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Tarde introducción...
Estoy usando este foro para unas semanas ahora, pero no me presenté todavía. Me llama Lou Ann. Soy de Buffalo, New York (donde nieva mucho). Vivo en los suburbios de Washington, DC hace doce años. Soy una maestra de matemáticas y álgebra.
Estudié español en la universidad hace veinte años. ¡Pero olvidé todo! El año pasado ayudé una organización local plan una conferencia internacional. En la conferencia encontré a varias personas que tienen desde amigas cercanos convertidos. Una viva en Uruguay. Una otra es de Lima, Peru, pero viva en Nueva York hace tres años. Quisieran que se ofreciera voluntariamente para trabajar en una conferencia en la Ciudad de México en mayo. Pero necesito aprender hablar español mejor antes de que vaya. Ahora utilizando una programa informático popular para aprender hablar español. Pero siempre tengo preguntas. Me gusta Tomísimo porque puedo hacer muchas, muchas preguntas, incluso preguntas básicas, y consigo respuestas maravillosas. Utilicé Yahoo Babelfish para la ayuda con alguno que traduce este poste, y para algunas de mis preguntas hechas en los foros. Pronto espero que pueda escribir sin el uso de Babelfish. Ahora necesito la mayoría de la ayuda con la construcción de la oración y tiempos del verbo. Aprecio todas las sugerencias. ¡Gracias a todos!
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- Lou Ann, de Washington, DC, USA Específicamente quiero recibir ayuda con el español de latinoamerica. ¡Muchísimas gracias! |
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you do know a lot of Spanish! I wouldn't be able to do write all this.
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Thanks, Jessica. I really used the translator (Babelfish) a LOT! I couldn't have written much of it without. BUT - I made sure to understand EVERY single word I wrote and exactly how each sentence is structured. It took me ALL afternoon to write. But I learned a lot. And that's the goal, right? Also remember that I'm only studying ONE subject. You've got what, seven? I can focus my attention more than you.
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Lou Ann, would you appreciate help with your massive undertaking (your introduction)? There are things I could suggest to make it better.
I can try to explain why I changed things as I go, if you'd like the extra effort. |
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YES! Rusty - I would definitely appreciate the help. In fact, I was anticipating it when I wrote it. That's exactly what I need!!! THANK YOU!!
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Presentación Atrasada
(Late Introduction)
My Spanish isn't perfect, but I believe the changes I made express what you intended to say. Machine translations are pretty bad and shouldn't be trusted. In future posts, try creating your own sentences from scratch. This will prove to be the best teacher. Rather than anticipate your questions about the changes I made, go ahead and ask the questions you might have. I'll try my best to explain. Last edited by Rusty; January 28, 2009 at 07:32 PM. |
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RUSTY! Thank you SO much!! This is very helpful. It's difficult for me to write much without needing to look some word up in a dictionary. I don't have the vocabulary (it's coming ... but slowly!). And I can only conjugate verbs in the present tense right now. I have difficulty with sentence structure (as you can see). BUT, having said all of that, it is encouraging that I understand *most* of your changes.
I don't have time right now to enumerate all of my questions, but I'll start with one and will come back later with more. Please tell me about the difference between "maestra" and "profesora". Is "maestra" not used commonly for "teacher"? Is it possibly a Latin American vs. Spain thing? (I am mostly interested in Latin American Spanish.) Thank you!! More to follow!
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Profesora is used for teachers of older students. If you teach in an elementary school, you could call yourself una maestra.
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OH! So even though I'm teaching 14-year-olds, they're considered "older"? Great to know! Especially for parent conference time!
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I would think you would be a profesora. 14-year-olds are considered "older" (because I am one)
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