Una idea para la escritura

[CrOtALiTo]

Ok. Then I will give you some examples above it.


Don't worry you only need ask me, and I will glad in help you.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I want to asnwer your question above de qué trata"?

Look. The sentence formed for Angelica has as meaning (It is above what)

For example, I'm going to the Doctor and he told me. Jorge tell me above is your visit to the doctor, you are sick.

I hope you can understand me.

You've mixed these words up before. Remember:

above = arriba de / sobre (físicamente sobre algo)
about = acerca de / sobre (en sentido figurado)

sobre = on / on top of

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Angelica - GRACIAS!!

En CSI: Las Vegas, sobre el jefe (Grissom) quedando sordo: pienso que la trama (¿como se dice "story line"?) abandonaba terminaba/acababa antes de la conclusión.

(Did I make any sense there at all?)

I'd love more practice "assignments".

Luis - it wasn't your examples that were bad, it is my brain. Could you use "de qué trata in some Spanish sentences now? I WILL understand this time!!

Thank you, laepelba. It was much better this time.

Right! Story line = trama

In this case, you can also say "la temporada terminó antes de la conclusión". "La temporada" = "the season"

"Abandonar" is used when someone leaves something. Since it's the TV series "itself" that ended it's preferred to use "terminar" or "acabar". In Common Mexican Spanish you could also have said "se terminaba" or "se acababa".


As for examples of "tratarse de":

- Primero me llamas y ahora no quieres hablar conmigo. ¿De qué se trata?
- First you call me and now you won't talk to me. ¿What is it about?

-- ¿De qué se trató la junta? -- Se trataba de definir estrategias de ventas.
-- ¿What was the meeting about? -- It was about defining sales strategies.

- Voy al teatro. La obra trata de un niño que encuentra una lámpara mágica.
- I'm going to the theater. The play is about a boy who finds a magic lamp.


And to keep the conversation going:

Qué lástima que no se supo qué le pasaba. Nos dejaron en suspenso.
También he visto La Ley y el Orden (Law & Order), ¿a ti qué te parece ese programa?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

In this case, you can also say "la temporada terminó antes de la conclusión". "La temporada" = "the season"

"Abandonar" is used when someone leaves something. Since it's the TV series "itself" that ended it's preferred to use "terminar" or "acabar". In Common Mexican Spanish you could also have said "se terminaba" or "se acababa".

Actually, I must have done a poor job of wording what I said, because the series did not terminate ... it was only the story line that "disappeared". They seemed to drop the whole idea of Grissom going deaf. The series is ongoing ... several years after Grissom was no longer going deaf.

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

As for examples of "tratarse de":

- Primero me llamas y ahora no quieres hablar conmigo. ¿De qué se trata?
- First you call me and now you won't talk to me. ¿What is it about?

-- ¿De qué se trató la junta? -- Se trataba de definir estrategias de ventas.
-- ¿What was the meeting about? -- It was about defining sales strategies.

- Voy al teatro. La obra trata de un niño que encuentra una lámpara mágica.
- I'm going to the theater. The play is about a boy who finds a magic lamp.

Thanks!! GREAT examples!!

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

And to keep the conversation going:

Qué lástima que no se supo qué le pasaba. Nos dejaron en suspenso.
También he visto La Ley y el Orden (Law & Order), ¿a ti qué te parece ese programa?

I'm sorry - I'm looking up these words and not coming up with anything that works together with any kind of meaning. Here's what I get:

"Qué lástima que" - what a shame that...
"no se supo" - ??????
"qué le pasaba" - that that happened... (It's a shame that something happened? What? That they stopped the show?)
"Nos dejaron en suspenso." - They left us in suspense. (?)
"También" - also
"he visto" - ??????
"¿a ti qué te parece ese programa?" - ?????? - in the dictionary it says that "parecerse" means to look alike - But I can't figure out what you're asking with the "a ti" and "te" and "ese programa"....

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you for the advice.

I have clouds on top of my hand.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I have clouds on top of my hand.

I suppose you meant 'I have my head in the clouds.' (Tengo la cabeza en las nubes.)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Actually, I must have done a poor job of wording what I said, because the series did not terminate ... it was only the story line that "disappeared". They seemed to drop the whole idea of Grissom going deaf. The series is ongoing ... several years after Grissom was no longer going deaf.

[...]

I'm sorry - I'm looking up these words and not coming up with anything that works together with any kind of meaning. Here's what I get:

"Qué lástima que" - what a shame that...
"no se supo" - ??????
"qué le pasaba" - that that happened... (It's a shame that something happened? What? That they stopped the show?)
"Nos dejaron en suspenso." - They left us in suspense. (?)
"También" - also
"he visto" - ??????
"¿a ti qué te parece ese programa?" - ?????? - in the dictionary it says that "parecerse" means to look alike - But I can't figure out what you're asking with the "a ti" and "te" and "ese programa"....

I thought that season ended with Grissom in hospital, getting ready for the operation, then in next season, it would be known whether it had worked or not. But it was good for the character that the operation seems to have been successful.


As for the Spanish part:

It was a very good research, but pieces didn't make much sense on their own... maybe if you try an online translator you'll get a more general idea first and then you can cut sentences into pieces to understand the use of words and expressions.

"No se supo": Sorry, hard sentence. "Se" takes the place of an impersonal subject... like saying "one didn't know".
(Maybe Rusty or Tomisimo can help me out to explain better impersonal sentences.)

"Dejar en suspenso": it is used when you don't know what will happen next.

"He visto" = "I have watched"
"Ver" and "mirar" can be used interchangeably for watching TV, movies, shows...

Parecer: Tricky verb. "Parecerse" is "to look alike". "Parecer" can be understood as "to seem". "Parecerle algo a alguien" is "what someone thinks about something"

-- ¿Qué te parece la nueva jefa? -- Me parece que es una bruja.
-- What do you think about the new boss? -- I think she's a witch.

- Me parece que el equipo mexicano no jugó bien.
- I think the mexican team didn't play well.

-- ¿Qué te pareció la lección de ayer? -- Me pareció muy aburrida.
-- What did you think about yesterday's lesson? -- I think it was very boring.


So, the sentence was this:
"Qué lástima que no se supo qué le pasaba. Nos dejaron en suspenso.
También he visto La Ley y el Orden (Law & Order), ¿a ti qué te parece ese programa?"

It was meant to say:
"It's a shame that it wasn't known what happened to him (Grissom). They left us guessing. I have also watched Law & Order, what do you think about that program?"

[CrOtALiTo]

No, I have on top of my hand an clouds.

I mean. Tengo sobre mi manos unas nubes.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

No, I have some clouds on top of my hands.
Tengo sobre mis manos unas nubes.

This sentence doesn't make much sense in English. I suppose it's a saying of some sort.
¿Qué significa la frase en español?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

No, I have on top of my hand an clouds.

I mean. Tengo sobre mi manos unas nubes.

It sounds like a poetic metaphor to me... What do you mean exactly, CrOtALiTo?