Forum: Grammar
July 29, 2019, 12:24 PM
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Forum: Grammar
July 29, 2019, 10:49 AM
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Forum: Grammar
July 29, 2019, 09:38 AM
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Se la pasa
Hi,
From SpanishDict:
¡Dana es una mandona! Se la pasa dándome órdenes.
Dana is such a bossy pants! She's always telling me what to do.
Is it just a set expression one has to memorize? Or...
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Forum: Grammar
July 28, 2019, 02:33 AM
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Female prisoner
Hi,
The prisoner is el preso. La presa is the prey (and a lot more). What is the correct usage for a female prisoner?
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Forum: Grammar
July 15, 2019, 01:24 AM
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Forum: Grammar
July 15, 2019, 12:42 AM
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2019, 06:49 AM
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2019, 06:46 AM
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Thanks!
Oddly, they're going to take his...
Thanks!
Oddly, they're going to take his life I figured out on my own. But who are they in the first line? Either the prisoner or the priest are single. Would you care to translate suitably the...
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2019, 03:38 AM
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Addressing God
Hi,
In most European languages God is addressed in second person singular, even in English, where no one else is addressed this way. It's the same in Spanish, they say.
However:
Hágase tu...
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Forum: Grammar
July 14, 2019, 03:25 AM
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El preso número nueve
Hi,
This is the beginning:
El preso número nueve ya lo van a confesar
Esta rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Porque antes de amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mató a su mujer...
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