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Forum: Grammar February 16, 2015, 12:41 AM

Replies: 2 Situations using conditional Views: 2,708 Posted By Roxerz Thank you for clearing that up. In that... Thank you for clearing that up. In that situation, if I wanted to say, "It can be difficult", I just would keep it in the present indicative "puede ser dificil"..? The reason why I started to...

Forum: Grammar February 15, 2015, 10:02 PM

Replies: 2 Situations using conditional Views: 2,708 Posted By Roxerz Situations using conditional Here in Mexico, most of my local friends either say, "me das" or "me trajes" when ordering food and I asked if "me gustaría" should be used instead. Unfortunately, I couldn't get much of an answer...

Forum: Vocabulary February 15, 2015, 08:18 PM

Replies: 6 Have and got Views: 1,739 Posted By Roxerz Can we use conseguir here also? The other day, I... Can we use conseguir here also? The other day, I was looking up "get" also and in google translate it showed Llegar as the suggested word which seemed very weird for me. Ive been overlooking the word...

Forum: Culture February 15, 2015, 11:10 AM

Replies: 7 Pronouncing acronyms Views: 8,597 Posted By Roxerz My question is, are some of the acronyms changed... My question is, are some of the acronyms changed because of the way they are said in Spanish. For example, Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), I think I read in class as ADN so I assume Ácido de...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques February 15, 2015, 10:43 AM

Replies: 19 Study recommendations? Views: 13,433 Posted By Roxerz Why is that? I would assume that it's nice and... Why is that? I would assume that it's nice and warm during that time since you're in the opposite hemisphere. I am interested in going to Buenos Aires in the future to travel and practice my Spanish...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 05:19 PM

Replies: 5 3 verbs next to each other Views: 2,896 Posted By Roxerz Thanks everyone. Yeah, I thought it was weird... Thanks everyone. Yeah, I thought it was weird too. I read it as "is being" which sounds very weird in that context. I was thinking "is becoming/changing" sounds better. I don't fully understand the...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 05:11 PM

Replies: 6 Cualquier Vs cualquiera Views: 5,850 Posted By Roxerz Thank both of you for clarifying these two words.... Thank both of you for clarifying these two words. Those examples make things clearer. This is a bit off topic but referring to the 1s and 2nd example, how come the 2nd is masculine "lo"? I am not...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques February 08, 2015, 04:39 PM

Replies: 1 Database of words? Views: 4,806 Posted By Roxerz Database of words? I created a database about 1 - 1.5 years ago when I started learning Spanish but I didn't add much until very recently. It used to only be verbs but now that I'm reading a book in Spanish, I am...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 02:16 PM

Replies: 5 3 verbs next to each other Views: 2,896 Posted By Roxerz 3 verbs next to each other I'm doing a homework that is about Perífrasis. It's verbs + gerundio such as: Andar, acabar, estar, ir, llevar, seguir, venir + gerundio and the different signficances. The sentence is as shown...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 02:01 PM

Replies: 6 Cualquier Vs cualquiera Views: 5,850 Posted By Roxerz Can you give an example of how to use it? ... Can you give an example of how to use it? Whenever someone asks me something like what do you want to eat or what movie do you want to see, I answer, "Cualquier cosa quieres/as" (not sure if it...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 01:52 PM

Replies: 6 Why wasn't Views: 2,455 Posted By Roxerz Ahh, that makes sense why we say, "If I were... Ahh, that makes sense why we say, "If I were you". That is quite interesting, I don't think I've actually learned that rule in grade school. Yes, British English can be very different. In my Spanish...

Forum: Grammar February 08, 2015, 12:23 PM

Replies: 6 Why wasn't Views: 2,455 Posted By Roxerz Replier is a correct term, just weird but Google... Replier is a correct term, just weird but Google said responder and answerer are correct synonyms but with internet forums, I'd (I would) say poster but this is not so important. Yes, well, Korean...

Forum: Culture February 04, 2015, 10:13 PM

Replies: 5 Differences between Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish Views: 6,108 Posted By Roxerz Also the pronounciation. When I think of Spain, I... Also the pronounciation. When I think of Spain, I think of how Enrique Inglesias sings. You'll notice any "C" sound, sound like a "TH" and the Y and LL sound more like English J sound. This is not...

