tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646178889237979532024-03-21T01:55:53.119-07:00Best Spanish Blog EverTranslate familiar phrases from English into Spanish and vice versa.Traducir frases familiares del Inglés al Español y viceversa.you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-16784188034243495292013-07-22T08:04:00.000-07:002013-07-22T08:13:37.077-07:00cómo su vaSpanish greetings matter just like they do in any country.<br />
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<i>¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo está?</i> - How are you? It is a safe way to greet someone, but choose <i>¿Cómo estás? </i>only if you know the person well or if the person is younger.<br />
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<i>Hola, aló - </i> If you are uncertain as to which form of the verb <i>estar</i>, just go for the Spanish version of "Hello".<br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="gt-baf-base">¿</span>Cómo</span> su va? </span></i>- an informal way to ask, how it is going. <i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="gt-baf-base">¿</span>Cómo</span> va? - a shorter version.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">Comment ça va? </span></span></i>- the French version of <i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="gt-baf-base">¿</span>Cómo</span> su va? </span></i>pronounced much the same as the Spanish, except for the <i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es">su</span></i> and <i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">ça (sue and sah) </span></span></i> .<br />
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<i><span class="gt-baf-base">¿Qué pasó?</span></i> - slangier way to say, what's happening or what happened.you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-50818578906578735912012-05-08T07:23:00.002-07:002012-05-08T08:04:59.385-07:00Así, ¡oh conciencia!, de nos todos se haces unos cobardes,<h1>
How do you say? - ¿Cómo se dice?</h1>
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"Thus conscience does make cowards of us all."<br />
From Hamlet's soliloquy, by William Shakespeare.<br />
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<i>Así, ¡oh conciencia!, de nos todos hace unos cobardes.</i></blockquote>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-5678947187967298222012-05-08T06:14:00.001-07:002012-05-08T08:29:31.225-07:00Se crió en una casa ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf3ESVrrqGq3FsXDO5AdPEm22tHGhawH8jEWrq47miIJXKXsLwzMptluL3lLk2LX71METAFV00-UEt-8YgxaxhNhfSQaL75q2L-GiY2DcZ9yzobm5dfho04INkovQBVs1izOzoU9Qng/s1600/house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf3ESVrrqGq3FsXDO5AdPEm22tHGhawH8jEWrq47miIJXKXsLwzMptluL3lLk2LX71METAFV00-UEt-8YgxaxhNhfSQaL75q2L-GiY2DcZ9yzobm5dfho04INkovQBVs1izOzoU9Qng/s200/house.jpg" width="200" /></a>How do you say, "He was raised in a house ...?"<br />
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<i>Se crió en una casa ...</i><br />
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He was raised in a house ... From the verb <i>criar</i>, meaning raised, brought up, kept.<br />
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Un otro expresión muy popular es, <i>mi casa es su casa</i>.<br />
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"My house is your house."<br />
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Literally, it means that everything I own is yours. <br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><i><span class="hps">Un</span> <span class="hps">ejemplo</span> </i><span class="hps"><i>más.</i> </span></span>Jon Secada was born in Cuba, but he was raised in Miami. <br />
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<i>Jon Secada nació en Cuba, pero se crió en Miami.</i><br />
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<i>Escucha la canción hit de Jon Secada, <a href="http://espanoldoscientos.blogspot.com/search/label/Jon%20Secada" target="_blank">Otro día mas sin verte</a>.</i>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-68376932210653999082012-04-28T07:23:00.000-07:002012-04-28T07:38:32.285-07:00How do you say "done" and "finished" in Spanish?How do you say <i>done</i> and <i>finished</i> in Spanish?<br />
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<i>Esperanza</i>, the Spanish teacher, hopes someday that we will learn Spanish well enough to get from Madrid to Barcelona on our own. That is a challenge, because it means going from <i>castilian</i> or <i>castellano</i> to <i>catalan</i>. And if you don't know what that means, then you are not ready.<br />
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Before answering a student's question on translation, she always asks, "What is the context?" Good question because words change depending on the meaning that is to be conveyed. So, think before you answer a question.<br />
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It is a good rule in life.<br />
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If you want to say you are done with something, like homework, you would say, <i>termine</i>.
