Spanish b/v

chileno · #51 February 17, 2009, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Chileno: puedo compartirte mi tecito de azahar.

hmmm delicious!

Quote:

Originally Posted by laepelba

I'll take one.... (how would I say THAT in spanish?)

Yo quiero una. :-)

laepelba · #52 February 17, 2009, 10:27 AM

Gracias...

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno

Bien.

Estoy mas herrado que un caballo...

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Chileno: puedo compartirte mi tecito de azahar.

Okay - I really need the aspirin ... because I do NOT get most of what you two just said. Hernan - you are shod like a horse? And Malila, ... what about orange blossoms???

Help!

**Rusty** · #53 February 17, 2009, 11:04 AM

té = tea
tecito = tea (diminutive)
Does that help you figure out what Angelica said?

herrado = shod
herrado = branded (like with a branding iron)

I believe what Chileno said is something like:
I'm marked/branded (stigmatized).

**AngelicaDeAlquezar** · #54 February 17, 2009, 11:14 AM

@laepelba: Orange blossom tea (little tea = "tecito") is supposed to help you to calm down when you get stressed... just to follow Chileno's joke about blood-pressure pills.

laepelba · #55 February 17, 2009, 12:22 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhh....... THANKS!!

(sounds yummy!)

chileno · #56 February 17, 2009, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty

té = tea
tecito = tea (diminutive)
Does that help you figure out what Angelica said?

herrado = shod
herrado = branded (like with a branding iron)

I believe what Chileno said is something like:
I'm marked/branded (stigmatized).

Hi Rusty,

To err= errar

I do not know if Angelica got what I wrote. Which have to be said, instead of read. :-)

Do you get it now?

chileno · #57 February 17, 2009, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laepelba

Gracias...
Okay - I really need the aspirin ... because I do NOT get most of what you two just said. Hernan - you are shod like a horse? And Malila, ... what about orange blossoms???

Help!

It's just a play of words... You'll get them in time. :-)

We hispanics in general seems to like everyting in diminutive.

In chile almost everyone talks like that.

Do you want a little queso?

Do you want to take a little seat? :-)

etc...

Hernan,.

**AngelicaDeAlquezar** · #58 February 17, 2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno

[...]

I do not know if Angelica got what I wrote. Which have to be said, instead of read. :-)

[...]

"Errado" sounds the same as "herrado"; although horses and horseshoes have nothing to do with mistakes, the word game should say "estoy muy equivocado".

**Rusty** · #59 February 17, 2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno

Hi Rusty,
To err= errar
Do you get it now?

Sí, ya lo pillo.

Jackson · #60 February 17, 2009, 06:03 PM

Just for my own understanding, what exactly should the b/v sound like (assuming identical pronunciation)? I am constantly listening to native speakers around me to try and learn it, but to my untrained ears it all sounds like a soft v. Is there a specific sound in English or even French that approximates it?

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