Forum: Grammar February 04, 2015, 05:57 PM

Replies: 6 Why wasn't Views: 2,455 Posted By Roxerz And I should think you'dyou would consider me... And I should think you'dyou would consider me sometimes. If we had a fourth wall, why it'dit would be just like this room wasn'twas not ours at all, but all kinds of exotic people's rooms. Now,...

Forum: Grammar February 04, 2015, 04:48 PM

Replies: 0 Deber, necesitar, tener + que, conditional tense Views: 3,195 Posted By Roxerz Deber, necesitar, tener + que, conditional tense I've been curious as to the differences in these words. From my understanding, deber is a suggestion meaning "should or must" and necesitar is a "necessity/necesarry" and ´tener + que´is "have to". I...

Forum: Grammar January 30, 2015, 06:44 PM

Replies: 1 Agudas, Graves, y Llanas Views: 3,294 Posted By Roxerz Agudas, Graves, y Llanas Estoy tomando una clase de fonetica y fonologia y no entiendo cómo diferenciar las palabras agudas y graves que no tienen acentos. Sólo podemos diferenciar si escuchamos la palabra? Im taking a...

Forum: Grammar January 24, 2015, 10:55 PM

Replies: 3 Combining reflexive verbs or double Indirect object pronouns (IOP) Views: 2,373 Posted By Roxerz wao muchas gracias a Ustedes. ya está más claro. wao muchas gracias a Ustedes. ya está más claro.

Forum: Grammar January 22, 2015, 02:24 AM

Replies: 3 Combining reflexive verbs or double Indirect object pronouns (IOP) Views: 2,373 Posted By Roxerz Combining reflexive verbs or double Indirect object pronouns (IOP) I was watching Transformers when I saw "Se atreven a amenazarme?" I looked up both words and saw that atreverse was a reflexive verb for "to dare" and amenazar was a non-reflexive verb for "to...

Forum: General Chat January 20, 2015, 01:54 AM

Replies: 2 Creating an online role-playing computer game to learn Spanish - help writing text Views: 3,855 Posted By Roxerz such a cool idea. I have no suggestions for now,... such a cool idea. I have no suggestions for now, can't think straight but that would seem fun and could be very profitable!

Forum: Practice & Homework January 20, 2015, 01:41 AM

Replies: 2 Recomiendenme una novela a leer Views: 2,674 Posted By Roxerz Recomiendenme una novela a leer Hola a todos. Tengo una tarea de mi clase español avanzado 1. La profesora nos dijo que necesitamos leer un libro/una novela con 200 a 300 paginas en un nivel avanzado. Estoy un estudiante...

Forum: Grammar January 16, 2015, 11:32 PM

Replies: 16 Tissue papers Views: 10,233 Posted By Roxerz Even though your sentence is correct here, I... Even though your sentence is correct here, I would like to point out that it is very oddly phrased. You do a good job at avoiding double negatives but just for fluidity, rephrase it to, I...

Forum: Grammar January 16, 2015, 11:07 PM

Replies: 1 Por qué, por la que? Relative pronoun issue? Views: 6,152 Posted By Roxerz Por qué, por la que? Relative pronoun issue? I was writing a paper last semester for my class making up a legend and I normally write "the reason why" as "la razón porque". My friend corrected me and she wrote "La razón por la que" which I...

Forum: Introductions January 16, 2015, 12:53 PM

Replies: 5 Hola a todos Views: 1,873 Posted By Roxerz ¡Muchas gracias! wao, no lo sabía que estaba... ¡Muchas gracias! wao, no lo sabía que estaba haciendo errores.

Forum: Introductions January 13, 2015, 12:21 PM

Replies: 5 Hola a todos Views: 1,873 Posted By Roxerz Hola a todos Hola. Soy un hombre de EEUU que estoy estudiando negocios internacionales en México. He estudiado español por un año y medio. He estado aquí por 6 meses y estaré aquí por 6 meses más. Salté español...

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