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Forum: Vocabulary March 22, 2010, 08:10 PM

Replies: 13 Ahorita Views: 12,647 Posted By tacuba Aquí por ejemplo, cuando le preguntas a alguien... Aquí por ejemplo, cuando le preguntas a alguien si quiere algo como, digamos, un refresco, y te contesta "ahorita", significa "poco despues".

Forum: Translations March 22, 2010, 06:19 PM

Replies: 11 Get, Have, Be, etc. Views: 4,431 Posted By tacuba Como siempre Malila, tú eres la mejor. Por... Como siempre Malila, tú eres la mejor. Por cierto, me enteré que tengo fiebres tifoideas. Pero, no es tan serio, nomás diez días tomando ciprofloxacino y volveré a tocar la violín.

Forum: Translations March 22, 2010, 11:13 AM

Replies: 11 Get, Have, Be, etc. Views: 4,431 Posted By tacuba Get, Have, Be, etc. Sometimes I just can't get my brain to "feel" how something should be said in Spanish. And I'm sure, just as in English, there are multiple ways to convey the same meaning in Spanish. Recently, I...

Forum: Translations March 14, 2010, 10:20 AM

Replies: 13 You dropped this Views: 6,660 Posted By tacuba Just the opposite. Just the opposite.

Forum: Translations March 14, 2010, 09:43 AM

Replies: 13 You dropped this Views: 6,660 Posted By tacuba Perdón, se le cayó la cartera. (formal) Excuse... Perdón, se le cayó la cartera. (formal) Excuse me, you dropped your wallet. Excuse me, the wallet dropped itself to you. (literal translation) Perdón, se te cayó la cartera. (familiar)

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques March 13, 2010, 09:56 AM

Replies: 26 ¿cantantes favoritos? Views: 8,387 Posted By tacuba Mercedes Sosa Juan Luis Guerra Rosana José... Mercedes Sosa Juan Luis Guerra Rosana José Alfredo Lhasa de Sela Lila Downs Ana Gabriel Chavela Vargas Eva Ayllon Cuco Sánchez

Forum: Grammar March 11, 2010, 11:07 AM

Replies: 11 Help with this sentence Views: 5,245 Posted By tacuba ¿Estás seguro que el título es "Further the... ¿Estás seguro que el título es "Further the Time"? ¿Podría ser "Further in Time"?

Forum: Translations March 11, 2010, 10:59 AM

Replies: 8 Irse a alguien Views: 4,567 Posted By tacuba Me acabo de dar cuenta de hablas muchisimo acerca... Me acabo de dar cuenta de hablas muchisimo acerca de los pericos que siempre se están escapando de su jaula. ¿Cuántos quedan? :)

Forum: Vocabulary March 11, 2010, 10:47 AM

Replies: 16 Joder Views: 3,693 Posted By tacuba From my Larousse dictionary: This word is... From my Larousse dictionary: This word is generally considered vulgar in Spain. However, some uses would not be shocking even in Spain, and in most of Latin America it is regarded as a relatively...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques March 04, 2010, 09:00 AM

Replies: 45 A long list of words Views: 19,932 Posted By tacuba If I "had to" memorize 3000 words, I would use a... If I "had to" memorize 3000 words, I would use a SRS software program like this one: http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/

Forum: Vocabulary March 04, 2010, 08:41 AM

Replies: 12 Dar la gana a alguien Views: 9,257 Posted By tacuba Charly or Charlie. Both are correct. Charly or Charlie. Both are correct.

Forum: Practice & Homework February 15, 2010, 12:56 PM

Replies: 18 Oraciones con el imperfecto Views: 21,896 Posted By tacuba Well, not really. The difference is that English... Well, not really. The difference is that English uses a different construction to give the idea of the imperfect tense in Spanish. I lived in Paris for three years. (preterite) I used to live in...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques February 12, 2010, 09:35 AM

Replies: 6 La diferencia entre los programas y los partidos de fútbol Views: 8,211 Posted By tacuba Are you able to record the games to DVD? Are you able to record the games to DVD?

