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Old July 29, 2008, 06:19 PM
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Hi I'm new to the forum. I'm going to be stopping by once in a while and helping people to learn Spanish.

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Hello, I bid you welcome, you continue entering to the forums only so you can get up more knowledge in you Spanish.
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¡Querría alguna ayuda - todavía estoy aprendiendo!
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¡Bienvenido a los foros, Anna!
¡Querría alguna ayuda - todavía estoy aprendiendo!
Some corrections in your post, I hope this don't mind you.

¿Querra alguna ayuda.?

The word Querra is the best chose in your sentence because you putted Querria, then you there are supposing still the person wants help.

When, you in your own text are offering help to her, then you shall use the word QUERRA.
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Some corrections to your post.
I hope this don't mind you.
Use either:
I hope you don't mind.
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The word Querra is the best chose in your sentence because you putted Querria, then you there are supposing still the person wants help.

When, you in your own text are offering help to her, then you shall use the word QUERRA
I was not trying to say that I will help her, but that I would love some help. She said in her post, that she would drop by from time to time helping people, so I just mentioned that I am one of those people.

But thanks, and no, I don't mind, corrections are more than welcome!
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I was not trying to say that I will help her, but that I would love some help.
Then you would say: Quisiera (un poco de) ayuda.

Quisiera = I would like (it's the imperfect subjunctive).
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Ah, bloody subjunctives, I never know when to use it!

In this case, though, it's because it's a desire I have, right?

And thank you for the correction!
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In this case, it's because you're choosing to sound respectful and polite. The conditional tense querría should be used only if there is a real condition on which you base your desire to do something, like 'querría ir contigo si fuera el viernes (I would only want to go with you on a Friday).'
Always use quisiera at the beginning of a request to express I would like.

Using the imperfect subjunctive as a polite form only applies to the main verb, not the verb in a dependent clause.

This usage is limited to the verbs querer, poder and deber, by the way. The last two can be used in the conditional and mean the same thing, but the imperfect subjunctive can be used out of respect.
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Thank you a lot, Rusty, for the explanation!
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Yeah I don't mind me, but I feel that you offered help to her when she mentioned that need help. by that I told you that if you need offer her help, you must use Querra or Querría help anyway.
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but I feel that you offered help to her when she mentioned that need help
Well, she wasn't requesting help, she was offering help. Try reading the her post again.

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by that I told you that if you need offer her help, you must use Querra or Querría help anyway.
And I appreciate that. Now I know what to say, if I'm actually going to help someone, thanks!
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