Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
May 17, 2012, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,056
Escuchar a las peliculas vs. otros medios
En su experiencia, escuchar películas más difícil que escuchar otros medios que tienen un idioma hablado extranjero? Cuando miro las noticias o escucho a la radio usualmente puedo entender mucho,...
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Forum: Other Languages
April 22, 2012, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,477
Portuguese Book for Spanish Student?
Any suggestions for a good book with which to learn Portuguese for someone who has studied Spanish for a couple of years? I saw a couple of "teach yourself Portuguese" books in the bookstore, but I...
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Forum: Culture
March 28, 2012, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,425
Barcelona - Spanish?
I've heard varying things about languages in Barcelona; from what I understand, Catalan is preferred, but Spanish is taught in schools. Is this right? Also:
Does anyone know any idiomatic...
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Forum: Grammar
February 27, 2012, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,987
No me tienes que recordar
Yo estaba viendo "Biutiful" (una pelicula bonita, pero muy triste), y una personaje dijo, "No me tienes recordar." Porque no ha dicho, "No tienes recordarme?" Cuado debe de poner el objeto al...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 23, 2011, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 27,392
Stimmt? Ich weiss, dass ich 'Englisch auf...
Stimmt? Ich weiss, dass ich 'Englisch auf Deutsch' ein bisschen zu viel schreibe (z.B.: ich verwende englischen Idiome, usw.) - jedoch kann mann den Beitrag verstehen, nicht wahr:p?
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Forum: Grammar
August 23, 2011, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,866
Pretérito Perfecto vs. Pretérito
Cuando oigo gentes, que tienen Español como un idioma primero, noto que ellos frecuemente usan el construcción pretérito perfecto para ciertas palabras y frases. Por ejemplo, es muy normál que decir...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 23, 2011, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 27,392
Ach so! Ich finde dieses Thema so schoen, weil...
Ach so! Ich finde dieses Thema so schoen, weil ich die deutsche Sprache viel ueben muss, um in Deutschland zu studieren (ich habe schon da besucht, aber meine Wortschatz wird schlecht zu schnell...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
November 25, 2010, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,021
Best in Spain
Are there any good Spanish-learning schools located in Spain? Thanks!
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Forum: Grammar
September 14, 2010, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,279
Dropping the S?
Conozco es común que omitir el "s" a el fin de algunas palabras en dialectos de areas certias (Puerto Rico, por ejemplo). Pero a veces yo oígo gentes hispanicos pronuncian las palabras sin "S" en...
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Forum: Grammar
August 21, 2010, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,051
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Forum: Grammar
August 21, 2010, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,630
Conditional vs. Subjunctive
Are there some general rules for remembering when to use the conditional vs. the subjunctive, and, more generally, are there any general guidelines for subjunctive vs. indicative use?
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Forum: Translations
June 22, 2010, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,962
"Voy a (infinitive)" vs. Future tense
In English, the phrase "I will eat" seems to carry more definitive force than "I am going to eat." Does the same apply in Spanish?
For example, if someone were to ask my my plans for the night...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
January 06, 2010, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,664
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
January 05, 2010, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,664
Language Immersion!
It's been awhile since I've been on the forums, uni's been keeping me busy.:eek:
I realize that I'm not going to go from "knowing enough to get by" to fluent in a week or two, but if I were to...
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Forum: Other Languages
August 13, 2009, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 22,589
Where Latin gets somewhat tricky is that its...
Where Latin gets somewhat tricky is that its nouns undergo a sort of "conjugation" of their own (they're not being conjugated per se, but they change form based on their use within the sentence).
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Forum: Grammar
August 13, 2009, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 27,158
Creo :p que:
"Creer" significa "to believe"...
Creo :p que:
"Creer" significa "to believe" - "I don't believe this" = "No creo este"
Pensar, por otra parte, significa "to think" - "Necesito pinsar" = "I need to think"
Creer signifies...
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 13, 2009, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,632
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Forum: Culture
August 12, 2009, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,035
Looseness of Spanish Grammar?
Disclaimer: I'm not trying to use this thread as justification to learn Spanish poorly or incompletely!:eek:
After having spoken with a few native Spanish Speakers (Latin American), I am getting...
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
August 12, 2009, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,468
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Forum: Technical things
August 12, 2009, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 11,394
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Forum: Culture
August 11, 2009, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 29,056
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 11, 2009, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,632
Dale
Estoy un poco confudido sobre respecta a el uso de la palabra "dale." Creo que significa "go" o "to hit upon" (i.e. to hit upon a point in conversation). Sin embargo, yo estaba buscar en google y...
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Forum: Grammar
August 09, 2009, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,444
General Subjunctive Rules?
This may be too general of a question, but can anyone give me any advice as to when the subjunctive should be used? In my studies in Latin, it was easier to tell only because virtually no...
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Forum: Grammar
August 06, 2009, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,736
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
August 05, 2009, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,944
"It's up to you"
I would normally say (translating from English):
"Está para tu decidir"
Is there a better way to express this?
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