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Old July 02, 2010, 03:41 PM
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¿Puede alquien ayudarme a traducir "cómo una"? I can't seem to get that part right. Although I understand, generally speaking, what is being expressed I can't figure out the correct English equivalent. I would say: "just one?" or "only one?" but does that fit with "cómo una?"
"¿Cómo?" can be used to indicate that you haven't heard someone or that you think you must have misheard them. "What do you mean, one?" is how I would prefer to translate "¿Cómo una?" here.
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Old July 02, 2010, 06:10 PM
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Old July 03, 2010, 07:16 AM
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"¿Cómo?" can be used to indicate that you haven't heard someone or that you think you must have misheard them. "What do you mean, one?" is how I would prefer to translate "¿Cómo una?" here.
I had forgotten that use for cómo. Thanks!
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Old July 07, 2010, 06:38 AM
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Hey! Another pun/joke.
-¿Por qué nunca llueve en el Uruguay?
-¡Porque está debajo del Paraguay!
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Old July 07, 2010, 08:40 AM
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Hey! Another pun/joke.
-¿Por qué nunca llueve en el Uruguay?
-¡Porque está debajo del Paraguay!
haha.

Tengo otro en inglés.

Two guys are walking down a street
The first guy walks into a bar
The second guy ducks.

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Old July 07, 2010, 08:53 AM
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haha.

Tengo otro en ingles.

Two guys are walking down a street
The first guy walks into a bar
The second guy ducks.
Duh! I took me quite a bit to get it!
It's funnnny!
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Old July 07, 2010, 09:21 AM
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Duh! I took me quite a bit to get it!
It's funnnny!
Siempre me ha gustado esa broma (o chiste?)

Here's another:

When is a car not a car?
When it turns into a driveway
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Siempre me ha gustado esa broma (o chiste?)

Here's another:

When is a car not a car?
When it turns into a driveway
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I didn't understand your joke, I would like to be the translation into of the Spanish, of course if you can do it.

Thank you.
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The car/driveway one reminds me of:

When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar.
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