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by John238922
Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: Short Books About Regions of Spain
Replies: 4
Views: 409
Australia

Re: Short Books About Regions of Spain

Thanks for asking.

Indeed a wonderful country. I want to go back.

Sadly my Spanish only really progressed from 'menu Spanish to 'taxi Spanish'

And on the day of the Municipal elections I asked my Airbnb host 'Gana tu partido? 'Tristamente no'.

by John238922
Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:36 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: No fuimos nosotras las que copiamos en el examen
Replies: 8
Views: 529
Australia

Re: No fuimos nosotras las que copiamos en el examen

The copiamos/copiaron distinction seems pretty clear?

by John238922
Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:03 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: No fuimos nosotras las que copiamos en el examen
Replies: 8
Views: 529
Australia

Re: No fuimos nosotras las que copiamos en el examen

No fuimos nosotras las que copiamos en el examen

It wasn't us who copied/cheated in the exam

no fuimos nosotras las que copiaron en el examen.

It wasn't us that they copied [from] in the exam

by John238922
Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: Tips on Mexican Spanish
Replies: 3
Views: 473
Australia

Re: Tips on Mexican Spanish

Thanks @gmads.

Tus datos para espanol mexicano no me parecen muy diferentes de los para espanol espanol, o quizas he sido aprendando de duolingo demasiado.

by John238922
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:25 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Decidi terminar mi maestria
Replies: 1
Views: 169
Australia

Decidi terminar mi maestria

Decidi terminar mi maestria Duo gives I decided to finish my Masters degree. In English, if I said I decided to terminate my Masters, I would mean I decided to stop or cut short my studies, without finishing. I would translate I decided to finish my Masters degree. as Decidí completar mi maestría. A...
by John238922
Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Discussions
Topic: The most important words and phrases in your target language
Replies: 14
Views: 982
Australia

Re: The most important words and phrases in your target language

Australian backpacker's basic vocabulary.

Hello
Goodbye
Yes
No
Please
Thank you
1 to 9
Two beers please my friend will pay.

by John238922
Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:28 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Huge Jump in Gems
Replies: 5
Views: 404
Australia

Re: Huge Jump in Gems

Thanks, and thanks for the shift to the right forum

by John238922
Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Huge Jump in Gems
Replies: 5
Views: 404
Australia

Huge Jump in Gems

How about a separate forum for Duolingo system behaviour?

My Gems have suddenly jumped from about 3000 to 12000.

I did a lesson on the website the other day, instead of the Android app i usually ipuse.

Any chance Gems are merging into Lingots?

by John238922
Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: Cobrar caro/barato o cobrar mucho/poco
Replies: 10
Views: 502
Australia

Re: Cobrar caro/barato o cobrar mucho/poco

Explorer wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:04 pm
  • El abogado cobra mucho

The lawyer charges a lot.

Explorer wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:04 pm
  • El abogado cobra caros sus servicios.

The lawyer charges dearly for his services

by John238922
Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's the funniest word in your target language?
Replies: 61
Views: 7083
Australia

Re: What's the funniest word in your target language?

PtolemysXX wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 5:10 pm
Olav wrote: Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:04 pm

What is funny about prawda? (I know it was a newspaper.)

I heard the other day that the only thing that had been true in the "Правда" was its price.

Private non isvestia
Isvestia non pravda

There is no truth in The News
There is no news in the The Truth

by John238922
Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: ¿Tú te encuentras con Sofía hoy? (en → es)
Replies: 5
Views: 189
Australia

Re: ¿Tú te encuentras con Sofía hoy? (en → es)

No, yo me encuentro en Sofía hoy. Is that a family friendly thing to say? Yes, sure. I was just playing with the words, so instead of being with a woman named Sofía, I said that I was at Sofía, the capital of Bulgaria :) Aahhh, now I understand I thought it might have been that troublesome word 'co...
by John238922
Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: ¿Tú te encuentras con Sofía hoy? (en → es)
Replies: 5
Views: 189
Australia

Re: ¿Tú te encuentras con Sofía hoy? (en → es)

gmads wrote: Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:24 pm

No, yo me encuentro en Sofía hoy.

Is that a family friendly thing to say?

by John238922
Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: Requests new Duome features
Topic: Separating new posts?
Replies: 4
Views: 345
Australia

Re: Separating new posts?

So we have options to mark posts read

  • for all forums and

  • just topics in a single forum

Could we have similar options for show new posts

  • for all forums, and

  • just for the current forum

?

by John238922
Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: En el hospital. (en → es)
Replies: 3
Views: 168
Australia

Re: En el hospital. (en → es)

A patient in a hospital is 'in hospital': no article.

