¿Helado o hielo?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Excellent my friend!

How abouth this:

Do you wanna drink it here or "take it in" with you. (wear it)

Difficult to translate because a joke that you have to explain, it ain't a joke.

Originally Posted by chileno

In chile we speak everything little....agüita, quesito, yelito...

I am sorry for being this bad...

You're right - a joke loses it's "funny" if it is explained.

You know how I feel about the diminutives. I'm still trying to be okay with the sound of them.

Another question that I have about them is this: If someone writes something with a diminutive ending, I am having a GREAT difficulty figuring out what the word is WITHOUT the diminutive ending so that I can look up the meaning. For example, from your words given in the example, "yelito". So I get rid of "-ito" and it becomes ... what? Yele? Yelo? Neither of those words are in the Tomisimo dictionary. How do I figure out what word the diminutive stands for????

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

You're right - a joke loses it's "funny" if it is explained.

You know how I feel about the diminutives. I'm still trying to be okay with the sound of them.

Another question that I have about them is this: If someone writes something with a diminutive ending, I am having a GREAT difficulty figuring out what the word is WITHOUT the diminutive ending so that I can look up the meaning. For example, from your words given in the example, "yelito". So I get rid of "-ito" and it becomes ... what? Yele? Yelo? Neither of those words are in the Tomisimo dictionary. How do I figure out what word the diminutive stands for????

Aha! :-)

that was a little joke for Angelique ( I feel french today) :-)

The word hielo gets to be pronounced as "géhl-awe" your phonetics now. :-)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Hernán: so we do, but mixing many diminutives in one sentence is not socially accepted. So "agüita" and "yelitos" don't fit together.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks, Luis - very helpful! I'm sure it would be funnier if I said "Por favor me trae agua sin vaso."

Yes.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Hernán: so we do, but mixing many diminutives in one sentence is not socially accepted. So "agüita" and "yelitos" don't fit together.

Oh, you would die laughing at us then. Like I mentioned before, everything is in diminutive that even to us is funny, and we do it on purpose, just to laugh at ourselves!

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Hernán: so we do, but mixing many diminutives in one sentence is not socially accepted. So "agüita" and "yelitos" don't fit together.

If it's socially unacceptable, then does that mean that "el mundito de Luanita" is "out"?

By the way - did you see the conversation in a different thread about the differences between British English and American English? It's the one about "andar o caminar"....

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

If it's socially unacceptable, then does that mean that "el mundito de Luanita" is "out"?

No, it ain't. Not in my world.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

If it's socially unacceptable, then does that mean that "el mundito de Luanita" is "out"?

Oh no... the use of many diminutives in one sentence sounds childish. But it has nothing to do with the use of them just for fun. A little exaggeration on their use can be also nice for an affectionate expression... like in this case.

Originally Posted by laepelba

By the way - did you see the conversation in a different thread about the differences between British English and American English? It's the one about "andar o caminar"....

Yes, I've been following it. Rusty's comments are very interesting... I might take a closer look to some details.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by laepelba

'agua sin vaso'." Hilarious! I informed him that I certainly know enough Spanish to know NOT to say something that dumb. LOL!!

¡Me gusta! Necesito pelar a mi novia a pide 'agua sin vaso' cuando nosotros vamos al restaurante.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Fazor

¡Me gusta! Necesito pelar a mi novia a pide 'agua sin vaso' cuando nosotros vamos al restaurante.

Necesitas tomarle el pelo a tu novia. Estoy seguro de que ella no aguantará lo de pelarla.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Necesitas tomarle el pelo a tu novia. Estoy seguro de que ella no aguantará lo de pelarla.

Lo siento, no compredo.

[lee ying]

Originally Posted by sosia

In Spain, you say "agua del tiempo", that is, not-freezed water.
Other option "agua sin hielos"
Saludos

Agua altiempo!!!
sin hielo.....
un agua fresca.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Fazor

¡Me gusta! Necesito pelar a mi novia a pide 'agua sin vaso' cuando nosotros vamos al restaurante.

Originally Posted by Rusty

Necesitas tomarle el pelo a tu novia. Estoy seguro de que ella no aguantará lo de pelarla.

Originally Posted by Fazor

Lo siento, no compredo.

In Mexican slang, (and I don't know about elsewhere), "pelar" can be used as a synonym for "to pay attention to".

Entré y nadie me peló. = I came in and nobody even noticed.
No la peles. = Just ignore her.

[lee ying]

tomar el pelo, take my feet !!
it isn´t like into spanish,
she took my hair: ella me tomó el pelo,
but in english , I think it is different, she took me feet!!
Am I right? *_*

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

In Mexican slang, (and I don't know about elsewhere), "pelar" can be used as a synonym for "to pay attention to".

Entré y nadie me peló. = I came in and nobody even noticed.
No la peles. = Just ignore her.

I've never heard this before. Thanks!

Originally Posted by lee ying

tomar el pelo, take my feet !!
it isn´t like into spanish,
she took my hair: ella me tomó el pelo,
but in english , I think it is different, she took me feet!!
Am I right? *_*

Have a look at the link in the post. It takes you to the meaning of the phrase in English.

@Fazor, I was correcting your use of pelar. I believe you meant 'pull her leg' and I provided you with the idiomatic expression (and a link to it).

pelar = to peel, strip the skin off, pluck the feathers off, strip

[lee ying]

ohh!!! yes, you´re right!!!! ok anyway thanks* (¨*_*¨)

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I've never heard this before. Thanks!

Have a look at the link in the post. It takes you to the meaning of the phrase in English.

@Fazor, I was correcting your use of pelar. I believe you meant 'pull her leg' and I provided you with the idiomatic expression (and a link to it).

pelar = to peel, strip the skin off, pluck the feathers off, strip

Right. Before anyone tries the slang usage I mentioned, they should be well aware of the literal meaning and the fact that they could easily be misunderstood.

[chileno]

pelar en chile means to gossip. To talk about someone, at his/her back.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by Rusty

pelar = to peel, strip the skin off, pluck the feathers off, strip

I was confused by pelar (there were probably a half-dozen + words that come up when you search for "trick" in the dictionary). But I saw that under "pelar" they had peel, skin, etc.

So I wasn't sure if pelar was an idiom or what. Now I know.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Fazor

I was confused by pelar (there were probably a half-dozen + words that come up when you search for "trick" in the dictionary). But I saw that under "pelar" they had peel, skin, etc.

So I wasn't sure if pelar was an idiom or what. Now I know.

It just depends on how you use it.