The invisible 'demasiado'

[laepelba]

I didn't live in California in the 80's, so I wouldn't know.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

Un dicho muy neoyorqino es enough already. El dicho traduce directo
al español con basta ya.

How could I say "basta ya" in BE? That's enough, maybe?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

How could I say "basta ya" in BE? That's enough, maybe?

yes, quite correct.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Definitely not. It sounds very American. Perhaps a German influence.

Edit: I often hear things like this in American films:
A: Hurry up, we'll be late
B: OK I'm coming already

This is a literal translation into English of German Ich komme ja and I bet this is the reason for this expression, immigrants from Germany in the USA.

So, in Spanish "ya voy" would be of German influence?

Originally Posted by laepelba

I didn't live in California in the 80's, so I wouldn't know.

I only know that I know nothing.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by chileno

I only know that I know nothing.

˜n o‹da Óti oÙdšn o‹da Well said, oh Sokrates.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

˜n o‹da Óti oÙdšn o‹da Well said, oh Sokrates.

Does tangent mean anything to you?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

˜n o‹da Óti oÙdšn o‹da Well said, oh Sokrates.

This is not Greek.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

This is not Greek.

It is on my computer screen. What do you see?

[irmamar]

˜n o‹da Óti oÙdšn o‹da

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

˜n o‹da Óti oÙdšn o‹da

That looks like perfectly good Greek to me - One thing I know, and that is I know nothing. A paraphrase of what Plato said that Socrates said in his Apologia

Do we have a problem of incompatible character sets here?

[irmamar]

[QUOTE=Perikles;72119]That looks like perfectly good Greek to me - /QUOTE]



I've copied it. I'll try to write it with my keyboard, and tell me what you see:

n o<da Óti oÙdsn o<da

(I haven't been able to write some symbols, but more or less that's what I see).

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I've copied it. I'll try to write it with my keyboard, and tell me what you see:

n o<da Óti oÙdsn o<da

(I haven't been able to write some symbols, but more or less that's what I see).

Ah OK we have a problem with character sets. I'll retype in uppercase without accents, in normal script:

EN OIDA OTI OUDEN OIDA

(the previous lowercase statement looked OK to me because I have a Greek font on my computer)

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Ah OK we have a problem with character sets. I'll retype in uppercase without accents, in normal script:

EN OIDA OTI OUDEN OIDA

(the previous lowercase statement looked OK to me because I have a Greek font on my computer)

I remember almost nothing about Greek. But I believe in you.

By the way: on your computer? I'd have said "in".

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

By the way: on your computer? I'd have said "in".

I wouldn't. Buenas noches

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I remember almost nothing about Greek. But I believe in you.

By the way: on your computer? I'd have said "in".

In this case, instead of writing I believe in you it may be better to say
I believe you.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by irmamar

By the way: on your computer? I'd have said "in".

Originally Posted by Perikles

I wouldn't. Buenas noches

Agreed - I would also say "on my computer"....

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

That looks like perfectly good Greek to me - One thing I know, and that is I know nothing. A paraphrase of what Plato said that Socrates said in his Apologia

Do we have a problem of incompatible character sets here?

In Spanish, "Solo sé, que nada sé"

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

In Spanish, "Solo sé, que nada sé"

I like that!

[Added later: Perikles - this is something like the set of all sets - quite a paradox....]

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I like that!

I know, since you were the only one acknowledging/to acknowledge the Greek guy...

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

In this case, instead of writing I believe in you it may be better to say
I believe you.

I'm not sure if I can say in English the same difference that I say in Spanish.

I believe you = te creo.
I believe in you = confío en ti.

I wouldn't mean that I believed that the words were written in Greek, but I believed that "sólo sé que no sé nada" was written in Greek.

I think it works in this way.