Hello everyone

[Naija]

Hi everyone, my name is Ccimecce & I'm Nigerian. I'm 20. I have Neither been to a spanish-speaking country nor gathering before but I've got lots of spanish-speaking friends whose english are as good as my spanish! many a times we meet, we have things to exchange but no way to get to the next person and ''asta la vista'', they go. That's just one out of a thousand times I have been intimidated so I signed up to get some help and also to meet other good people around the world of whom you are numbered. I believe it's a good atmosphere in here.

I just hope I was right about coming here. I just pray I speak spanish soon!

[Perikles]

Welcome - is your name really Ccimecce ? How do you say that?

[CrOtALiTo]

Hello I bid you welcome to these forums.

Where are you from?
Where you have been studying Spanish?

[Lorenzo]

¿Donde vive? Trata escribir en Español con frequencia porque aprenderá mas rápidamente.

[Elaina]

Well first of all... WELCOME! I would like to know how to pronounce your name.... Ccimecce... (chichimeche?) I don't know.But I do hope you like it here and stay with us for awhile.My name is Elaina and I welcome you.

[irmamar]

Welcome.

[JPablo]

Bienvenido Ccimecce!

Are you from Lagos, Nigeria? (I had a friend from there, in Barcelona, more than 25 years ago...) Enjoy learning and practicing Spanish around here!

[Jessica]

welcome, Ccimecce

I really like your name

[viveka]

Originally Posted by Naija

Hi everyone, my name is Ccimecce & I'm Nigerian. I'm 20. I have Neither been to a spanish-speaking country nor gathering before but I've got lots of spanish-speaking friends whose english are as good as my spanish! many a times we meet, we have things to exchange but no way to get to the next person and ''asta la vista'', they go. That's just one out of a thousand times I have been intimidated so I signed up to get some help and also to meet other good people around the world of whom you are numbered. I believe it's a good atmosphere in here.

I just hope I was right about coming here. I just pray I speak spanish soon!

Welcome Ccimecee!

You´ll see that this a cheerful, sincere and stellar group of learners. We learn having fun with Spanish and English, and sometimes get to spin puns and idioms.

In Spanish it is important to know gender. How do you want us to address you, if the need arises? You may already know that, in Spanish, most names ending in "a" are the femenine form, while most of those ending in "o" indicate masculine. Or female and male.

And then there are many other names that require being more immersed in the culture. Like Guadalupe, Carmen, René, María, Joan, etc... are unisex names.

a friend,
viveka

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by viveka

Like Guadalupe, Carmen, René, María, Joan, etc... are unisex names.

a friend,
viveka

Unisex names?

[JPablo]

Pues supongo que Viveka se refiere al hecho de que pueden ser para hombre o para mujer... José María suele ser de hombre (que yo sepa) y María José de mujer, pero creo que en español, René, puede ser de hombre o de mujer (no como en francés, creo, donde me parace que añaden otra 'e' para hacerlo femenino?)

El ejemplo más claro creo que es con María, en España tenemos a Ramón María del Valle Inclán (¡cráneo privilegiado!) pero supongo que son usos menos conocidos o populares en España...

[irmamar]

Sí, pero no he conocido ningún hombre llamado simplemente "María" . Sólo conozco un René y es hombre. Joan es Juan en catalán, no conozco Joan en castellano, porque sería Juana. Guadalupes y Cármenes las que quieras, pero todas mujeres. El único nombre unisex que se me ocurre es Buenaventura.

[JPablo]

Cierto, a mí me suena algún Guadalupe macho... pero puedo haber oído campanos y no saber por donde...

Mi invención "spoonerista" de los géneros "masmenino" y "feculino" de cuando era niño, sin embargo, posiblemente se ha hecho ya realidad... sólo falta los números "plugular" y "sinral", la quintaesencia de la paradoja...

Bromas a un lado, a ver qué nos dice Viveka, o Chileno, Angélica, Ookami... etc., for that matter...

(Por cierto, conocí a un tal Amor Sánchez, masculino, y supongo que habrá por ahí alguna Amor García femenina...) (Sí he conocido Esperanzas... pero no "Esperanzos"...)

[Naija]

Thanks everyone. U make me feel importnt. I wasn't wrong about here at all; u ar all wonderful ppl and I knw it wld be fun 4 all of us. once again, ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS! & frm where do I start?

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by Naija

Thanks everyone. U make me feel importnt. I wasn't wrong about here at all; u ar all wonderful ppl and I knw it wld be fun 4 all of us. once again, ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS! & frm where do I start?

You're welcome. Thank you for your compliments.

You can try to answer the questions people had for you, and/or you can ask us any question you may have regarding Spanish.

You can tell us how to pronounce your name...
Or you can start a thread about a subject you are interested in.
The key is that you start practicing and learning while you have fun...
Enjoy your stay in the forums... ¡Diviértete!

[Naija]

Ok. My name is pronounced ''chi-may-chay'' & I wld like to knw hw to give descriptions.

Kk. My name is pronouced ''chi-may-chay''. Ccimecce is d short form of ccimeccefulam. Some part spell chimechefulamu or ''fulam which means ''my God, do not forget me''. and about my lessons, I wld lik to start with introducin' myself, u knw, descriptions and all of that. Better still, any thread that teach how to meet ppl?

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Naija

Thanks everyone. U make me feel importnt. I wasn't wrong about here at all; u ar all wonderful ppl and I knw it wld be fun 4 all of us. once again, ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS! & frm where do I start?

Always you use slang into of the English language.
I'd like to know many pronouns for me.

May you teach me many forms?

Thank you, I'll be grateful with your support.

[Lorenzo]

Naija, please try to write in standard English. Writing in slang can be confusing to non native English speakers and in some cases native English speakers. If you cannot write properly in Spanish that is ok but try to keep the English as standard as possible. Try to write in slang if you are teaching the non native English speakers. Thank you.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Lorenzo

Naija, please try to write in standard English. Writing in slang can be confusing to non native English speakers and in some cases native English speakers. If you cannot write properly in Spanish that is ok but try to keep the English as standard as possible. Try to write in slang if you are teaching the non native English speakers. Thank you.

Gracias, Lorenzo. Cuando veo cosas escritas así, me pongo de los nerviossss

[Lorenzo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Gracias, Lorenzo. Cuando veo cosas escritas así, me pongo de los nerviossss

De nada irmamar, no te preocupes acerca del argot. Si nescescitas una traducción decirme.