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Forum: Vocabulary November 26, 2014, 12:30 PM

Replies: 2 ¿Qué es el origen etimológico de la palabra "aló"? Views: 1,983 Posted By Emberblaque ¡Gracias, Rusty! ¡Gracias, Rusty!

Forum: Vocabulary November 22, 2014, 11:48 AM

Replies: 2 ¿Qué es el origen etimológico de la palabra "aló"? Views: 1,983 Posted By Emberblaque ¿Qué es el origen etimológico de la palabra "aló"? Sólo por curiosidad, ¿qué es la etimología de la palabra "aló"? ¿Es una transliteración de la palabra inglesa "hello", o tiene un origen diferente?

Forum: Grammar June 02, 2014, 06:34 PM

Replies: 8 Nationalities Views: 1,938 Posted By Emberblaque I would like to add, as a native English speaker,... I would like to add, as a native English speaker, that using a demonymic adjective in place of a noun can sound archaic, or even pejorative, as well as incorrect. I have heard native English speakers...

Forum: Practice & Homework March 23, 2014, 02:04 PM

Replies: 7 Please correct this passage for me Views: 3,298 Posted By Emberblaque Oh, ok. Here's the corrected version and... Oh, ok. Here's the corrected version and I've provided my own English translation below that in case there are still incomprehensible parts in the Spanish version. "Antes de la Segunda Guerra...

Forum: Practice & Homework March 23, 2014, 01:42 AM

Replies: 7 Please correct this passage for me Views: 3,298 Posted By Emberblaque I figured as much. In English, people sometimes... I figured as much. In English, people sometimes casually use the term abbreviation to refer to acronyms, even though it is not technically correct. Is this not the case in Spanish? Gotcha, thanks...

Forum: Practice & Homework March 22, 2014, 11:47 PM

Replies: 7 Please correct this passage for me Views: 3,298 Posted By Emberblaque I'm assuming you don't mean literally wait, but... I'm assuming you don't mean literally wait, but rather keep an eye out for further replies since I pop in and out for months at a time and no nonnative speaker can ever really be the final authority...

Forum: Practice & Homework March 22, 2014, 07:41 PM

Replies: 7 Please correct this passage for me Views: 3,298 Posted By Emberblaque Please correct this passage for me I recently wrote a message to one of my pen pals and it's taking an unusually long time for her to respond so I was hoping that someone here could correct my mistakes. I'm particularly impatient...

Forum: General Chat September 27, 2013, 02:29 AM

Replies: 11 Me gustaría practicar español con alguien Views: 5,027 Posted By Emberblaque Hello. I sent you a Facebook message. Hola.... Hello. I sent you a Facebook message. Hola. Se lo envié un mensaje de Facebook.

Forum: Introductions August 12, 2013, 09:41 PM

Replies: 4 Hi Views: 1,085 Posted By Emberblaque Welcome, Andrew. Welcome, Andrew.

Forum: General Chat August 12, 2013, 04:42 PM

Replies: 6 Voiced bilabial fricative vs. voiced bilabial plosive Views: 3,566 Posted By Emberblaque And here I was just coming back wondering if I... And here I was just coming back wondering if I made the possessive adjective agree in number with the noun. Thanks, Rusty!

Forum: General Chat August 12, 2013, 03:56 PM

Replies: 6 Voiced bilabial fricative vs. voiced bilabial plosive Views: 3,566 Posted By Emberblaque Gracias a todos, todos sus respuestas era muy... Gracias a todos, todos sus respuestas era muy útil.

Forum: General Chat August 11, 2013, 06:28 PM

Replies: 6 Voiced bilabial fricative vs. voiced bilabial plosive Views: 3,566 Posted By Emberblaque Voiced bilabial fricative vs. voiced bilabial plosive Couldn't quite figure out where to put this, there's no pronunciation board. I was once under the impression that all b's and v's represented the voiced bilabial fricative in Spanish, but I've...

Forum: Translations May 04, 2013, 01:26 AM

Replies: 2 "No habrían soportado que se supiera lo de los Potter." Views: 3,978 Posted By Emberblaque Thanks Rusty, that makes things much more clear. Thanks Rusty, that makes things much more clear.

