2021, 03:32 AM
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Foro: El vocabulario
February 15, 2021, 03:55 AM
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Respuestas: 5
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Foro: El vocabulario
February 13, 2021, 10:58 AM
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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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Foro: El vocabulario
February 13, 2021, 04:46 AM
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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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Foro: El vocabulario
September 18, 2020, 05:05 PM
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Respuestas: 3
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Foro: Charla Libre
September 03, 2020, 10:19 AM
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Respuestas: 2
Visitas: 1,524
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Foro: Charla Libre
September 01, 2020, 06:25 AM
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Respuestas: 2
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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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Foro: La gramática
June 03, 2020, 05:44 AM
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Foro: Modismos y Dichos
May 31, 2020, 04:07 AM
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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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Foro: El vocabulario
May 11, 2020, 05:53 AM
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Respuestas: 7
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Foro: La gramática
April 17, 2020, 06:42 AM
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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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Foro: Charla Libre
March 29, 2020, 05:07 AM
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Foro: Charla Libre
March 26, 2020, 04:51 AM
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Respuestas: 7
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¡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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Foro: Charla Libre
March 24, 2020, 09:25 AM
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Todas las obras de Carlos Ruiz Zafón,...
Todas las obras de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, especialmente "Shadow of the Wind" que leà en el inglés. And for English writers - Robert Goddard, very prolific, not as intense as Zafón but very gripping and...
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Foro: El vocabulario
March 24, 2020, 08:25 AM
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Respuestas: 5
Visitas: 1,726
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Foro: Charla Libre
March 24, 2020, 06:05 AM
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Respuestas: 7
Visitas: 4,027
¡Bienvenidos de nuevo!
¡Cuanto os he echado de menos - creà que habéis desaparecido por siempre!
¡Espero que estéis todos bien en estos tiempos tan difÃciles!
God bless and keep us all!
A great way to celebrate my...
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Foro: El vocabulario
February 08, 2020, 04:52 AM
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Respuestas: 9
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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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Foro: La gramática
January 14, 2020, 04:48 AM
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Respuestas: 1
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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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