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Forum: Idioms & Sayings May 20, 2022, 10:25 AM

Replies: 5 ¡Qué vaina! Views: 3,629 Posted By wrholt My first-year roommate at university (mid-late... My first-year roommate at university (mid-late 1970s), who was from Venezuela, often used this expression. He also used "esa/esta vaina" to mean "this/that stuff/thing".

Forum: Grammar May 19, 2022, 05:58 PM

Replies: 7 Para darme de balazos Views: 2,109 Posted By wrholt And now I've learned another set partial synonyms... And now I've learned another set partial synonyms between English and Spanish: "maquinista" has a broader range of meanings in Spanish than "machinist" has in English. In English a "machinist" is a...

Forum: Grammar May 16, 2022, 11:04 PM

Replies: 7 Para darme de balazos Views: 2,109 Posted By wrholt It sounds like a "garrotero" (or a... It sounds like a "garrotero" (or a "guardafrenos") is what US railroad companies call a "brakeman". Originally brakemen controlled the brakes on the individual cars of the train, but modern trains...

Forum: Grammar May 10, 2022, 10:44 PM

Replies: 8 That being the case vs in which/that case Views: 2,418 Posted By wrholt They are synonymous, more or less. You could... They are synonymous, more or less. You could translate "that/this being the case" as "Siendo eso el caso", and you could translate "in which/that/this case" as "en ese/este caso".

Forum: Grammar April 30, 2022, 11:14 PM

Replies: 8 Yo Views: 1,989 Posted By wrholt Yep, confusion can happen early in learning the... Yep, confusion can happen early in learning the language, but in my experience that goes away with time. I already knew Spanish fluently when I started studying Mandarin Chinese, only to discover...

Forum: Grammar April 13, 2022, 10:54 AM

Replies: 2 "se me hace"..? Views: 2,068 Posted By wrholt The second part of the sentence appears to be an... The second part of the sentence appears to be an example of the no fault "se" construction (also called the unplanned "se" construction or the accidental "se" construction). This construction...

Forum: Grammar April 08, 2022, 02:15 PM

Replies: 5 El Cual/La Cual/Lo Cual Views: 1,382 Posted By wrholt I think "el cual" may refer to "el hogar", which... I think "el cual" may refer to "el hogar", which belongs to the police officer. Perhaps "la cual" refers to "una audiencia"?

Forum: Vocabulary April 04, 2022, 08:01 PM

Replies: 8 Live this!!!! Views: 3,145 Posted By wrholt Creo que es posible que la persona que te lo... Creo que es posible que la persona que te lo escribió se cometió un error de tecla, y que intentaba escribir "Love this!"

Forum: Grammar February 25, 2022, 11:00 PM

Replies: 1 Why is "lo" used in this sentence? Views: 1,240 Posted By wrholt The first word in your sentence should not have... The first word in your sentence should not have an accent mark (a.k.a. a tilde): él means "he", while el means "the". Your sentence, "el hombre está listo para trabajar, pero su mujer no lo está"...

Forum: Grammar November 29, 2021, 12:52 PM

Replies: 2 Gender of colours Views: 1,528 Posted By wrholt As Robindesbois indicates, some color names are... As Robindesbois indicates, some color names are fundamentally adjectives, and some of them are fundamentally nouns. When a color name is fundamentally an adjective, the adjective has different...

Forum: Vocabulary November 26, 2021, 10:04 PM

Replies: 5 Meter las notas en el ordenador Views: 3,809 Posted By wrholt I agree with Rusty: if you are creating the first... I agree with Rusty: if you are creating the first digital/electronic record of the grades, you enter/record them onto a computer or into an application, or into a system, and then save the data to a...

Forum: Translations November 19, 2021, 08:15 PM

Replies: 2 ¿Qué me le pasó? Views: 2,697 Posted By wrholt I think native speakers will have to chime in on... I think native speakers will have to chime in on this, but: The range of possible uses for object pronouns in Spanish (me, nos, te, os, lo, la, le, los, las, les, se) is a LOT wider than the the...