Forum: Translations May 03, 2013, 07:49 AM

Replies: 2 "No habrían soportado que se supiera lo de los Potter." Views: 3,978 Posted By Emberblaque "No habrían soportado que se supiera lo de los Potter." I've begun translating Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone per Chileno's popular suggestion that one translate a Spanish novel into English to improve one's reading skills and vocabulary. It seems...

Forum: General Chat March 31, 2013, 05:20 PM

Replies: 20 ¿Debería el español ser declarado segunda lengua oficial en EE.UU.? Views: 5,693 Posted By Emberblaque Nunca entiendo purismo lingüístico, evolucionar... Nunca entiendo purismo lingüístico, evolucionar es la natura de la lengua. Entiendo utilizar correctamente la lengua existente, y estandarizarlo para facilitar comunicación, pero no dejarse la...

Forum: Translations March 29, 2013, 05:09 PM

Replies: 2 "Significar" or "Quiero decir"? Views: 3,102 Posted By Emberblaque "Significar" or "Quiero decir"? When clarifying translations, I notice that I've never seen a native Spanish speaker use the verb "significar" to say something to the effect of, "I mean," or, "I mean to say;" rather they always use...

Forum: General Chat March 23, 2013, 05:23 PM

Replies: 25 ¿Cómo sería el idioma español sin la influencia árabe? Views: 11,635 Posted By Emberblaque Imagino que sería muy similar al latín o tal vez... Imagino que sería muy similar al latín o tal vez sería similar al italiano. Y imagino que las palabras que enumeraste estarían derivado de sus orígenes latinos. ¿Hay algunas lingüistas en este...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques March 17, 2013, 10:03 AM

Replies: 16 Foreign Language Requirements Views: 5,993 Posted By Emberblaque Certainly. I was surprised as well, because you... Certainly. I was surprised as well, because you have always given me the impression that your English is quite good. I forget easily that your mastery lies in many other languages more so than...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques March 17, 2013, 09:31 AM

Replies: 16 Foreign Language Requirements Views: 5,993 Posted By Emberblaque I agree absolutely that knowledge of a foreign... I agree absolutely that knowledge of a foreign language improves one's knowledge of one's own language. Once I was frustrated with people that would distinguish between the appropriate usage of...

Forum: General Chat February 23, 2013, 03:05 AM

Replies: 30 Between Spanish and English which language is more sofisticado o superior? Views: 9,928 Posted By Emberblaque The only language I've seriously studied with... The only language I've seriously studied with declension of nouns is Latin, but from what I understand, German has four declensions. Any particular reason conjugation seems more difficult to you than...

Forum: Introductions February 21, 2013, 08:17 PM

Replies: 9 Hola a todos Views: 1,959 Posted By Emberblaque It's never too late! ¡Bienvenido a los foros! It's never too late! ¡Bienvenido a los foros!

Forum: Introductions February 20, 2013, 09:50 PM

Replies: 13 Hola a todos! Views: 2,481 Posted By Emberblaque Todavía seré tu amigo. jaja Todavía seré tu amigo. jaja

Forum: Introductions February 20, 2013, 06:05 PM

Replies: 13 Hola a todos! Views: 2,481 Posted By Emberblaque Ella ha aprendido acerca de español durante tres... Ella ha aprendido acerca de español durante tres años. Ahora que está aquí, tiene que dejar de enumerar pronombres y que empezar escribir.

Forum: Introductions February 19, 2013, 03:43 PM

Replies: 13 Hola a todos! Views: 2,481 Posted By Emberblaque ¡Bienvenida al foro! I've only been a member... ¡Bienvenida al foro! I've only been a member of this forum for a few days and as has been indicated, the other users are very helpful and friendly. I've already learned a lot.

Forum: Introductions February 19, 2013, 03:04 PM

Replies: 19 Hola a todos Views: 4,719 Posted By Emberblaque Todavía me reí después de que se explicó, jaja.... Todavía me reí después de que se explicó, jaja. Gracias por aclarar, AngelicaDeAlquezar.

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