"El rinc?n espa?ol"

[stewart]

Gracias Lesley,

creo que eso es un grande ayudo.

Sorry to correct you.
The correct way to say this phrase is
"Creo que esto es una gran ayuda".
The noun for "help" in feminine.

 

[Ricardo900]

extra?o??

Does this mean miss or strange??
Yo te extra?o tanto - "I miss you so much"

 

[davoucci19]

could that be "uno cervesa por favor??"

I think my biggest issue is learning and remember when to use the proper tenses.

una cervesa por favor......but you are doing great most people cant even write it

 

[AnnaC]

Does this mean miss or strange??
Yo te extra?o tanto - "I miss you so much"

I've heard this before :nervous: Yes it means I miss you so much but according to translation site it means strange.

 

[stewart]

Does this mean miss or strange??
Yo te extra?o tanto - "I miss you so much"

It means both. Of course it depends on the context.
For "strange", you could also use "RARO". It means rare or wierd.

 

[Chirimoya]

"Te extra?o" - I miss you, from the verb "extra?ar" - to miss.

It may be related to the adjective "extra?o" (strange) in that by going away you become like a stranger to me. Or is that too far-fetched?

 

[ricktoronto]

una cervesa por favor......but you are doing great most people cant even write it

"Cerveza" that is.

 

[mofi]

"Te extra?o" - I miss you, from the verb "extra?ar" - to miss.

It may be related to the adjective "extra?o" (strange) in that by going away you become like a stranger to me. Or is that too far-fetched?

No you hit that on the nose, thats what i asked my boyfriend when i didn't understand and his response was very similar.

 

[Escott]

Arthritis should be the same, but pronounced 'artreetees' and spelt 'artritis'.

What does spelt mean? LOL

 

[Chirimoya]

What does spelt mean? LOL

Maybe we need an English 101 forum.

spell1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spl)
v. spelled, or spelt (splt) spell?ing, spells
v. tr.
To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word or part of a word).
To constitute the letters of (a word): These letters spell animal.
To add up to; signify: Their unwise investment could spell financial ruin.

 

[Escott]

Wow learn something new every day! LOL

 

[Jane J.]

It may be related to the adjective "extra?o" (strange) in that by going away you become like a stranger to me. Or is that too far-fetched?

I always think of an "estranged" couple to make it "make English sense."

This WILL be a fun topic!

 

[juancarlos]

Chiri does this sound right

" Los dias de la semana " dias y semana sound feminine but los doesn't sound right. Yes/No??

Anna, it is correct because, in this case, "los" refers to "dias", which is masculine.

By the way, I want to congratulate you and Lesley for coming up with this new forum. Lesley gave it the name: Rincon Espa?ol and you had the original idea. And, of course, Robert who gave his approval.

 

[johne]

As a substitute..?

"Te extra?o" - I miss you, from the verb "extra?ar" - to miss.

It may be related to the adjective "extra?o" (strange) in that by going away you become like a stranger to me. Or is that too far-fetched?

..could you use "te haces falter" ?

JOHN

 

[linamia]

..could you use "te haces falter" ?

JOHN

Johne,
"Me haces falta"

 

[johne]

oops

Johne,
"Me haces falta"

That's what I meant but as usual my English/Spanish translation time is slowed by martini drinking brain cell loss.

JOHN

 

[mofi]

Johne,
"Me haces falta"

Ellos lo usan mas "Te extrano" o "me extranas".....

Y no olvides hay un acento sobre la "N"..........Estoy muy floja esta manana.
:nervous:

 

[Jane J.]

That's right, you can also say, "me extra?a que..." to say "it's seems strange to me that..."

So, Chiri, when you say:

It may be related to the adjective "extra?o" (strange) in that by going away you become like a stranger to me. Or is that too far-fetched?

I don't think it's far-fetched at all - ni extra?o!

Let us not forget the word extranjero - foreigner!

 

[Hillbilly]

The best thing about htis thread

Is that it got JaneJ-a.k.a. Northern Light- out of her shell.

dang lady I have missed you since you finally got that job you wanted.

And now you are playing with words, your favorite sport...

The most frequent problems are gender related: mapa, problema, aguacate, etc.
The words that end in -ma, -pa, -te are for the most part masculine ("el" or "los") . Hope that helps.

One of the funny things that happens is called "language interference" when the dominent language manages to wiggle into the second language. I once said "wepones" when talking about weapons, and "compresado" when meaning comprimido....I have heard it both ways, so don't worry about it.
A long time ago this immortal phrase was heard in Sos?a:
"Hans, was ist los mitt de camioneta? " (I don't know if the German is correct.)
Uttered by one of the immigrants from Austria or Germany...true story.

HB