Forum: General Chat
March 24, 2013, 02:44 AM
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Looking for someone
Good morning from Madrid
Firstly, I don't know if what I'm going to say is stupid or sounds strange (I'm sorry if it is).
I am native spanish and I'd like to improve my english. My english, as...
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Forum: General Chat
March 24, 2013, 02:06 AM
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Forum: General Chat
March 23, 2013, 02:02 PM
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Forum: General Chat
March 23, 2013, 01:25 PM
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Forum: General Chat
March 23, 2013, 10:42 AM
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Forum: General Chat
March 23, 2013, 10:08 AM
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Forum: General Chat
March 23, 2013, 09:49 AM
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Forum: Introductions
March 22, 2013, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,082
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Forum: General Chat
March 22, 2013, 08:53 PM
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Views: 1,494
No debería meterme en una declaración de amor,...
No debería meterme en una declaración de amor, pero...
Sergio es muy importante en mi vida. ¿Por qué? te preguntarás. Porque le gusta ayudame con mi español.... peeeero ese muchacho es muy rico...
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Forum: Introductions
March 22, 2013, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 14
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mmmmm....disiento.
Claro que ¡qué rico! es una...
mmmmm....disiento.
Claro que ¡qué rico! es una expresión correcta, pero no en el contexto que decía ANIMO. Nadie dice: "¿eres español/a? ¡qué rico!". "¿Estudias informática? ¡Qué rico!"... Sí se...
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Forum: Grammar
March 22, 2013, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,933
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Forum: Introductions
March 21, 2013, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,262
Hi Ricardo
I´m new here too. My native...
Hi Ricardo
I´m new here too. My native language is Spanish. I want to improve my english. I use to translate literally from Spanish to English and I have not a fluent English. I´d like to improve...
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2013, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 9
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Yes, but now I think when I traveled outside...
Yes, but now I think when I traveled outside Europe and I spoke english I´m not sure what I said! oh my god!. Once I sent an email to an australian guy and I wrote...bla bla bla bla.........hogs from...
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Forum: Grammar
March 21, 2013, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,732
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2013, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,597
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Forum: Introductions
March 21, 2013, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,082
Hi awaken
Thank you for your answer.
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Hi awaken
Thank you for your answer.
Yes, I wanted to say "I thought I spoke English pretty well until I first traveled abroad". As you can see I have many mistakes.
Yes, for the last sentence...
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2013, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 9
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hi Sarita08
That´s the same with popular...
hi Sarita08
That´s the same with popular sayings. A lot of things have to see with culture and costumes and you can´t translate literally, like:
To butter someone up. What do you mean? you put...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 21, 2013, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 18
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ok, "derogatorio" exists but "derogotorio"...
ok, "derogatorio" exists but "derogotorio" doesn´t. I´m sorry, only one letter makes I don´t understand the word.
Derogatorio means...to abrogate, to revoke, to repeal (for example a law). The...
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Forum: Introductions
March 21, 2013, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,082
Firstly...in spanish we never say ¡qué rico!,...
Firstly...in spanish we never say ¡qué rico!, only when we are eating, for example an ice cream. Better you say....¡qué bien!. Qué rico is used in America.
entonces, gracias. para me ayudas?...
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Forum: Grammar
March 21, 2013, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 9
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the song says.........dónde te me vas
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the song says.........dónde te me vas
That´s not a common use. We say...dónde te vas? but if you want to give a romantic sense to that question you say "dónde te me vas" means you go away from...
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Forum: Introductions
March 21, 2013, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,082
HI! I live in Madrid (I was born in Madrid). My...
HI! I live in Madrid (I was born in Madrid). My mother language is spanish. I thought I spoke a pretty english since I first travelled abroad...I studied english a lot of years ago but when I travel...
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2013, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 4
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Hi raji!
in spanish "margosa" is not a...
Hi raji!
in spanish "margosa" is not a tree, it´s a kind of rock used like a fertilizant. So, firstly check the real name of the tree in spanish
Delete words in red and use words in green
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 21, 2013, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,014
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2013, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 28,420
I think "Part of my family is Cuban and they...
I think "Part of my family is Cuban and they taught me most of what I know," that "most" mean they taught me a lot of thing but not everything, so I translate: Parte de mi familia es cubana y me...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 21, 2013, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,014
Sí (if you write or say "SÏ" not "SI" like an...
Sí (if you write or say "SÏ" not "SI" like an affirmation you have to put a comma behind: Sí, tiene que ver...)tiene algo de ver con paleto porque se refiere a gente campestre que viven en las...
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