Aprender con imagenes...a challenge :)

[Planet hopper]

Right, maybe we can use these pics, I often did with my english lessons, and they should work here, too. Let's see.

Fairly simple: say (in Spanish) whatever comes to your mind as you look at the pics. Maybe just a word, enough

There you go

[Planet hopper]

If you're learning English, do that in English.
Good exercise to improve performance.
:)

[geeper]

Verdad, cómico, cuidado, qué, ironía

[Tomisimo]

The words that came to mind for me: mentira - asalto - cuidado - jugar - choque. Not ver original I guess. :)

[geeper]

It's funny we said opposites for the first one. My thinking was "yea, it's the truth that they say one thing and you get another."

[Planet hopper]

Opposites are close in our mind. Funny that verdad-mentira pair. It's like the glass, half-full or half empty :)

Asalto and comico for the second, coool
Better than asalto, atraco, leaves the irony out :(
Un asalto is something bigger, maybe military. Comico is fine, also jocoso.

Both agree on the bear, right? We say cuidado half a second before the bear slips :)

Que and jugar....I don't get it...I would just say ¡Tonto!

Ironia y choque...Un choque de trenes, los coches tienen golpes.

Good...next stage. Imagine you are describing the pic to a person who can't see it. Try to do that in no more than 3 sentences...Choose your favourite pic, don't need to do them all

[Rusty]

¡Qué diversión!

1. la verdad sí que duele
2. discusión acalorada
3. se me resbaló de la mente lo que iba a decir
4. ni se me pasó por la cabeza lo de un cazatalentos
5. encuentro accidental

[Planet hopper]

¡Qué diversión!

1. la verdad sí que duele
2. discusión acalorada
3. se me resbaló de la mente lo que iba a decir
4. ni se me pasó por la cabeza lo de un cazatalentos
5. encuentro accidental

1.- A bit too strong for the context, but possible.
2.- Good! You got the irony :)
3.- Spanglish. The expression is 'Se me paso de la mente...' Good try:thumbsup:
4.- lol. Un cazacabezas en spanish is an indian, one of those who would shrink heads (jíbaros)
5.-Is cool :)

[Rusty]

Yep, I knew 3 was Spanglish. I was mixing the English 'slipped my mind' with the Spanish saying so that I could play on the word slipped!

[Planet hopper]

It would work only if your partner speaks fluent english...

[Rusty]

She does! :D;):D

Fun diversion.

[Planet hopper]

Cool then, spanglish allowed...

Vacunemos la carpeta... :)

[Planet hopper]

One more...Primary question here:

¿Crees que el perro es un perro policia?

¿Why?

[poli]

Some of the joke don't work well in Spanish.. like stick-up for the snowmen is lost in Spanish. I think the translater's job is the hardest to
get right unless you believe in annotation.

[poli]

One more...Primary question here:

¿Crees que el perro es un perro policia?

¿Why?
No, es un perro ladrón:D:D:D

[Elaina]

No, es un perro ladrón:D:D:D


DITTO!

:p:rolleyes::whistling:

[Planet hopper]

Si fuera un perro ladrón estaria corriendo con algo en la boca ;)

Un amigo policia dijo al ver la foto:

'Vaya con America, allí ponen contra la pared hasta al perro'

:rolleyes::blackeye::):)

[Elaina]

Digo que es un perro ladrón porque ya sabe la rutina.........

"against the wall and spread them"

:p:lengua::duh:

[Planet hopper]

One more before going to sleep

Look at the pic first for a while

Then the question is:

¿Por que tienen las vacas faltas de ortografia?

After hearing some guesses (in spanish)...

Have you ever seen a cow in a language class?

:whistling::whistling::D:D

[Tomisimo]

Cool then, spanglish allowed...

Vacunemos la carpeta... :)
I have actually heard the following two sentences from native Spanish speakers who have been living for a long time in the US:

El rufo está liqueando.
La loca está rota.