To drop or to fall.

[granca]

Why does it appear that no Dominican ever drops anything, it always falls. Is this part of the "its not my fault" culture or is it the lack in Spanish of the verb to drop? (apart from dejar caer).

 

[Vacara]

Why does it appear that no Dominican ever drops anything, it always falls. Is this part of the "its not my fault" culture or is it the lack in Spanish of the verb to drop? (apart from dejar caer).

We do have equivalent for both words. Maybe your Spanish is not good enuff.

 

[granca]

I freely admit that my spanish is not as good as I would like but whar are the two different verbs?

 

[donP]

It Fell Off Me.

Why does it appear that no Dominican ever drops anything, it always falls.

Se me ca?.
This cleary indicates that it's the bloody thing's fault.
No tengo la culpa, applies each and every time. :tired:

donP

 

[Vacara]

I freely admit that my spanish is not as good as I would like but whar are the two different verbs?

"Se cayo" means it fell, "se me cayo" means I dropped it.

 

[Chirimoya]

Excluding "dejar caer" is convenient for the "no fui yo" argument because "dejar caer" - literally "to allow to fall" is very much an acceptance of responsibility for dropping the object.

But what other way is there of saying "to drop"? "Tumbar" or "tirar" don't have the same meaning.

 

[Vacara]

Excluding "dejar caer" is convenient for the "no fui yo" argument because "dejar caer" - literally "to allow to fall" is very much an acceptance of responsibility for dropping the object.

But what other way is there of saying "to drop"? "Tumbar" or "tirar" don't have the same meaning.

When a Dominican says; "Se me cayo", literally he's admitting quilt, he's saying "I dropped it".

"Lo deje caer" is also a confession, an admission of quilt.