Some practice chit chat

[jamlech]

Ok...I need practice so here it goes...please correct me if i am wrong.

Me gusta tocar la guitarra, escuchar musica y estudiar espanol mucho. No me gusta hablar por telefono. Que te gusta hacer? Que no te gusta hacer?

I hope I did not destroy the spanish language lol. Please reply in spanish but understand that I will only know bits and pieces of it. Still learning alot. If replying in spanish keep it simple for me please.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Your sentences are correct, except that Spanish characters like accents, "ñ" and question/exclamation marks at the start of sentences are very important. You can insert them using the "Accents" drop down menu on top of posting boxes. Can you try writing your sentences again with those special characters?

[jamlech]

Me gusta tocar la guitarra, escuchar musica y estudiar español mucho. No me gusta hablar por telefono. ¿Que te gusta hacer? ¿Que no te gusta hacer?

I dont know the rules yet for the accents over the vowels. Could someone help me??? Please explain the rules in english. Thanks.

[Rusty]

Have a look in a dictionary. You'll see accents written over the vowels in some words, like música. Whenever you write that word, the accent must appear over the letter u. There are many rules about accenting words. You'll find a good Spanish description here. You can find other threads here in the forums that talk about some of the same things in English (use search and type in esdrújulas).


In addition to the special characters you just added, the interrogative in a question is accented. So, qué should be typed in your last questions.

Read up on accents, and then ask your questions. Here is a good English description of when accents are needed.

[CrOtALiTo]

You've made a great job with your practice.

[Ramos]

Originally Posted by jamlech

Ok...I need practice so here it goes...please correct me if i am wrong.

Me gusta tocar la guitarra, escuchar musica y estudiar espanol mucho. No me gusta hablar por telefono. Que te gusta hacer? Que no te gusta hacer?

I hope I did not destroy the spanish language lol. Please reply in spanish but understand that I will only know bits and pieces of it. Still learning alot. If replying in spanish keep it simple for me please.

Hola amigo, me gusta practicar la guitarra también pero es muy difícil para yo. ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas tocando la guitarra?

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by Ramos

Hola amigo, me gusta practicar la guitarra también pero es muy difícil para mí. ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas tocando la guitarra?

Hola Ramos, 'for me' will normally be in Spanish "para mí".

I give you here a couple of examples,
Yo tocaba el piano, pero hace mucho que no practico.
Tocar el piano es ahora más difícil para mí.
Aunque me gustaría tener tiempo para practicarlo...

[Ramos]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Hola Ramos, 'for me' will normally be in Spanish "para mí".

I give you here a couple of examples,
I'll give you a couple of examples
Here's a couple of examples

Thanks, i thought "para yo" sounded incorrect, but I couldn't remember the correct way to say it. I tried para me and that just sounded worse

I'm not sure if it's right to do this, but while "I give you here a couple of examples" is correct, it doesn't really sound right and there's other ways to phrase it.

[jamlech]

Originally Posted by Ramos

Hola amigo, me gusta practicar la guitarra también pero es muy difícil para yo. ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas tocando la guitarra?

I think you said: Hello friend, I like to practice the guitar also but it is very difficult for me.

Then you said something along the lines of how long have I played the guitar or how much time do I practice the guitar. I dont know. I am confused with the word llevas. What does it mean.

[Rusty]

You guessed the correct meaning: How long have you been playing the guitar?

The phrase that has you stumped is 'llevar tiempo'. Notice I said phrase. Both words together can mean 'to take/spend time', but the way it was used can only be translated idiomatically. Good job.