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Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 07:52 PM

Replies: 25 Use of "para" with verbs Views: 10,321 Posted By SPX So if vivir also functions as "living", then does... So if vivir also functions as "living", then does that mean: hablar=talking correr=running escribir=writing leer=reading etc?

Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 06:56 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Hmm, I see. I will keep that in mind. Hmm, I see. I will keep that in mind.

Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 06:55 PM

Replies: 25 Use of "para" with verbs Views: 10,321 Posted By SPX Clearly this is going to be harder than I... Clearly this is going to be harder than I thought. Just when I think I'm going I'm starting to learn something the bottom falls out. I mean, "soñar con vivir en la playa" makes no sense to me as...

Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 04:21 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Just ran across this: "Juan es una buena... Just ran across this: "Juan es una buena persona." Why is it not. . . "Juan es una persona buena?" Shouldn't the adjective always come after the noun?

Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 04:13 PM

Replies: 25 Use of "para" with verbs Views: 10,321 Posted By SPX Hmm, well that's even more confusing to me,... Hmm, well that's even more confusing to me, because "estoy aquí para aprender" translates out in my head as "I am here for to learn." I have always been under the impression that "to" is built...

Forum: Grammar August 05, 2011, 03:44 PM

Replies: 25 Use of "para" with verbs Views: 10,321 Posted By SPX Use of "para" with verbs Okay, so I know that: Necesito comer = I need to eat Necesito - I need comer = to eat Simple. But I also know that if I want to say, "I am here to learn Spanish" then it's "Estoy aquí...

Forum: Grammar August 04, 2011, 03:55 PM

Replies: 33 Many or much? Views: 7,646 Posted By SPX Probably only because you're not a native speaker... Probably only because you're not a native speaker who has heard it all her life. I do understand the sentiment, though. I have a couple of friends who are generally well educated but have a...

Forum: Grammar August 04, 2011, 02:03 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX I'll check those out. Thanks, jrandlib. I'll check those out. Thanks, jrandlib.

Forum: Grammar August 04, 2011, 02:00 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Oh, okay. Thanks. So it can be used both... Oh, okay. Thanks. So it can be used both literally and as an idiomatic expression.

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 10:17 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX Maybe I will start transcribing some of the stuff... Maybe I will start transcribing some of the stuff in my parallel text book. . .

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 04:39 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Okay, so ¿Qué quieres decir? literally... Okay, so ¿Qué quieres decir? literally translates into "What do you want to say?" but its meaning is interpreted as an equivalent of the English, "What do you mean?" Correct?

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 04:35 PM

Replies: 33 Many or much? Views: 7,646 Posted By SPX Well I would say it works either way. At... Well I would say it works either way. At the very least, "fewer than 10 goals" and "less than 10 goals" will sound correct to a native speaker, though I think "less than 10 goals" is probably...

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 03:36 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Ah, that's very helpful. Thank you. You... Ah, that's very helpful. Thank you. You said that "significar" and "querer decir" are not always interchangeable. Can you elaborate on that?

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 03:05 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX Yes, no doubt a very long way down the road,... Yes, no doubt a very long way down the road, though I already see shades of it with very basic things. For instance, if I say something like "¿Por qué?" I find that it's pretty instinctual. With...

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 01:14 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Okay, how do you say: 1. "What do you... Okay, how do you say: 1. "What do you mean?" I assume there's a verb here that I'm not aware of. 2. "I think so" or "I don't think so." Is it just "Pienso" and "No pienso"? That doesn't...

Forum: Grammar August 03, 2011, 10:18 AM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX Good thoughts there, and thanks a bunch! ... Good thoughts there, and thanks a bunch! If I understood correctly, I think the poster only meant that more conscious thought and knowledge of the language comes into play when you're...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 07:52 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Oh, my bad. I sometimes get querer and gustar... Oh, my bad. I sometimes get querer and gustar mixed up, probably because they both mean to desire or appreciate something. Anyway. . . Yeah, I know about gustar. My main question is with "por...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 07:14 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX Thanks. It's slowly coming together. How... Thanks. It's slowly coming together. How about, "At least a little"? For instance, "You liked the book at least a little bit right?" Would that be: "¿Quieres el libro por lo menos un poco,...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 06:49 PM

Replies: 42 How do you say... Views: 10,101 Posted By SPX I don't think you understood me. = ... I don't think you understood me. = Pienso que no me entendiste. Is that correct?

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 04:24 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX I have been going through the 123 Teach Me... I have been going through the 123 Teach Me grammar course. http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_grammar_course Not sure if you're familiar with it. Any thoughts?

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 04:06 PM

Replies: 33 Many or much? Views: 7,646 Posted By SPX No, I wasn't knocking the teaching style around... No, I wasn't knocking the teaching style around here. I actually have learned a lot more about Spanish grammar that I have ever known about English grammar. I was talking about how a lot of people...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 02:16 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX That is a good suggestion. I have a... That is a good suggestion. I have a parallel text beginner's book of stories that has everything in Spanish on one page and English on the other. It starts off with very basic stories in the...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 02:06 PM

Replies: 33 Many or much? Views: 7,646 Posted By SPX Ha ha, yeah. I can understand that. I guess... Ha ha, yeah. I can understand that. I guess it's just not something that bothers me because years and years of hearing it have conditioned me to not regard it as incorrect. In fact, I think that...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 01:08 PM

Replies: 12 Past tense? Views: 7,765 Posted By SPX Okay, that's very helpful. So what if I... Okay, that's very helpful. So what if I wanted to say, "I'm writing a book" in the sense that it's something that I'm doing in my life, not something that I'm doing right at that instant? Would...

Forum: Grammar August 02, 2011, 01:02 PM

Replies: 29 Use of "que" Views: 7,252 Posted By SPX It seems that a lot of what goes into... It seems that a lot of what goes into successfully learning a language is just exposure and having something drilled into your subconscious to the point to where you don't even think about it or...

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