spanish for beginners !

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

No había oído la palabra seta antes. Gracias

The word seta always makes me think of a red toadstool with some kind of little creature sitting on top , even if we use it to refer to food in Spain. Must be my Disney mind at work.

[poli]

Put that Disney thought behind and think of seta sauteed on one side only in olive oil, garlic, parsley a sea salt or in a revuela con ajetes. I know this is commonplace for you, Maria.
I admit that I find the image of the languid caterpillar on top of the toadstool smoking a hookah endearing.

[CrOtALiTo]

Mary you have gone to Disney world? Do you met that place.?

[María José]

Originally Posted by poli

Put that Disney thought behind and think of seta sauteed on one side only in olive oil, garlic, parsley a sea salt or in a revuela con ajetes. I know this is commonplace for you, Maria.
I admit that I find the image of the languid caterpillar on top of the toadstool smoking a hookah endearing.

Those two dishes you mentioned don't sound commonplace at all, in fact, even though it's 1.15 a.m. I'm feeling quite peckish (in the British sense of the word, hungry not angry ).
For scrambled eggs we use revuelto in Spain. We would say huevos revueltos con setas y ajetes. The word revuela is Mexican, then? It sounds beautiful.

[María José]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Mary you have gone to Disney world? Do you met that place.?

I've been to Eurodisney Paris twice with my husband and my two eldest, the last time at Christmas and even though it was bitterly cold, we loved every minute of it.
Never been to the States though. But it is one of my long-cherished dreams, so maybe one day...

[CrOtALiTo]

Someday, honey, someday you will can to be out, but while you aren't out you would dream with it, and I wish don't the bitterly of the dream, if not the better of your own dream.

[María José]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Someday, honey, someday you will can to be out, but while you aren't out you would dream with it, and I wish don't the bitterly of the dream, if not the better of your own dream.

It's not a bitter dream at all, just one of the many lovely things I would like to do one day. And I don't know exactly why but I'd love to go to San Francisco, Washington, New York, Boston... (probably in that order).
What city or country would you like the visit the most?

[brute]

Originally Posted by María José

The word seta always makes me think of a red toadstool with some kind of little creature sitting on top , even if we use it to refer to food in Spain. Must be my Disney mind at work.

Todos los hongos son comestibles, pero a veces

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¡¡¡sólo una vez!!!

. I hear that this is an East European proverb.

As a new member to this site I have decided to explore some long-forgotten threads, and to resurrect some of the most interesting ones.

[María José]

I love your mushroom joke.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Hay distintas clases de setas en españa, de cardo, de carrera etcc.. por cierto están deliciosas, y champiñones son como bien apuntó POLI, button mushrooms. Seta tambien sirve para llamarselo a alguien. Bueno tambien usamos nombres de fruta para llamarselo a las personas.

[CrOtALiTo]

I believe that is very late to answer this question, but anyhow there is a questions without to answer.

Therefore I will.


Maria Jose, I'd like to visit Australia and also I'd like to be in England, I like that two places.

If you want to go to San Francisco or Boston, I believe that is time to do the you want to do. I mean, you mustn't wait that the life finished for you decide to go the place that always you wished to go in your life.

Well this is my hint, I don't know your opinion.

[María José]

But I don't have enough money to fly five people to the States... England is cheaper...

[Sancho Panther]

In the early seventies when I began learning Spanish I saw some fab(!) platform sole shoes in a shop window. I was just coming from the beach and was wearing flip-flops and beach shorts. The owner's teenage daughter got them from the window and I tried them on, she only had the one pair - size forty one and I'm a 42/43. I tried them on - way too small. I meant to say -Son muy pequeños y además no llevo calcetines-; but I got confused and what came out was -...no llevo calzoncillos- !

She went behind the curtain (she said to look for the larger size!) and I could hear her and her mother howling with laughter - but I didn't know why. When I got back to my her hotel I checked my dictionary, and found what I had begun to suspect - that calzoncillos were...underpants!

[Elaina]

Well I bet they never forgot you either........

Isn't it nice to know that what we say or do can be something that brings back memories......hopefully pleasant ones.

I also bet you never forgot the word calzoncillos

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by María José

But I don't have enough money to fly five people to the States... England is cheaper...

Well really you get endeavor more so you can earn more money


I got it you.

Only that if you desire a lot the travel yourself will bring the good luck to your door's house.