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Old November 08, 2009, 01:43 PM
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This is one of my blind spots in English due to the fact that in Dutch we use the same verb for lending and borrowing (lenen).
You are not alone, Germans do it as well.

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And you are not lazy?
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Haha yes you're right I realized this later in fact...
This is one of my blind spots in English due to the fact that in Dutch we use the same verb for lending and borrowing (lenen).




As if....

Thanx irma for your comments!! Very enlightening, as always..

So if I were to say ' don't even ask' e.g. this would translate as 'ni siquiera preguntarme/ pregúntame'
No me preguntes ni siquiera (o siquiera) dónde he estado (also: no se te ocurra preguntarme dónde he estado). (Creo que cuando hay un no, no es necesario el "ni", pero creo que no está mal ponerlo . A mí me suena bien "no me preguntes ni siquiera" y "no me preguntes siquiera", aunque me inclino más por no decir "ni")

Ni siquiera le pregunté su nombre.

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Old November 08, 2009, 01:47 PM
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You are not alone, Germans do it as well.

And you are not lazy?
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Old November 08, 2009, 02:17 PM
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You are not alone, Germans do it as well.
It's always a bold move to compare a Dutch person to a German...

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Hehe.. you should see what I write in Dutch sometimes..

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No me preguntes ni siquiera (o siquiera) dónde he estado (also: no se te ocurra preguntarme dónde he estado). (Creo que cuando hay un no, no es necesario el "ni", pero creo que no está mal ponerlo . A mí me suena bien "no me preguntes ni siquiera" y "no me preguntes siquiera", aunque me inclino más por no decir "ni")

Ni siquiera le pregunté su nombre.
¡¡Ahhhh claro, gracias irmamita!!
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Old November 08, 2009, 02:28 PM
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It's always a bold move to compare a Dutch person to a German...


Hehe.. you should see what I write in Dutch sometimes..



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