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Old April 15, 2009, 05:36 PM
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Any idea what she is trying to say with this...

I made mention to a girl about how she speaks better in slang than when she is trying to write proper. I also made fun of her and told her it made me laugh when she tried to write (sonriendo) and she wrote (sonrrojada). she replied with this.....

"jajaja como que revuelbo las letras vdd"

it looks like it says "how I truly mix the letters". basically it looks like it's saying "I truly messed up/screwed up the letters". she lost me w/ the word (revuelbo)
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Not everyone knows how to spell correctly. This is especially evident when consonants that sound the same are interchanged, like the b and v, and the c and s. It gets worse when they try to spell words how they're pronounced/said in colloquial speech.

The word she stumped you with should have been spelled revuelvo. This is the 1st-person indicative present tense form of revolver (to stir).

In case someone is wondering, vdd stands for verdad.
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"jajaja como que revuelbo las letras vdd"
She wrote: "It's like I'm mixing letters, right?"

@hola: Whenever you see a word that doesn't tell you much, try to think about how it is pronounced... you might get an idea about the meaning.


@Rusty: So sadly true. There are not many native-speakers who can spell correctly in Spanish. At least not in Mexico.
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I made mention to a girl about how she speaks better in slang than when she is trying to write proper. I also made fun of her and told her it made me laugh when she tried to write (sonriendo) and she wrote (sonrrojada). she replied with this.....

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it looks like it says "how I truly mix the letters". basically it looks like it's saying "I truly messed up/screwed up the letters". she lost me w/ the word (revuelbo)

[COLOR="Red"]"jajaja como que revuelbo las letras vdd" This is correct, it's used during a chatting in the messenger.


She have could say this (Como que me enredo las palabras vdd.)

Just it are only idioms.
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Old April 16, 2009, 12:39 AM
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Angelica, you said that she said "it's like I am mixing letters right." but I don't see the word "I am" (estoy) in there.
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The 1st-person present progressive tense (estoy ____ando/iendo) is what you're thinking about. That tense is not being used in the sentence. It is only used when in the very act of doing something.

Angelica is translating the 1st-person present tense revuelvo into I am mixing. This is a correct translation. Revuelvo can be translated as I mix, I do mix, I am mixing and I'll be mixing (near future).
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"Revolber" hurts my eyes, the correct word is "revolver", althoug it would be better "mezclar", in Spain, of course. "Confundir" would be also possible (los disléxicos confunden las letras).
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@hola: Sorry, it felt strange translating word by word, so I preferred to translate the idea. When I say someting like "como que revuelvo las letras", I get the idea that I am always doing that, so I used "I am mixing" in English.

@Rusty: Thank you!!
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@Rusty: Thank you!!
You're welcome!!
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You're welcome!!
Why did you say "welcome" if she hasn't just arrived? Does it mean another thing? Is it American English? Thanks.
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