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Old January 28, 2010, 06:19 AM
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De pe a pa
Does it mean from start to finish?
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Old January 28, 2010, 06:22 AM
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Does it mean from start to finish?
My dictionary says exactly that (or beginning to end).
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Old January 28, 2010, 06:46 AM
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Yes.

I would like to know if it's used in Spain.
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Old January 28, 2010, 07:04 AM
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Yes. It is definitely used in Spain. I got it from a Spanish source.
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It's used in spain. I have heard it sometimes
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de ~ a pa.
1. loc. adv. coloq. Enteramente, desde el principio al fin.
It means completely. It's like "from alfa to omega" or "from a to z"
"Este temario te lo tienes que aprender de pe a pa"
"Me dejo la cosas claras, de pe a pa"
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Pe_a_Pa

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PD: this is only a funny guess.
As school learnes, we lear "a-e-i-o-u" "ba-be-bi-bo-bu""ca-ce-ci-co-cu"... "pa-pe-pi-po-pu"........
so "de pe a pa" means completely, from pe-------------pa
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Old January 28, 2010, 12:25 PM
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It's used in spain. I have heard it sometimes
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It means completely. It's like "from alfta to omega" or "from a to z"
"Este temario te lo tienes que aprender de pe a pa"
"Me dejo la cosas claras, de pe a pa"
something curious for chileno
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Pe_a_Pa

Saludos

PD: this is only a funny guess.
As school learnes, we lear "a-e-i-o-u" "ba-be-bi-bo-bu""ca-ce-ci-co-cu"... "pa-pe-pi-po-pu"........
so "de pe a pa" means completely, from pe-------------pa

Correcto.

That's why I was asking...
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Seems like it should be de pa a pu...
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Seems like it should be de pa a pu...
I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.
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I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.
pe: pa, pe, pi, po, pu and pa again (even children can do it)
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Old January 29, 2010, 03:40 AM
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Seems like it should be de pa a pu...
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I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.
No, its good so. You begin with
"pe,pi,po,pu,ra,re,rir,o,ru,.....,a,e,i,o,u....... ...,ña,ñe,ñi,ño,ñu,pa"
You make it complete.
"Yo me lo se" --> I know it
"me lo se de pe a pa"--> I know it complete, I can say it straight, forward and whatewer order you want.
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Ya se todo eso, es lo mismo que decir de la segunda instancia hasta el principio. Cualquier cosa se puede hacer con este concepto, pero decir de principio a fin es el concepto habitual.

Yo estoy acostumbrado decir "te veo en 7 días" pero acá dicen "te veo de hoy en 8 días"

Y también tiene su qué.
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Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b
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Yo estoy acostumbrado decir "te veo en 7 días" pero acá dicen "te veo de hoy en 8 días"
Perhaps in fluenced by German - they say Heute in acht Tagen, =Today in eight days, meaning the same day next week, in seven days. Very odd, seeing that they would also say Today in 14 days meaning 2 weeks from today.

And how many days are there in a fortnight?
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Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b
There are many sentences to express that somebody doesn't know anything, but now I can't remember if there is some with a range. I think there isn't any
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but now I can't remember if there is some with a range. I think there isn't any
Irma - has it been a long day?
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There are many sentences to express that somebody doesn't know anything, but now I can't remember if there are some with a range. I think there aren't any
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Irma - has it been a long day?
A long week and a bad day. Thanks.
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Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b
That's funny!
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