Forum: Grammar February 02, 2010, 10:46 AM

Replies: 7 Use of the subjunctive Views: 5,298 Posted By tacuba Use of the subjunctive From a novel I'm reading (written in Spanish by a Spanish speaker). "Porque él así jugaba, cuando el muerto era suyo o le parecía benéfica su desaparición, mandaba enormes coronas de flores, tan...

Forum: Translations January 27, 2010, 07:07 PM

Replies: 1 From the movie "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" Views: 3,334 Posted By tacuba From the movie "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" Padre Amaro: "Te pueden suspender. La excomunión tal vez." Padre Natalio: "No, dile al Obispo que digo que no. Que le haga ...

Forum: Teaching and Learning Techniques January 25, 2010, 09:12 PM

Replies: 52 Comprehending Speech Views: 20,637 Posted By tacuba I respectfully disagree. Where I live in Mexico... I respectfully disagree. Where I live in Mexico I know a handful of English speakers that I would consider fluent in Spanish. None of them could tell you what the "imperfect subjunctive" of the...

Forum: Translations January 21, 2010, 11:56 AM

Replies: 8 Best way to say "had just finished eating dinner cuando..." Views: 8,782 Posted By tacuba Gracias a todos. Gracias a todos.

Forum: Grammar January 20, 2010, 09:25 PM

Replies: 8 Something I didn't know about using "hasta" Views: 3,307 Posted By tacuba This could be the reason I didn't know about it... This could be the reason I didn't know about it earlier:)

Forum: Translations January 20, 2010, 07:55 PM

Replies: 8 Best way to say "had just finished eating dinner cuando..." Views: 8,782 Posted By tacuba Best way to say "had just finished eating dinner cuando..." What is the most natural way to say "I had just finished eating dinner when..." "(Yo) acababa de terminar comer la cena cuando...." "Acababa de terminar la cena cuando..." "Acababa de terminar...

Forum: Grammar January 20, 2010, 07:22 PM

Replies: 8 Something I didn't know about using "hasta" Views: 3,307 Posted By tacuba It was written in English. The blog is written... It was written in English. The blog is written by a so-called fluent Spanish speaker living in Mexico.

Forum: Grammar January 20, 2010, 06:59 PM

Replies: 8 Something I didn't know about using "hasta" Views: 3,307 Posted By tacuba Something I didn't know about using "hasta" This is from a blog I just read: "The bus won’t arrive until 3 pm, in Mexico would be “el camión llega hasta las 3 pm“. He didn’t hand in his homework until the next day. Entregó su tarea...

Forum: Technical things January 10, 2010, 07:35 PM

Replies: 11 Attaching spanish subtitles Views: 15,617 Posted By tacuba ¡Tienes razón! Acabo de descargar el programa... ¡Tienes razón! Acabo de descargar el programa que mencionaste y sí se puede ver los subtitulos en el DVD de un archivo de la computadora. ¿Pero no se puede estampar el .srt archivo al DVD,...

Forum: Technical things January 10, 2010, 03:27 PM

Replies: 11 Attaching spanish subtitles Views: 15,617 Posted By tacuba ¿Directamente? No creo que sí. Pero, se... ¿Directamente? No creo que sí. Pero, se puede convertir el archivo AVI con subtitulos al DVD usando este programa. http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/ Es poco complicado y...

Forum: Technical things January 10, 2010, 09:36 AM

Replies: 11 Attaching spanish subtitles Views: 15,617 Posted By tacuba Attaching spanish subtitles I have quite a few movies on DVD that are Spanish language with English subtitles. Usually I turn off the English subtitles because I don't want to associate the Spanish spoken in the movie with the...

Forum: Technical things January 08, 2010, 10:46 AM

Replies: 2 Tired of using ALT keys Views: 4,127 Posted By tacuba Tired of using ALT keys For typing Spanish on sites that aren't as friendly as Tomisimo (with its pull-down accent menu), or for documents that require Spanish characters, I use this program, and then just cut and paste as...

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