College!!!

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119794)

Lo siento. (Hace) mucho tiempo que no he hablado. Estaba muy ocupado. Pero, (yo) acabé mí primer año de colegio universidad. :applause: Espero que nadie me olvidó haya olvidado :sad:

Corrections please. . .Rusty?:D

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119794)

... acabé mi primer año ...

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119798)

Thanks a lot! I actually had "hace mucho . . " written, but it erased it and changed it. I'll remember this for the future. My only concern right now is that it like one in the morning in Massachusetts. Have you been drinking rockstars?!?! :D

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119849)

almost forgot. So, if I am speaking to a native Spanish speaker then I would use "universidad"? Basically I shouldn't have to use college (colegio) when I'm talking in Spanish if I'm am talking about my college which is in the US. Is that right? I want to make sure I understand. So I would say:

He acabado mi primer año de la universidad.

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119848)

Rusty: In this scenario, could the verb "terminar" also be used, given the correct conjugation?

He terminado mi primer año de la universidad.

Originally Posted by wrholt (Post 119854)

As far as I know, in every Spanish-speaking country the word "colegio" refers to a private school for children preparing to earn the "bachillerato", which is basically the same as a U.S. high school diploma. .

Originally Posted by wrholt (Post 119854)

As far as I know, in every Spanish-speaking country the word "colegio" refers to a private school for children preparing to earn the "bachillerato", which is basically the same as a U.S. high school diploma. As "college" in the U.S. follows high school, "colegio" is generally a poor translation for "college". Usually "universidad" is the most accurate translation, although it partly depends on the type of program one is studying.

Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 119862)

In our village, the local primary school (children 5-10?) is always called el colegio. But then Tenerife is usually different. :thinking:

Originally Posted by caliber1 (Post 119794)

Lo siento. Mucho tiempo que no he hablado. Estaba muy ocupado. Pero, yo acabé mí primer año de colegio. :applause: Espero que nadie me olvidó:sad:

Corrections please. . .Rusty?:D

Originally Posted by Don José (Post 119874)

In this case, it mustn't be different.

Colegio here:
- private or public school (children until 12)
- private or "concertado"* school (12-18)
- professional association (the same that AlecCowan explained)

Instituto: public school (12-18), secondary school I think.

* Briefly, a private school that gets money form the state.

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN (Post 119864)

"Colegio" here is any school, elementary ones ("¿Fuiste hoy al cole?") and high schools. "Colegio" is also any professional association that is mandatory constituted for its members to work as such: "Colegio de Abogados de la Capital Federal".

College, like in community college, would be here "terciario", although they call it "facu" informally (for "facultad", that is, a school within a university), meaning that it's socially levelled with university, as many universities give "títulos terciarios" and almost every person having a "título terciario" (college degree) may take one or two years of aditional courses in a university to get a "título universitario" (university degree)