A ship in [dry] dock is 'in dock'.

A person might be a doctor or a cleaner in a hospital, that is forming part of the institution.

A doctor not on the staff of a hospital might be at a meeting at the hospital.

by John238922
Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: Atender - lots of meanings
Replies: 2
Views: 190
Australia

Re: Atender - lots of meanings

... and some differences with the English verb "to attend". To make sure I got the English usage right, I'd like to recap what I understand so far: 1) With events, we would use "to attend" without preposition indicating presence/participation: My children attend classes from Mon...
by John238922
Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:00 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A ellas les interesa mucho surfear. Todos los veranos ellas viajan a la playa. (en → es)
Replies: 7
Views: 303
Australia

Re: A ellas les interesa mucho surfear. Todos los veranos ellas viajan a la playa. (en → es)

Cifi wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:00 pm

So, would a context along the lines of "they go to the beach every summer to watch the surfers, but although they had always wanted to learn it themselves, they never did" justify the usage of interesar, or doesn't it fit?

Si, las bikini chicas.

by John238922
Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: el-motin-de-la-tilde
Replies: 7
Views: 327
Australia

Re: el-motin-de-la-tilde

gmads wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:39 am


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You just had to get that in, didn't you <g>

by John238922
Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: el-motin-de-la-tilde
Replies: 7
Views: 327
Australia

Re: el-motin-de-la-tilde

[mention]gmads[/mention] , gracias por tus respuestas. Disculpame por continuar esta conversacion en ingles, pero tu ingles es mas mejor que mi espanol. My acquantanship with these marks comes somewhat from mathematical notation, particularly the ~ tilde. Your word for this 'virgulilla' is interesti...
by John238922
Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:19 am
Forum: Language
Topic: el-motin-de-la-tilde
Replies: 7
Views: 327
Australia

Re: el-motin-de-la-tilde

Me parece que el asunto se centra en la palabra solo.

Lo que noté fue la palabra tilde.

En los paises angloparlantes tilde se usa para el acento sobre la ñ. El acento sobre las vocales, en frances acute, o grave en ingles es simplemente accent.

by John238922
Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:30 am
Forum: Culture & Society
Topic: Short Books About Regions of Spain
Replies: 4
Views: 409
Australia

Short Books About Regions of Spain

I've been studying Spanish pretty diligently on Duolingo for over 3 years, and in May im off to Spain for a Covid long delayed holiday.

Can anyone recommend a series of intermediate level books or websites about the regions of Spain, using Iberian Spanish, for me to read?

Any similar podcasts?

by John238922
Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:29 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

Wow, we're really delving around in some very old fashioned occupational words. A blacksmith makes nails as a craft, and maybe sells them. An ironmonger buys nails wholesale, and sells them retail. When did nails become wholesale items? [mention]Corinnebelle[/mention] you seem to be using wholesale...
by John238922
Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:30 am
Forum: Discussions
Topic: Baking/making/preparing a cake (or other food)
Replies: 23
Views: 1447
Australia

Re: Baking/making/preparing a cake (or other food)

Bake a cake and make a cake in English have a very strong rhyme, further reinforced by the song, which was very catchy and popular in the 40s and 50s. Note also the relationship between the b and the m sounds. Prepare is a formal word and out of register with nice commonplace acts like cooking. My w...
by John238922
Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:42 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

gmads wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:31 am
Corinnebelle wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:21 pm

@gmads What is the root for ferretería? A furrier?

.
A closely related term is that of tlapalería (hardware store).

So, in 19th Century English a colourman.

Cf Sherlock Holmes The Retired Colourman

by John238922
Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:39 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

Wow, we're really delving around in some very old fashioned occupational words.

A blacksmith makes nails as a craft, and maybe sells them.

An ironmonger buys nails wholesale, and sells them retail.

by John238922
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

Corinnebelle wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:21 pm

@gmads What is the root for ferretería?

Ironmongery, ironmonger

by John238922
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

Corinnebelle wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:13 am

Do you like ferrets? Or just the sound of the word? I love lavender.

Not particularly, but I like the idea of a ferret shop:

  • a shop for ferrets?

  • a shop run by ferrets?

  • a shop selling ferrets?

Simples!

by John238922
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

gmads wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:41 am

I am not so sure about the "obviously" remark

Sigh, the gentle irony font 'obviously not working.

by John238922
Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: What's your favorite word in your target language?
Replies: 78
Views: 4806
Australia

Re: What's your favorite word in your target language?

I think my favorite words in Spanish are

La lavenderia and la ferreteria

which obviously mean

The lavender shop and the ferret shop

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