Amanecer. Amenazar. Amenizar.

[Ambarina]

I always have trouble with these three verbs. Can't seem to get my vowels the right way around when I say them.
Estaba amaneciendo, amenazando lluvia y la orquesta amenizaba la verbena.

See what I mean? A kind of tongue twister, huh?

BTW -
Amanecer - sunrise
Amenazar - threaten
Amenizar - entertain

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Ambarina

I always have trouble with these three verbs. Can't seem to get my vowels the right way around when I say them.
Estaba amaneciendo, amenazando lluvia y la orquesta amenizaba la verbena.

See what I mean? A kind of tongue twister, huh?

BTW -
Amanecer - sunrise
Amenazar - threaten
Amenizar - entertain

No te lo tomes tan a mal.

Mira que me amanezco en tu casa, y no es una amenaza, sino que estoy amenizando el asunto, nada mas....

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by chileno

No te lo tomes tan a mal.

Mira que me amanezco en tu casa, y no es una amenaza, sino que estoy amenizando el asunto, nada mas....

No, no me lo tomo mal. Simplemente es frustrante que cuando quiero decir "el amanecer" me sale el amenizar o el amenazar. O algo es amenizante cuando quiero decir amenazante.


Tengo que tomarme un valium
Ah! y gracias por amanecer el asunto

[Fazor]

Can I point out that Amanecer, dispite it's ending, is a noun?

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Can I point out that Amanecer, dispite it's ending, is a noun?

Yes, I know. It's just a question of getting the vowels the wrong way around when I say it.

[Fazor]

Just make'n sure, because you referred to "These three verbs"

And yes, I struggle to pronounce them each on their own, let alone when used together!

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Just make'n sure, because you referred to "These three verbs"

Oooops!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Amanecer can actually be a verb.

Amanece más temprano en verano que en invierno.
It dawns earlier in Summer than in Winter.

[irmamar]

"Amanecer" is both a verb and a noun:

Amanece a las ocho (verb)
¡Qué bonito amanecer! (noun)

You can use "métodos nemotécnicos" (I don't know the word in English) to remember:

Amanecer : Dawn
Amenazar: threaten
Amenizar - entertain

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Amanecer can actually be a verb.

Amanece más temprano en verano que en invierno.
It dawns earlier in Summer than in Winter.

Nos hemos cruzado, Angelica

[Fazor]

Ah, that's what I get for looking up "sunrise" rather than the word itself. In that particular use it's only a noun (obviously a person can't 'sunrise') but in the other uses it's a verb. Gotcha.

I forget which verb we used for "get up" (from bed), but it was a different one.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@irmamar: more points of view always make notions clearer.


@Fazor: "get up (from bed)" is "levantarse (de la cama)"

[Fazor]

Yep, that's the one. I always think "llamarse" (but know that's wrong, because I know that word). It's one of those things where I can't get the right word because I can't stop thinking about the wrong one.
(Oh, and I'm pretty sure the reason I jump to llamarse is because we learned the two verbs at around the same time those many years ago).

[irmamar]

It happens to me either with some English words...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

It happens to me either too with some English words...

Small correction.

[irmamar]

Cierto, either se usa con las frases negativas

[María José]

Iramar: you can say mnemotechnic techniques or memory aids

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by María José

Iramar: you can say mnemotechnic techniques or memory aids

Thanks!