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Faltar = What Does it Mean in English???
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Is this the same as "le falto"?
I got this message recently.
Le falto mi amor.
Tu Western Union para me.
No comprende mi amor.:cheeky:
Is this the same as "le falto"?
I got this message recently.
Le falto mi amor.
Tu Western Union para me.
No comprende mi amor.:cheeky:
Yes, she's literally saying "I miss it, my love- your western union for me". Ouch! She should at least say she misses you BEFORE bringing up the dinero :-( sorry man...
At least she got the name right...
A chica correspondent once asked me to send her money via "Western Junior".
A chica correspondent once asked me to send her money via "Western Junior".
Dear Mkohn: I think that if the original message:
Le falto mi amor.
Tu Western Union para me.
was correct, the person writing the message was not educated or the poster posted it wrong.
However, it seems to convey the meaning that the money was not forthcoming, ie. "missing" ...
Faltar does have several connotations....
HB
Le falto mi amor.
Tu Western Union para me.
was correct, the person writing the message was not educated or the poster posted it wrong.
However, it seems to convey the meaning that the money was not forthcoming, ie. "missing" ...
Faltar does have several connotations....
HB
I thought she was different.:ermm: :surprised
I should have listened to Hillbilly.:surprised :hurt:
http://www.dr1.com/forums/travel-questions/46749-favourite-memory-4.html#post360543
Different ways of saying the same thing. There may be a slight subtlety, but not much. "Me haces falta" also implies "you're missing in my life", "I need you", etc. while "te extraño" is simply "I miss you".
Also -
"Te echo de menos";
"Te añoro" (more poetic/melodramatic).
Hillbilly- you're right. Le falto mi amor should actually be Lo falto mi amor. Le is an indirect object and lo/la a direct one. But confusion of le/lo is a common grammar mistake among uneducated Spanish speakers.
please explain 'cause the way you are correcting I'm not undertanding it.
Le falto mi amor.
Tu Western Union para me.
Le falt? mi amor. this would mean "it was missing my love" but if there was a comma "le falt?, mi amor" it would translate to "it was short(missing,money), my love"
Re: Faltar// MAR is correct-
Yoma-
You are the only one thus far who has demonstrated that grammar the science behind the language is key to decoding any phrase where the meaning is in question or ambiguous. However, your suggestion of [lo] instead of [le] is incorrect. Have you ever heard [lo] used with the verb faltar? I have not. Instinctively the pronoun I would use is [le] as would anyone else. The reason why is because faltar is an intransitive verb. This means it takes an indirect pronoun [le] and not a direct object pronoun [lo] or [la].
Faltar has many meanings in Spanish and is usually used in the third person. In grammar textbooks this verb is always broken down as 'faltarle algo a alguien (o algo)' in order for the reader to understand how to use the verb correctly.
Faltar can mean:
1/ no estar= Ej. Falta dinero
2/ no haber suficiente= le va a faltar dinero
3/ hacer falta= le hace falta alguien que le ayude
-these are just some basic examples I thought of to show how it is used in the third person to express everyday concepts.
Le faltó without expanding the phrase is difficult to understand out of context but if you break it down it's possible to understand. For example if I say:
1/ A Juan le falta dinero= Le falta dinero
2/ Al libro le faltan cinco páginas = Le faltan cinco páginas
By applying the grammatical rule above 'faltarle algo a alguien (o algo)' the meaning and format of the phrase is easily understood.
1/ Qué le falta= dinero
A quién= Juan (Juan can also be replaced by [le])
2/ Qué le falta= cinco páginas
A qué= al libro (which can be replaced by [le])
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Regarding the phrase in question [le] as an indirect pronoun can mean it, him or her.
Le faltó= "It was missing" as stated by M.A.R.
- it was missing (as in "it was missing in my account", tu westen union xxx). Refer to example #2.
Le in this phrase may throw people off because it's not stated what it refers to as I did in my examples above. However, the phrase of the original speaker falls completely within the grammatical parameters of the language.
-LDG.
Yoma-
You are the only one thus far who has demonstrated that grammar the science behind the language is key to decoding any phrase where the meaning is in question or ambiguous. However, your suggestion of [lo] instead of [le] is incorrect. Have you ever heard [lo] used with the verb faltar? I have not. Instinctively the pronoun I would use is [le] as would anyone else. The reason why is because faltar is an intransitive verb. This means it takes an indirect pronoun [le] and not a direct object pronoun [lo] or [la].
Faltar has many meanings in Spanish and is usually used in the third person. In grammar textbooks this verb is always broken down as 'faltarle algo a alguien (o algo)' in order for the reader to understand how to use the verb correctly.
Faltar can mean:
1/ no estar= Ej. Falta dinero
2/ no haber suficiente= le va a faltar dinero
3/ hacer falta= le hace falta alguien que le ayude
-these are just some basic examples I thought of to show how it is used in the third person to express everyday concepts.
Le faltó without expanding the phrase is difficult to understand out of context but if you break it down it's possible to understand. For example if I say:
1/ A Juan le falta dinero= Le falta dinero
2/ Al libro le faltan cinco páginas = Le faltan cinco páginas
By applying the grammatical rule above 'faltarle algo a alguien (o algo)' the meaning and format of the phrase is easily understood.
1/ Qué le falta= dinero
A quién= Juan (Juan can also be replaced by [le])
2/ Qué le falta= cinco páginas
A qué= al libro (which can be replaced by [le])
--------------
Regarding the phrase in question [le] as an indirect pronoun can mean it, him or her.
Le faltó= "It was missing" as stated by M.A.R.
- it was missing (as in "it was missing in my account", tu westen union xxx). Refer to example #2.
Le in this phrase may throw people off because it's not stated what it refers to as I did in my examples above. However, the phrase of the original speaker falls completely within the grammatical parameters of the language.
-LDG.
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