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Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 06, 2008, 11:12 AM
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Posted By Alfonso
Referirse a algo o a alguien: mencionar, señalar,...

Referirse a algo o a alguien: mencionar, señalar, querer decir... to mean, to refer, to relate, to report...
Referir una historia o un suceso: contar, narrar, etc.
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 05, 2008, 03:40 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
Thanks a lot, David, for your corrections and...

Thanks a lot, David, for your corrections and help!
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 05, 2008, 10:52 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
Great, Poli. This is absolutely great. I...

Great, Poli. This is absolutely great. I understand all of your corrections. I'm sorry if I sounded demanding or rude. But I didn't have any other way to express something of my concern!
I owe you a...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 05, 2008, 09:32 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
I'm sorry Poli. I'm a bad person, I know. ;) To...

I'm sorry Poli. I'm a bad person, I know. ;) To me it's clear who proposed the phrase in question, but I think it doesn't matter.
Anyway, I just wanted to point out that it's not easy to correct,...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 05, 2008, 07:18 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
Poli, regarding ... with the latter being vulgar,...

Poli, regarding ... with the latter being vulgar, and the last not, you are correcting your correction, as you can see following the link below:Regarding Hispanic countries, that is a political...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 03, 2008, 11:42 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
By the way, I edited the syntagma discussion...

By the way, I edited the syntagma discussion Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Constitution_of_Greece). Let's see what happens.
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 03, 2008, 11:36 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
I didn't mean that, Iris. Sorry if I expressed it...

I didn't mean that, Iris. Sorry if I expressed it wrongly, but I know you didn't. ;)
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 03, 2008, 11:29 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
In Spanish you can also say cláusula or...

In Spanish you can also say cláusula or proposición. But these are not the same as sintagma.

Sintagma: ... con Perico.
Proposición: ... que te marches con Perico.
Oración: No quiero que te...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 03, 2008, 11:14 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
OK, David. Nevertheless, syntagma is an almost...

OK, David. Nevertheless, syntagma is an almost non changed Greek word you can use for linguistic proposals.
Sure, some English or American linguistic school used it.
But, of course, the distinction...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 03, 2008, 09:41 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
Thanks a lot, David. That's really clear. By the...

Thanks a lot, David. That's really clear. By the way, I found syntagma as an English term in Tomísimo Dictionary, but not in Merrian-Webster.
Modification: It wasn't at Tomísimo Dictionary where I...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 02, 2008, 02:36 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
I'm sorry, but I still can't see why these...

I'm sorry, but I still can't see why these syntagmas are not correct:

It's really tempting to do something.
Jane's today post.
Hispanic countries.
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 02, 2008, 03:18 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
An inquisitive question: I'm...

An inquisitive question:





I'm really sorry I'm still thinking about the reasons of your corrections, Poli. I can't see it!
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 01, 2008, 04:02 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
It's hard to answer this question. I would say...

It's hard to answer this question. I would say it's softly vulgar, but not slang, as everybody might use it in a specific context.
I don't tell you this for you to use it at first chance (or do...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 01, 2008, 08:14 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
Poli, eres la leche ;), no puedo entender esta...

Poli, eres la leche ;), no puedo entender esta corrección:


You can use eres la leche, esto es la leche, positively or negatively. In both cases you are being a little vulgar, but can be funny...
Forum: Daily Spanish Word May 01, 2008, 04:02 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 24,320
Posted By Alfonso
It's really tempting to link this daily word,...

It's really tempting to link this daily word, leche, to Jane's today post, el colmo (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?p=7440#post7440), as:

Es el colmo.
Es la leche.
... mean the...
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