Forum: Grammar
July 13, 2024, 01:39 PM
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Views: 4,301
God spare me from that
Hi,
Dios no quiera que tenga que enfrentarme a eso
This is a translation from Under the Dome by Stephen King, presumably correct. To me it looks like a case of nested subjunctive, two subjects...
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Forum: Vocabulary
July 13, 2024, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,192
Calzame las Alpargatas...
Calzame las Alpargatas (https://www.traditioninaction.org/Cultural/Music_P_files/P029_Alpargatas.htm)
I can't really tell whether it's old fashioned, formal, or something. I just see it all the...
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Forum: Vocabulary
July 06, 2024, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,562
La camisa negra
Hi,
Juanes - La Camisa Negra (https://youtu.be/kRt2sRyup6A?si=-1qodOky1Q0jL2yC)
It all sounds pretty straightforward, except for the word negra. The g is completely left out. Why? I tried...
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Forum: Grammar
June 26, 2024, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,307
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Forum: Vocabulary
June 26, 2024, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,322
Ye
Hi,
What is it, really? To judge by more or less authentic examples, it's the. Sometimes it surfaces as you, but in all the cases I ever stumbled upon, it looks like an artificial mannerism...
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Forum: Grammar
June 10, 2024, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,562
Polite grammar
Hi,
Duolingo really stresses conditionals:
¿Nos traería sal y aceite para la ensalada?
although it accepts the present tense, too:
¿Nos trae sal y aceite para la ensalada?
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 16, 2024, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,045
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Forum: Vocabulary
May 15, 2024, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,045
Bien parado (etymology)
Hi,
De la auditoría habían salido bien parados en lugar de ir a la cárcel.
The meaning is obvious, yet I'd like to know which shade of the parar/parado meaning is implied here.
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Forum: Grammar
March 31, 2024, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 1
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¿A que sí, Junior?
Hi,
Sometimes, it's no trivial task to feed the context to dictionaries :) . I think it's Isn't it, Junior? or Is it so, Junior?. Is it correct?
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Forum: Grammar
March 21, 2024, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,553
Ayúdalo
Hi,
Ayúdalo a contar las monedas
Why not ayúdale?
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Forum: Grammar
March 17, 2024, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,024
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Forum: Grammar
March 15, 2024, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,024
Yes, I meant computer science all along :o
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Yes, I meant computer science all along :o
So, we split strings on/at spaces, and into substrings. Still unclear: is it possible to split a string by words? I'm really interested in a short...
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Forum: Grammar
March 15, 2024, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,024
Split by, split on
Hi,
This is a distinction I'm not at all sure of. The following is my guess, not a certainty.
Here's a string of words:
"alfa bravo charlie delta"
This is the string split:
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 12, 2024, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,521
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 11, 2024, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,521
Bury (noun)
Hi,
Somehow I haven't been able to find it online. I mean places like Banbury Cross and Bury St Edmunds.
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Forum: Grammar
March 05, 2024, 04:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,183
Thanks!
I'm so sorry that being terse I led...
Thanks!
I'm so sorry that being terse I led you to believe that I have no idea what it's all about. Made you explain the idea to me... The only thing that baffled me was the meaning of raya in the...
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Forum: Grammar
March 05, 2024, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,554
Obrer! Camperol! Unitat
Hi,
This is from a Spanish Civil War poster:
Obrer!
Camperol!
Unitat per la Victoria!
What is it, except for the last three words?
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Forum: Grammar
March 04, 2024, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,183
La tienda mi raya
Hi,
Should be la tienda de raya, but the lyrics run so:
Con 16 toneladas de que sirvió
La tienda mi raya me descontó
San pedro no me llames cierra tu portón
Que mi alma ya se la llevó el...
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Forum: Vocabulary
February 10, 2024, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,919
Una cucaracha pinta
le dice a una colorada...
I tried everything, including the RAE dictionary. Pinta as an adjective is either nonexistent or irrelevant. Judía pinta certainly exists, but its etymology is uncertain....
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Forum: Grammar
January 30, 2024, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,855
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Forum: Grammar
January 29, 2024, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,855
Se robaron a mi abuelita
Hi,
Context Reverso gives they stole my granny;
Translates it back: me robaron a mi abuela;
Translates they stole from my granny: le robaron a mi abuela;
Finally, they stole it from my...
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Forum: Culture
January 09, 2024, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 97,855
Green blood
Hi,
In La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada the grandma in question turned out to have green blood:
Ulises asestó un tercer golpe, sin piedad, y un chorro...
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Forum: Grammar
December 22, 2023, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,942
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Forum: Grammar
December 20, 2023, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,942
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Forum: Grammar
December 19, 2023, 06:28 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,942
Derógese
Hi,
Is it to be repealed?
It's indeed a title of a list of documents.
UPD
It's worse, actually :) . Deróguese. What is it, grammatically?
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