Forum: Grammar
November 20, 2015, 06:01 PM
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Thanks, yes getting drunk is one meaning but it...
Thanks, yes getting drunk is one meaning but it is also shown as grasp, seize, grip. I provided the given interpretation which is "..take it out on.."
Perhaps it means that she is grasping hold of...
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Forum: Grammar
November 20, 2015, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 9
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Te la
¿Por qué te la agarras con el pobre de Roberto?
Why do you take it out on poor Robert?
The English translation has you as the subject.
"it" frustrations ? why "la"
This looks like .....
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Forum: Translations
November 16, 2015, 04:16 AM
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Thanks Rusty and Angelica, we can rule this...
Thanks Rusty and Angelica, we can rule this closed.
I certainly can't hear para eso in the version I am listeneing to.
No doubt when an actor has to remember a lot of lines, and deliver them...
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Forum: Translations
November 14, 2015, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Translations
November 13, 2015, 09:50 PM
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Eso tener que olvidar
Unas segundas de audio de telenovela Yago con los palabras
".. eso tener que olvidar. a Tomás"
The transcripts are very good and difficult to think of any other words that would fit, but I can't...
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Forum: Grammar
October 22, 2015, 07:05 PM
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Forum: Grammar
October 22, 2015, 04:59 AM
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Sentences
Hello all,
I recently returned from a visit to Spain that included a visit to Consuegra where I picked up a tourist map. The map has various items of interest to tourists, one of which includes...
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Forum: General Chat
August 12, 2015, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 12, 2015, 06:11 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 11, 2015, 05:37 AM
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Answer
I often hear people say something that sounds like "haber"
It could be Habla
In English you may say "Well! (what have you got to say about that?)
What are they saying?
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Forum: General Chat
August 11, 2015, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 2
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Visiting Spain
I am interested in doing a walk for a day or two in Andalusia, possibly in a National Park but could be elsewhere. I would like to include nature activities like bird watching.
Has anyone been...
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Forum: Translations
July 29, 2015, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,737
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Forum: Translations
July 28, 2015, 08:00 AM
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Cumpleaños felices
I have been looking at a Yabla video of someone singing Cumpleaños feliz, on the last repetition he sings cumpleaños felices.
What the purpose of that?
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Forum: Translations
July 08, 2015, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 3
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Thank you, the passage was suggesting he would...
Thank you, the passage was suggesting he would use some big lock that even a gypsy could not break - so I like your translation. Perhaps - that can not be broken by a gypsy.
Perhaps the verb saltar...
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 08, 2015, 06:54 AM
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
July 07, 2015, 05:23 AM
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Loca de atar
I see Loca de atar means really crazy but what is the origin - why - de atar
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Forum: Translations
July 07, 2015, 03:33 AM
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Que no se lo salta un gitano
When I use a translator on this
que no se lo => I would not
How does this work? there is no verb and nothing to suggest the first person.
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Forum: Grammar
June 28, 2015, 07:54 AM
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Forum: Grammar
June 28, 2015, 07:53 AM
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Views: 2,057
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Forum: Grammar
June 25, 2015, 08:12 AM
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Word order
This is an extract from a film
A Sandoval no lo mató Gómez.
I understand it means that Gómez did not kill Sandoval.
I expect to see subject pronouns come after the verb but subject nouns to...
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Forum: Translations
June 20, 2015, 07:06 AM
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Forum: Translations
June 19, 2015, 07:49 AM
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Present or Imperfect
Hi,
I want to explain how I perform a task. I have read that if you talk about something that you do regularly then use the imperfect past.
So do I use the imperfect past for the whole article ...
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Forum: Grammar
May 04, 2015, 05:10 AM
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Views: 3,040
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Forum: Grammar
May 01, 2015, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,040
Angelica,
This is what I saw on the web site....
Angelica,
This is what I saw on the web site. The author did not seem certain of the facts so could be mistaken. Perhaps you could comment?
You are correct that "Veo tus ojos" has the same...
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Forum: Grammar
April 25, 2015, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 8
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Thankyou that's clear.
I did see a question...
Thankyou that's clear.
I did see a question on the web about why people use los ojos instead of sus ojos or something such and one suggestion was a cultural preference for not referring to...
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