Hola Amigos

[Paddy]

Hola, me llamo Paddy, y soy de Escocia.



Anyway, i'm trying to teach myself spanish, it is currently very poor, and i am having to use a translator, i'm hoping using this forum will help.

[wrholt]

Hola, y bienvenido a los foros.

[Paddy]

Gracias amigo mio



^^^ is that the correct phrase, for thankyou my friend?

[wrholt]

Originally Posted by Paddy

Gracias amigo mío



^^^ is that the correct phrase, for thankyou my friend?

It's a correct phrase, yes. You could also say "Gracias, mi amigo", or simply "Gracias, amigo".

Whenever correct spelling matters, mío bears an acute accent over the letter i.

When you are editing a forum post, there is a drop-down list with the label "Accents" in the formatting bar at the top of the edit window. You can use it to insert vowels with acute accents, upper- and lowercase ñ, and the punctuation marks ¿, ¡, «, and ».

[Paddy]

Originally Posted by wrholt

It's a correct phrase, yes. You could also say "Gracias, mi amigo", or simply "Gracias, amigo".

Whenever correct spelling matters, mío bears an acute accent over the letter i.

When you are editing a forum post, there is a drop-down list with the label "Accents" in the formatting bar at the top of the edit window. You can use it to insert vowels with acute accents, upper- and lowercase ñ, and the punctuation marks ¿, ¡, «, and ».

yeah i noticed the accents box, thanks mate, wasn't aware that there was an accent over the "i" ....Gracias

[Caballero]

¿Hay una diferencia entre "Gracias, mi amigo" y "Gracias, amigo mío"? ¿Es uno de los más formal o son igual?

[Rusty]

... es uno de ellos ... son iguales

The latter is a pronoun. The former is a possessive determiner. There is a difference in meaning. The pronoun tends to be used if speaking more poetically or in an endearing way. It will sound quaint to some people.

[Perikles]

Hello, welcome from me. An unexpected combination of name and country.

[Paddy]

Gracias Perikles.

My name is an Irish name.....it is the nickname for Patrick, which is my real name.

[Caballero]

Originally Posted by Rusty

... es uno de ellos ... son iguales

The latter is a pronoun. The former is a possessive determiner. There is a difference in meaning. The pronoun tends to be used if speaking more poetically or in an endearing way. It will sound quaint to some people.

So I can say "Computadora mía es muy lento." and it makes it sound more quaint?