Jun 30 - Help with future tense Please
I need some help with the future tense. I am working on a paper and I have the following sentence: No voy a tendré un hijo aún (trans. I will not have a child yet). I am not sure the best way to...
View ArticleJun 30 - parts and labor
I just had the experience of buying an appliance in Argentina. I wanted to ask about parts and labor. I forget what I said at the time, but I learned during this transaction that the phrase is...
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Jul 01 - No. 26 - Identify Items in Picture Game // Identificar las cosas en...
No. 26 - Identify Items in Picture Game // Identificar las cosas en la imagenIdentify as many items as possible in the picture in both English and Spanish.Identifique tantos artículos como posible en...
View ArticleJul 01 - Impersonal (Passive) "se" with indirect and direct object pronouns
There was a similar question posted about the use of the impersonal (or passive) "se" otherwise known as the "passive reflexive marker" with the use of indirect and direct object pronouns. It is still...
View ArticleJul 01 - al/en/en el desayuno?
The sentence (given by a native speaker) is: "Me gusta aplastar papas y comerlas como una sopa al desayuno" (I like to mash potatoes and eat them like a soup in/at breakfast)I have 2 questions:what is...
View ArticleJul 01 - "Está bien: with negative connotation
I know that "okay" is usually translated as "está bien", but to me that has a positive connotation: "it was/is good". However, "okay" can also be used to mean "not bad, not good", something neutral or...
View ArticleJul 02 - Siendo Dificil vs Estando Dificil
On a quiz, I interpreted the phrase "Don't be difficult. Take the medicine." as "No este dificil. Tome la medicina.". It was marked wrong and the correction was to use the "ser" form of "to be"....
View ArticleJul 02 - Spanish words for common body parts.Palabras en español para partes...
Here are the Spanish words for common body parts:Body Partsarm — el brazoback — la espaldabackbone — la columna vertebralbrain — el cerebro, el sesobreast, chest — el pechobuttocks — las nalgascalf —...
View ArticleJul 02 - What are the phonetic symbols for 'the'?
Hi there!I'm working on a little speech recognition project, for which I'll need to know the different phonetic symbols for the two main possible pronunciations of the vowel in 'the'.My best guess:The...
View ArticleJul 02 - How do I pronounce "20th Century" in Spanish?
List itemHow does one pronounce "20th century" in Spanish? The dos Equis beer company seems to think it is " cinco cinte ". At least that's how they say it in their commercial. That sounds like 5th...
View ArticleJul 02 - echar ganas
Hola,Por que (y como) se dice (correctamente) "echar ganas".Por ejemplo: "le eche ganas de la vida"Como se dice esta oracion por mi mismo: "yo echo ganas de la vida" ?Gracias por adelantado. David
View ArticleJul 02 - How to pronounce 'r' with 'd' and 't'
I'm having a vastly difficult time with the pronunciation of the single 'r'. I know it's supposed to be pronounced as an alveolar tap/flap like 'tt' in 'butter' or 'dd' or 'ladder'. In between vowels...
View ArticleJul 03 - 'r' at end of words is problematic
I'm confused how to pronounce 'r' at the end of a word like in hablar, mujer, color, etc. I've listened to many of these words from many different speakers, and it sounds much closer to an English 'r'...
View ArticleJul 03 - Good night and talk to you tomorrow
I want to learn how to say good night and talk to you tomorrow in Spanish
View ArticleJul 03 - era vs fue do I understand it correctly?
I'm still having some trouble with when to use era vs fue.Imagine this situation: I was with a friend in Colombia where we both learned to speak spanish. A year later we are talking about our time in...
View ArticleJul 03 - Feminine/masculine singular/plural
Excuses me guys, I met a problem, cos I am studying Spanish right now.Could you list the Feminine/masculine singular/plural for me? For instance, I know that bienvenido is for masculine, bienvenida is...
View ArticleJul 03 - "I like the way you are with me every day"
"I like the way you are with me every day"
View ArticleJul 03 - How to say "It's all the same"
Es todos los mismos? Todo es lo mismo? What would the most accurate translation for this phrase be?
View ArticleJul 04 - Cómo usar las palabras "dirigir" y "dirigirse"
El titulo dice todo, si ustedes me pueden dar unas explicaciones y ejemplos sobre estas palabras estaría muy feliz. Vi una frase que decía: Rumbo al lugar al que siempre se dirigía ... Can somebody...
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