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Old August 08, 2008, 06:44 AM
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Question About Myself

Hello,

I am writing a short essay describing myself.

Need some spanish equivalents for the below , help needed.

"About Myself" -- "Sobre...."

"My hair is black and straight with medium length and have black eyes" -- "Tengo pelo negro y liso "with medium height" y tengo ojos negro.

I am a friendly person -- "Soy amable......"

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Hello,

I am writing a short essay describing myself.

Need some spanish equivalents for the below , help needed.

"About Myself" -- "Sobre...."

"My hair is black and straight with medium length and have black eyes" -- "Tengo pelo negro y liso "with medium height" y tengo ojos negro.

I am a friendly person -- "Soy amable......"

Thanks,
Raji
About myself = Sobre mí misma -or- Acerca de mí misma -or- mí misma
(it depends on the context)
I would like to talk about myself. = Me gustaría hablar sobre mí misma.

Tengo pelo / cabello negro y liso, de medio largo, y tengo ojos negros.

Soy (una persona) simpática. -or-
Soy amable / amigable.
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Old August 08, 2008, 07:42 AM
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Rusty, mí misma doesn't make sense by itself. It should be yo misma.
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Yeah, when I wrote mí misma by itself, it was my intention that something else would precede it (instead of sobre or acerca de). That's why I wrote it depends on the context after that line.
It's possible to say other things, like hablar de mí misma.
So, it would have better to write de mí misma on that line.

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Old August 08, 2008, 08:13 AM
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OK, I think the most common notation for what you meant is: ... de mí misma.
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Old August 08, 2008, 11:34 AM
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Porqué no puede decir....

About myself - Sobre mi (??) without the use of 'mismo'

straight hair - cabello lacio

I usually associate liso with soft and lacio with straight......

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When the object is refering back to the subject, in other words, when talking about oneself, always requires mismo/a, just as the words myself, yourself, ourselves, etc. in English are used when the subject and the object are one in the same. (Unfortunately, many people misuse the word myself, but it's proper use is as I have stated.)

No hables de mí. Don't talk about me. (The subject is you (2nd person), the object is me (1st person).)
Quiero hablar de mí mismo. I want to talk about myself. (The subject and object are both in the 1st person.)
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Alfonso, the word user for us, the Mexican is, A mi mismo, also we used the phrase yo mismo, but it's less userd in our contry.

What do you thing about it.?
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Alfonso, the word user for us, the Mexican is, A mi mismo, also we used the phrase yo mismo, but it's less userd in our contry.

What do you thing about it.?
I think that if it helps you to communicate with othe people it's OK.
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