A bilingual thread for those who are learning

[MariaRegina]

Thanks, Lel

Do you think it would be feasible to combine these two threads

http://foru.ms/t6037896-qu%E9-es-&ltm%E1s-a-fondo&gt.html

and

http://foru.ms/t6022367-qu%E9-es-&ltlo-anterior-&gt.html

and then give the thread a new title --- such as

Inquiring minds want to know: Qué es <insert Spanish word>

 

[scraparcs]

Will do! (If you see it look like your post was reported, I'm just documenting it )

 

[Disippelen]

"EE.UU" is an abreviation of "Estados Unidos" in spanish

Ok, yo se...

Pero, porque dos "E" y dos "U"...??? En "Estados Unidos" *I find* solo uno "E" y uno "U"... Estraña pienso...



Dis

 

[scraparcs]

No sé

 

[Disippelen]

No sé

Ok.

 

[toyjarta]

Ok, yo se...

Pero, porque dos "E" y dos "U"...??? En "Estados Unidos" *I find* solo uno "E" y uno "U"... Estraña pienso...



Dis

Hace un tiempo tenía esa duda, porque así mismo es con otras siglas. Cuando estaba en el colegio le pregunté a mi profesora de sociales, y me dijo que era un tipo de protocolo, pero que no tenía ningún significado en específico...eso es lo que sé.

 

[scraparcs]

Quizás esto es semejante a bahasa indonesia. En ese idioma se repite la palabra para significar que es plural.

Aria! ¿Dónde estás?

 

[MariaRegina]

Aquí

Por favor, ayúdeme por sus oraciones.

Jueves, tengo un examen en español 499.

 

[Disippelen]

Hace un tiempo tenía esa duda, porque así mismo es con otras siglas. Cuando estaba en el colegio le pregunté a mi profesora de sociales, y me dijo que era un tipo de protocolo, pero que no tenía ningún significado en específico...eso es lo que sé.

Hola, lo siento, no entiendo perfectamente. Puedes escribir mas por favor?

 

[toyjarta]

Hola, lo siento, no entiendo perfectamente. Puedes escribir mas por favor?

Hey!! Bueno intentaré explicarte mejor (si no entiendes me dices, para escribir en inglés). Lo que me habían explicado era que no tenía ninguna utilidad en específico, sino que era como una regla. Pero ahora sé que en realidad se utiliza para indicar plural

si fuera "Estado Unido", se escribiría EU
pero como es "Estados Unidos" se escribe EEUU

(esto no lo sabía cuando escribí el otro post)

Espero que hayas entendido

 

[Disippelen]

Hey!! Bueno intentaré explicarte mejor (si no entiendes me dices, para escribir en inglés). Lo que me habían explicado era que no tenía ninguna utilidad en específico, sino que era como una regla. Pero ahora sé que en realidad se utiliza para indicar plural

si fuera "Estado Unido", se escribiría EU
pero como es "Estados Unidos" se escribe EEUU

(esto no lo sabía cuando escribí el otro post)

Espero que hayas entendido

Hey. I hope that you understand English...

So it's a plural mark to use EEUU instead of EU for singular. Does this rule apply for other things too?


Dis

 

[toyjarta]

Hey. I hope that you understand English...

So it's a plural mark to use EEUU instead of EU for singular. Does this rule apply for other things too?


Dis

Hi! I'm glad you understood. Yes, it applies for other things. For example "Fuezas Armadas" (Army Forces) would be FFAA, instead of FA =)

 

[Disippelen]

Hi! I'm glad you understood. Yes, it applies for other things. For example "Fuezas Armadas" (Army Forces) would be FFAA, instead of FA =)

Wow, that's a quite funny feature.

Who invented that?

So it's a rule for abrevations which come in plural. I think that I've gotten it now.

I'm almost astonished that it's Spanish and not English which has this phenomena. Usually, English is a language which loves to use abrevations (at least compared to Norwegian).


Thanks any way.


*btw, shouldn't it be "fueRzas" above???

Dios te bendiga

Dis

 

[MariaRegina]

When a sentence in Spanish begins with "O bien" what does that mean?

Is it SPANGLISH for "Oh well"

Are Spanish speakers beginning to pick up English speech patterns like ... we say basically and actually and like

<Like he said, like really, like basically you like actually really don't like really want to know.> Sheesh!

So are they ridiculously using these terms like the Valley folks from California, "básicomente" or "realmente" or "como"

 

[toyjarta]

Wow, that's a quite funny feature.

Who invented that?

So it's a rule for abrevations which come in plural. I think that I've gotten it now.

I'm almost astonished that it's Spanish and not English which has this phenomena. Usually, English is a language which loves to use abrevations (at least compared to Norwegian).


Thanks any way.


*btw, shouldn't it be "fueRzas" above???

Dios te bendiga

Dis

lol Yeah its "Fuerzas", it was a mistake, sorry

 

[toyjarta]

When a sentence in Spanish begins with "O bien" what does that mean?

Is it SPANGLISH for "Oh well"

Are Spanish speakers beginning to pick up English speech patterns like ... we say basically and actually and like

<Like he said, like really, like basically you like actually really don't like really want to know.> Sheesh!

So are they ridiculously using these terms like the Valley folks from California, "básicomente" or "realmente" or "como"

"O bien" it's like "or"

Example: "úsalo en casa, o bien en tu auto" -- "you can use either in your house or in your car"

I don't think it's a word taken from english...and "realmente" and "básicamente", are words that have a meaning, but sometimes people use them bad. I hope I understood what you meant.

 

[MariaRegina]

"O bien" it's like "or"

Example: "úsalo en casa, o bien en tu auto" -- "you can use either in your house or in your car"

I don't think it's a word taken from english...and "realmente" and "básicamente", are words that have a meaning, but sometimes people use them bad. I hope I understood what you meant.

Thank, Cath.

Yes, I just wanted to know if people in Spanish-speaking countries are using "realmente" and "básicamente" like the Americans north of the Rio Grande.

Here in the States, we tend to use the term "you know" and "uh" in between our words when speaking, and it becomes very annoying. So, now people are using "actually" "basically" and "like" in place of 'you know.' In addition "like" is now being used as a quotative, when people want to mention inner thoughts.

He felt like why am I here and she felt like why did he have to come to the party.

But we also use like so much now that it may be repeated five times in one sentence.

For example, I have heard the following Valley speak:

Like she said like why did he come to the party, like, he really did not want to come, like, really, like get a life.

The funny part is men don't want to admit that they are using the word like too. Some men use it more than the girls and then have the audacity to say that it is a girl's word.

 

[Tomie]

¡Hola!

Me llamo Tomie. Soy de Carolina del Norte. I started taking *espanol en universidad, pero el proximo clase was cancelled and I've gotten a little rusty. Necessito practicar. ^^;

Lo siento, too lazy to add the tilde.

 

[Jayton]

¡Hola!

Me llamo Tomie. Soy de Carolina del Norte. I started taking *espanol en universidad, pero el proximo clase was cancelled and I've gotten a little rusty. Necessito practicar. ^^;

Lo siento, too lazy to add the tilde.

Awesome! I currently live in Charlotte

 

[MariaRegina]

¿Bumpa es spanglish, no?

Me gusta Español.

I passed the Spanish Graduate Proficiency Exam. Yahoo.