If you want to say that something is done, like <b>it is over forever</b>, then you could say, <i>terminado</i>.<br />
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Finished and done are the same in Spanish. If you want to ask the question, "Are you finished?" Then use, "<i>Terminaste</i>?"<br />
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Then again, simplify life and use the French word <i>fin </i>or the Italian<i> finito</i>. You will sound worldly.<br />
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<br />you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-57353603552422565602012-04-17T07:11:00.001-07:002012-04-17T07:29:16.410-07:00Cual es la diferencia entre "entender" y "comprender" ?<h2>
Cual es la diferencia entre "entender" y "comprender" ? </h2>
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Use <i>entender</i>, cuando tu puedas saber el significado de lo que otro esta hablando.<br />
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<i>Comprender</i>, es mas sobre el relacionado a los sentimientos o la materia.<br />
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Comprendo que mi profesor es brillante, y yo comprendo física, pero no entiendo una palabra que lo dice, porque su español es pobre.<br />
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No entiendo, por favore repita.<br />
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No entiendo los hosts de la televisión en español porque hablan demasiado rápido.<br />
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Yo comprendo que se tiene a hablar español para lo aprender.you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-69470304032021577132012-03-26T06:33:00.001-07:002012-03-26T07:32:25.186-07:00Gustar y encantar, querer y amar.<b>Gustar and Encantar </b><br />
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Whether you say <i>me gusta</i> <i>o me encanta</i> depends on how much you like something or someone. <br />
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<i>Me gustan los peliculos, pero me encantaban <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Los</span> <span class="hps">Juegos del Hambre.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I like movies, but I loved The Hunger Games.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></i><i>¿Te gustaban </i><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Los</span> <span class="hps">Juegos del Hambre</span></span></i><i>? </i><br />
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<i>Did you like The Hunger Games?</i><br />
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Use <i>Me gusteria </i>or<i> me encantaria</i> for a nice way of saying, I would like to or I would love to ... .<br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Me encantaría</span> <span class="hps"></span></span></i><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> a ver Los</span> <span class="hps">Juegos del Hambre</span></span></i><i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">contigo / con usted.</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I would love to go to see The Hunger Games with you.</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">I assume that we all know that <i>gustar</i> and <i>encantar</i> are verbs that requires an indirect object. That is why it is <i>me</i> instead of <i>yo</i>. Thus, the use of singular or plural depends on the number of objects liked or loved. In this case, <i>movies</i> and <i>The Hunger Games</i> are both plural.</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><b>Querer and Amar.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">After you have been to the movies a few times with someone, maybe you have fallen head over hills in love. In that case, it is time to say <i>Te quiero</i>. After you have been together as a couple, then you can say, <i>te amo</i>. </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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Escucha a
<i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=64617888923797953">Amado mio - Luz Casal & Quatuor Ebene</a></i><br />
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<i><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=64617888923797953"> </a> </i>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-59354824711510896212012-03-22T06:32:00.000-07:002012-03-22T06:43:42.018-07:00DiversiónHow do you say? - ¿Cómo se dice? - I had fun last night.<br />
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Start with the infinitive, <i>divertirse.</i> This is a reflexive verb, so we take the pronoun ending, change it to the appropriate reflexive pronoun and, put it before the verb. Second, since this is preterite (past tense) make the appropriate change.<br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><i><span class="hps">Me divertí a</span></i><span class="hps"><i>noche</i>. If you really had fun, say, </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><i><span class="hps">Me divertí mucho a</span></i><span class="hps"><i>noche!</i></span></span><br />
Suppose you had fun with someone special.
<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><i><span class="hps">Me divertí mucho a</span></i><span class="hps"><i>noche contigo!</i></span></span><br />
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me divierto - I am having fun <br />
te diviertes - You are having fun <br />
se divierte - He or she is having fun<br />
nos divertimos - We are having fun<br />
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If it helps you to remember the verb, remember that English has a similar word for divertirse, <i>diversion</i>. English also has the noun <i>divertisement</i>, which means a diversion, amusement, or recreation.<br />
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For extra credit, how do you say, Are you enjoying yourself?<br />
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"¿Estás te divirtiendo?you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-89447829517458008512012-03-20T16:16:00.000-07:002012-03-20T16:36:12.847-07:00Oye como va mi ritmo.<i>Oye como va mi ritmo</i>. Listen to my rhythm? Or, listen how goes my rhythm?<br />
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By Tito Fuentes and later Santana.<br />
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There is a second line which goes, "<i>Bueno pa' gosar, muleta</i>,"which would add the following: woman (mixed race, and aren't we all mixed), it is good to enjoy! For the Spanish grammar police, la guardia, pa' is a contraction of para.<br />
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Escuche la musica! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpPb2cVswlI" target="_blank">Santana, Oye como va?</a>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64617888923797953.post-10736180717999766972012-03-20T16:06:00.003-07:002012-03-20T16:08:39.661-07:00¿Qué hay de cena?<i class="exB">¿Qué hay de cena? or, what's for dinner?</i><br />
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Okay, if it is lunch, then say, <i class="exB"><i class="exB">¿Qué hay de comida?</i></i>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0