Forum: Grammar November 12, 2021, 08:34 PM

Replies: 3 Ahora ya sé que lo eres Views: 1,284 Posted By wrholt The object pronouns "la", "los" and "las" ALWAYS... The object pronouns "la", "los" and "las" ALWAYS refer to something that is identified explicitly or implicitly by a noun with the same gender and number. The object pronoun "lo" does double duty:...

Forum: Grammar November 08, 2021, 02:01 PM

Replies: 2 "Se Los Dije" ? Views: 1,786 Posted By wrholt From a normative perspective, "se los dije" is... From a normative perspective, "se los dije" is almost always incorrect, but as a manner of speech some native speakers use it. The "correct" expression is "se lo dije" = "I told it to...

Forum: Translations October 22, 2021, 10:45 PM

Replies: 2 ...........As If He Was Supposed To Views: 2,666 Posted By wrholt There are two separate problems, one with your... There are two separate problems, one with your original sentence and one with your translation. First, in your original sentence you wrote "... como si suponía ...". This is incorrect: only past...

Forum: Translations July 06, 2021, 10:27 AM

Replies: 6 Lo que sea Views: 3,677 Posted By wrholt In lists of items or choices, "other" is popular.... In lists of items or choices, "other" is popular. In lists of categories, both "other" and "miscellaneous" are popular.

Forum: Grammar May 22, 2021, 08:45 PM

Replies: 4 Se las ingenió Views: 1,790 Posted By wrholt The expression "ingeniárselas" is an idiom... The expression "ingeniárselas" is an idiom meaning "to manage to do something", "to find a solution to something". The pronoun "las" is part of the idiom, and it doesn't refer to anything in...

Forum: Grammar May 14, 2021, 06:02 PM

Replies: 2 Why is the sentence "A la niña le gustan los caballos" structured as it is? Views: 2,900 Posted By wrholt The most common ways to translate "a la niña le... The most common ways to translate "a la niña le gustan los caballos" is "the girl likes the horses" or "the girl likes horses". However, the grammar of the Spanish sentence is similar to the English...

Forum: Grammar April 20, 2021, 02:24 PM

Replies: 2 El veros a todos Views: 1,975 Posted By wrholt It's not a typo; it's the definite article... It's not a typo; it's the definite article meaning "the". In this sentence the subject is "el veros a todos aquí": the head noun is the infinitive "ver", which is accompanied by its direct object,...

Forum: Grammar April 18, 2021, 10:14 PM

Replies: 3 Véase Views: 1,922 Posted By wrholt Correct, most of the time if you write or say... Correct, most of the time if you write or say vete the reader or listener will understand it as "go away". Most documents whose purpose is to organize and present information are considered to be...

Forum: Grammar April 09, 2021, 04:34 PM

Replies: 2 2nd Person in Mexican Spanish Views: 1,977 Posted By wrholt There is a good amount of regional variation in... There is a good amount of regional variation in whether or not native speakers use both formal and informal 2nd-person pronouns and which pronouns they use. Most people in Spain use "usted" and...

Forum: Grammar April 09, 2021, 04:00 PM

Replies: 6 Se, le, and lo for dummies Views: 2,877 Posted By wrholt There are many books about Spanish grammar, and... There are many books about Spanish grammar, and the better ones should discuss object pronouns in general and 3rd person pronouns in some detail. Some of the books are for beginning students, some...

Forum: Grammar April 04, 2021, 07:46 PM

Replies: 2 No lo eran Views: 1,308 Posted By wrholt "lo" refers to the phrase "(habían sido)... "lo" refers to the phrase "(habían sido) calculadas", which is what the previous tears were but what the current tears are not. We could translate this sentence as "If his/her tears of a moment...

Forum: Introductions April 01, 2021, 08:56 PM

Replies: 1 Introduction Views: 4,165 Posted By wrholt ¡Bienvenido a los foros! ¡Bienvenido a los foros!

Forum: Grammar March 23, 2021, 09:03 AM

Replies: 2 Indefinite article - repetition Views: 1,329 Posted By wrholt There is a potential difference in meaning... There is a potential difference in meaning depending on whether one uses an article with both nouns or uses only one article. If the speaker/writer is talking about 2 distinct groups that do not...

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