Forum: Grammar
April 17, 2017, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,758
Nuevo flamante or flamante nuevo?
For "brand new" I've been saying flamante nuevo but recently got corrected to say instead nuevo flamante. Was the correction in order?
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 06, 2017, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,218
Chilate (game)
Costa Rican friends play a game called chilate, involving 5 dried corn kernels that have their concave centers blacked out with ink. Each player tosses all 5 onto a flat surface and the winner is...
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Forum: Introductions
April 03, 2017, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,987
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Forum: Translations
March 21, 2017, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,335
Sapo verde a ti
I heard this is a corruption of the first four words of the Happy Birthday song in English. Right?
If so, how do the rest of the lyrics go? I'd like to sing it to somebody that way, if possible.
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Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques
March 11, 2017, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 5,888
Suggestions for adult learners of Spanish
Based on things that have helped me, and still help!
Suggestions for learning Spanish as an adult
Focus first on learning how to say what you want to say, rather than simply accumulating...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
March 08, 2017, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,050
As my friend JPablo has posted in the Idioms...
As my friend JPablo has posted in the Idioms section, "To give (something) a lick and a promise" might work.
In the Army we used to say "to half-step."
There must be other interpretations, so...
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Forum: Culture
March 06, 2017, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,930
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Forum: Culture
March 05, 2017, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 31,930
El voseo
Knowing regional preferences for vos in place of tú I'm interested in trying to get good at el voseo and wonder, how many of you might have occasion to switch back & forth between the two forms - as...
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Forum: Translations
March 03, 2017, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,887
Success is ...
Quote from Winston Churchill:
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
¿El éxito consiste en andar de fracaso a fracaso sin perder el entusiasmo?
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Forum: Grammar
March 02, 2017, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,480
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Forum: Grammar
March 02, 2017, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,312
Adjective placement
Should I close a letter with with Un saludo fraternal or Un fraternal saludo?
I think I've seen both forms used.
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Forum: Culture
February 27, 2017, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,085
Beckoning gesture
I had noticed in Costa Rica that people signal others to approach by holding their palm down, holding the fingers together and moving the whole hand as though scratching the surface of a table or...
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Forum: Translations
February 18, 2017, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,979
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Forum: Introductions
February 09, 2017, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,924
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Forum: Translations
February 09, 2017, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,745
Lock the door please
I'm parking my car, which has non-electric door locks, and asking the passenger to lock his door as he gets out - so I won't have to reach across and do it myself.
"Ciérrala bajo llave" wouldn't...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
February 07, 2017, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,368
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Forum: Grammar
February 07, 2017, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,191
A grammarian can put it better than I can, but...
A grammarian can put it better than I can, but what I recall hearing is that Spanish uses the more formal construction for negative commands so as to show respect for the person being commanded not...
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Forum: Translations
February 07, 2017, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,931
Might as well have the best
There is a high-end clothing line whose motto imprinted on the label is "Might as well have the best."
¿Más valdría tener lo mejor?
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Forum: Introductions
February 07, 2017, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,321
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Forum: Introductions
February 04, 2017, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,591
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Forum: Introductions
February 02, 2017, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,321
Welcome aflewel1, and congratulations on the...
Welcome aflewel1, and congratulations on the trip. I'm envious! Let us know how it goes. One word I've heard Colombian friends of mine use a lot to say something is "awesome" is bacano so you could...
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Forum: Translations
January 31, 2017, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,452
I did think about something I once read in a...
I did think about something I once read in a Mafalda cartoon, "¿Qué tiene de malo ...?" but wasn't sure if it just meant "What's wrong with ..." and did not take into account liking something.
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Forum: Introductions
January 30, 2017, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,136
Ah, the mark of a wise man, admitting his...
Ah, the mark of a wise man, admitting his limitations! I like your attitude. Don't say you don't know anything; just look again at Alfadernier's post above, with dictionary in hand, and take it apart...
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Forum: Translations
January 30, 2017, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,452
What's not to like about .............?
A sort of back-handed way to give approval of something, "What's not to like about ..........?
How would that come out is Spanish? Sorry I have no idea to put forward that sounds even remotely...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
January 30, 2017, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,356
The spark plug of the team
The most energetic member, who inspires others to give their best effort, can be called "the spark plug of the team."
Literally ¿la bujía del equipo?, but what else?
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