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Forum: Translations January 30, 2012, 05:55 PM

Replies: 9 Help with text on a student progress report Views: 3,454 Posted By laepelba Uyyyy!! I didn't see the "tu" until you just... Uyyyy!! I didn't see the "tu" until you just said that. I always try to avoid it..... Thank you for pointing it out. I honestly do attempt to avoid it.....

Forum: Translations January 22, 2012, 07:51 AM

Replies: 9 Help with text on a student progress report Views: 3,454 Posted By laepelba That makes a lot of sense!! Thanks!! That makes a lot of sense!! Thanks!!

Forum: Translations January 22, 2012, 07:22 AM

Replies: 9 Help with text on a student progress report Views: 3,454 Posted By laepelba Thanks, that's helpful. My students and... Thanks, that's helpful. My students and their parents typically only use the word "nota" for "grade" in any context I've ever heard. The great majority of my students come from similar family...

Forum: Translations January 22, 2012, 06:48 AM

Replies: 9 Help with text on a student progress report Views: 3,454 Posted By laepelba Thank you! It seems you are familiar with eCart,... Thank you! It seems you are familiar with eCart, Alec? You spelled it the "correct" way. Interesting... So how bad is what I actually wrote? (The reports have already been sent...)

Forum: Translations January 22, 2012, 06:16 AM

Replies: 9 Help with text on a student progress report Views: 3,454 Posted By laepelba Help with text on a student progress report I have been trying to include Spanish versions of the notes that I put on the student progress reports that I send via email. This morning I am sending the following note. I just thought I would...

Forum: Vocabulary January 01, 2012, 06:53 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba Never heard that one.... Hmmmm.... Never heard that one.... Hmmmm....

Forum: Vocabulary December 31, 2011, 11:01 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba Seriously, don't stop now!! :) Some lights... Seriously, don't stop now!! :) Some lights still "turn" a knob ... the ones that dim....

Forum: Vocabulary December 31, 2011, 10:16 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba More off topic - but seriously, you NEED to know... More off topic - but seriously, you NEED to know the word "get" because most people ignore their English teachers and use the word a LOT. I certainly do. If you are going to be able to be...

Forum: Vocabulary December 31, 2011, 09:22 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba I agree!!! I agree!!!

Forum: Vocabulary December 31, 2011, 08:58 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba Do you know that most of my English teachers in... Do you know that most of my English teachers in high school strongly discouraged us from using the word "get" in any sense. In fact, I had one teacher who would simply not allow us to use the word...

Forum: Vocabulary December 29, 2011, 09:14 AM

Replies: 9 Yacer vs. Acostarse Views: 7,505 Posted By laepelba Thanks, Malila - that is very helpful. Which... Thanks, Malila - that is very helpful. Which would you use, yazco, yazgo, or yago?

Forum: Vocabulary December 29, 2011, 08:44 AM

Replies: 46 On and Off Views: 7,749 Posted By laepelba This is why I should just live in a... This is why I should just live in a Spanish-speaking country. I have to learn and re-learn and re-learn things. Ugh!! A friend sent me a text message the other day and said "Prende la tele...

Forum: Vocabulary December 29, 2011, 08:37 AM

Replies: 9 Yacer vs. Acostarse Views: 7,505 Posted By laepelba So, loosely, yacer is used when one is in the... So, loosely, yacer is used when one is in the process of laying there ... acostarse is used when one is in the process of getting into the laying down position? I have a friend who will send me a...

Forum: Vocabulary December 29, 2011, 08:25 AM

Replies: 9 Yacer vs. Acostarse Views: 7,505 Posted By laepelba I don't distinguish between lie and lay. (I'm... I don't distinguish between lie and lay. (I'm dumb about my own language....) :-/

Forum: Vocabulary December 29, 2011, 08:12 AM

Replies: 9 Yacer vs. Acostarse Views: 7,505 Posted By laepelba Yacer vs. Acostarse I'm working on learning a list of Spanish verbs whose definitions in English include a preposition (like buscar and pedir, etc.). One of the verbs on the list is yacer. I have a few questions...

Forum: Grammar December 28, 2011, 06:14 AM

Replies: 9 Another "por" vs "para" question Views: 5,807 Posted By laepelba So it's a little bit like when you say "por acá"... So it's a little bit like when you say "por acá" or "por allá".... Super - totally clear to me now. Thanks! :)

Forum: Grammar December 26, 2011, 12:25 PM

Replies: 9 Another "por" vs "para" question Views: 5,807 Posted By laepelba Thanks!! Um, so I thought San Juan is a place... Thanks!! Um, so I thought San Juan is a place (which confused me). Apparently it's a date?

Forum: Grammar December 26, 2011, 11:47 AM

Replies: 9 Another "por" vs "para" question Views: 5,807 Posted By laepelba Alec - interestingly, I would slightly more often... Alec - interestingly, I would slightly more often say "he was named John for his father" than "he was named John after his father", or just "he was named for his father". Hmmm.... Also, Malila -...

Forum: Grammar December 25, 2011, 09:56 PM

Replies: 9 Another "por" vs "para" question Views: 5,807 Posted By laepelba Another "por" vs "para" question Doing another translation exercise in the "por vs. para" chapter... I think that the English version of this sentence is awkward at best, so I will re-write it also...... English (given): ...

Forum: Grammar December 25, 2011, 09:50 PM

Replies: 26 Más que & Más de Views: 12,669 Posted By laepelba I just made an error in an exercise that made me... I just made an error in an exercise that made me come back and look for this thread. It has helped a lot to review it, and I hope that, after a year and a half, I am much better at grasping these...

Forum: Grammar December 23, 2011, 07:59 AM

Replies: 5 Para vs. Por - duration/span of time Views: 3,113 Posted By laepelba So, could you say: "Él tiene empleo por el... So, could you say: "Él tiene empleo por el verano." Or, "Ellos van de vacaciones para dos semanas." ?? Or is one (por vs. para) preferable in these types of sentences...?

Forum: Grammar December 23, 2011, 06:20 AM

Replies: 5 Para vs. Por - duration/span of time Views: 3,113 Posted By laepelba Para vs. Por - duration/span of time My exercise book has a chapter on "para vs. por". They give the following examples: In the section on "PARA": To express a limited time span: El tiene empleo para el verano. Tenemos una casa...

Forum: Grammar December 17, 2011, 08:02 AM

Replies: 8 "A la India" vs. "a Italia" in Rosetta Stone Views: 6,177 Posted By laepelba I love this thread!! :) This article is... I love this thread!! :) This article is from the RAE website: ...

Forum: Practice & Homework December 17, 2011, 07:57 AM

Replies: 2 Use of "salir" and "irse" Views: 2,401 Posted By laepelba Thanks, Malila - I'm still trying to wrap my head... Thanks, Malila - I'm still trying to wrap my head around the subtleties of using salir vs. irse. And the bit about el África (yes, I knew about using the masculine article with a word starting with...

Forum: Practice & Homework December 17, 2011, 07:39 AM

Replies: 2 Use of "salir" and "irse" Views: 2,401 Posted By laepelba Use of "salir" and "irse" Just a quick question about the use of "salir" vs. "irse" in a couple of exercises I just did.... I know that "salir" means to leave in the sense of "going out" from somewhere, and that "irse"...

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