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Forum: Translations March 31, 2015, 01:01 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,031
Posted By conejodescarado
Asking for a hand in marriage

Hi all,

It's been a while since I visited the forum and quite a while since I wrote or spoke any Spanish beyond a simple sentence. I'm dating a Peruvian girl and I'm going to propose to her in...
Forum: General Chat April 22, 2011, 11:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,422
Posted By conejodescarado
Abel

¿Alguien ha visto Abel? Voy a verlo con un grupo "meetup" español en unas horas.

Me parece muy lindo y emotivo :)
Forum: Culture April 20, 2011, 06:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,398
Posted By conejodescarado
Are you asking people to answer that question, or...

Are you asking people to answer that question, or are you asking for help with coming up with interview questions in Spanish? The post isn't very clear ;)
Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques April 19, 2011, 02:43 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 21,081
Posted By conejodescarado
Voy a ver Abel este sábado con un grupo español...

Voy a ver Abel este sábado con un grupo español de meetup.com :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Xy88QUp4I

Lindo.
Forum: General Chat April 16, 2011, 06:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 7,456
Posted By conejodescarado
Crotalito, how often do you read an English...

Crotalito, how often do you read an English grammar book and practice small exercises, checking your answers and correcting your mistakes? I think you could hugely improve your English if you spent...
Forum: General Chat April 16, 2011, 07:59 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,027
Posted By conejodescarado
Pienso que sea una cosa extraordinaria que está...

Pienso que sea una cosa extraordinaria que está sucediendo en la central de Fukushima y que pueda ser peor de cuanto el gobierno japonés quieren que nos creamos, sin embargo no creo que la situación...
Forum: Practice & Homework April 16, 2011, 05:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,815
Posted By conejodescarado
Ah, perdóname, tienes razón, no sé porqué dije el...

Ah, perdóname, tienes razón, no sé porqué dije el reflexivo :o
Forum: General Chat April 14, 2011, 03:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,594
Posted By conejodescarado
No sabía cómo cambiar "on live"... ¿quizá "in...

No sabía cómo cambiar "on live"... ¿quizá "in real life"?



¿Quieres decir "I can't wait"? (sin "more time").
Forum: Practice & Homework April 14, 2011, 03:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,815
Posted By conejodescarado
debajo de los cuales se puede dormir = which...

debajo de los cuales se puede dormir

= which you can sleep under (literal: underneath which one can sleep)

debajo de = underneath
los cuales = which
se puede dormir = one can sleep (reflexive...
Forum: Translations April 13, 2011, 05:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,446
Posted By conejodescarado
It looks like a far-too-literal translation of...

It looks like a far-too-literal translation of the English "How long are you going to take?", but that should be ¿Cuánto tiempo vas a tomar/pasar?.

Google doesn't turn up any matches for the...
Forum: Other Languages April 09, 2011, 05:28 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 10,735
Posted By conejodescarado
Scusatemi, però volevo correggere qualche errore...

Scusatemi, però volevo correggere qualche errore (e ho cambiato un poco) ;)

Invece di "per favore, scrivete in italiano", si può dire "se non vi dispiace/dispiacerebbe, scrivete in italiano". ...
Forum: Other Languages April 07, 2011, 05:29 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 10,735
Posted By conejodescarado
io faccio, tu fai, lui fa, noi facciamo, voi...

io faccio, tu fai, lui fa, noi facciamo, voi fate, loro fanno

Participi passati: fatto, fatti, fatta, fatte

;)
Forum: Grammar April 04, 2011, 08:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,924
Posted By conejodescarado
Usaría el tú, ¿verdad?: ¡Compórtate! Porque...

Usaría el tú, ¿verdad?: ¡Compórtate!

Porque habla con su reflejo, como si fuera otra persona, con lo cual se está familiarizado. Y pues, no se puede usar el imperativo consigo mismo (yo).


...
Forum: Grammar April 04, 2011, 06:13 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,924
Posted By conejodescarado
Gracias :) Estaba un poco confuso con respecto al...

Gracias :) Estaba un poco confuso con respecto al negativo antes :rolleyes:

Él, nosotros y ellos siempre usan el subjuntivo en ambos casos, ¿verdad? Y vosotros funciona como tú...
Forum: Grammar April 04, 2011, 05:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,924
Posted By conejodescarado
El imperativo negativo con los objetos directos/indirectos

¿He comprendido bien las reglas del imperativo aquí?

Para el tú...

Pregúntamelo :good:
Me lo pregunta :bad:
Me lo preguntes :bad:

No me lo preguntes :good:
No pregúntamelo :bad:
Forum: General Chat April 03, 2011, 11:06 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 28,589
Posted By conejodescarado
It means loud/bright/striking. "Callative"...

It means loud/bright/striking. "Callative" doesn't exist in English ;)

Llevaba la camisa muy llamativa = He was wearing a really loud shirt.
Forum: Vocabulary April 03, 2011, 10:47 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,425
Posted By conejodescarado
Just some ideas for quasi-synonyms. to...

Just some ideas for quasi-synonyms.

to profit from (somebody/something)
to take advantage of (somebody/something)
to benefit from (something)
to make good use of (something)
Forum: Idioms & Sayings April 03, 2011, 05:21 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,084
Posted By conejodescarado
I've never heard this expression before. Usually...

I've never heard this expression before. Usually we talk about "to bleed somebody dry".
Forum: Other Languages April 03, 2011, 04:40 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 10,735
Posted By conejodescarado
Una piccolissima cosa, ma la parola "italiano"...

Una piccolissima cosa, ma la parola "italiano" non si scrive in maiuscolo ;)

"... il mio livello d'italiano ..."

Non è un errore dire "di italiano"; piuttosto è più comune abbreviarlo. Si...
Forum: Technical things April 02, 2011, 08:06 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 166,076
Posted By conejodescarado
@Caballero :thumbsup: :good: I'm always...

@Caballero :thumbsup: :good:

I'm always amazed how complicated people make typing accented characters. AltGr is your friend. On a Mac it's beautifully easy to type loads of languages with the US...
Forum: Practice & Homework April 02, 2011, 07:58 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,693
Posted By conejodescarado
Ah, entiendo ahora, gracias :) Disculpa, cambié...

Ah, entiendo ahora, gracias :) Disculpa, cambié el sentido de tu frase cuando la corregí. De hecho, no había pensado en esto así antes. Me has enseñado algo ;)
Forum: Practice & Homework April 02, 2011, 06:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,693
Posted By conejodescarado
Hmm, tal vez "hold the key to" en inglés. ...

Hmm, tal vez "hold the key to" en inglés.

Hago este mismo ejercicio en italiano y el estilo es lo mismo ;) Cometo los mismos errores :o



Éste es más difícil, sin cambiar el sentido...
Forum: Practice & Homework April 02, 2011, 10:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,693
Posted By conejodescarado
Muchas gracias, aleCcowaN :) Sé que los...

Muchas gracias, aleCcowaN :) Sé que los periódicos no se traducen bien literalmente, pero sería útil para mí también aprender las diferencias de estilos. Elegiré diversos tipos de textos que...
Forum: Vocabulary April 02, 2011, 08:58 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,709
Posted By conejodescarado
¿Quieres decir "show-off"? Me parece funcionar...

¿Quieres decir "show-off"? Me parece funcionar también.
Forum: Culture April 02, 2011, 08:09 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 7,276
Posted By conejodescarado
I absolutely cannot stand dubbed films. You lose...

I absolutely cannot stand dubbed films. You lose half of the acting when you take away the actors' voices. Maybe I've just never seen a movie with dubbing done well, but the voices always sound...
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