vez vs tiempo
What is the rule concerning this? I get the general idea, but I mess up sometime & don't really understand why.
7 Answers
1- VEZ is concern to a occasion or time period that someting is realized:
EVERY TIME I ASK YOU SOMETING, YOU DON'T LISTENING ME!
2- UNA VEZ= ONCE
DOS VECES= TWICE.....
wats vies n tiempo''? sorry m damn weak at this lingo. help me out. SOS. lol: puhleeez
This doesn't appear to be Spanish or English.
High Motley
You do have a habit of posing awkward questions. The reason I say this is because I didn't even think about it till now. All of a sudden I have doubts. Does the following help.
VEZ
Occasion - Aquella vez - That Time
Frequency - Dos veces - Twice
Turn - A su vez - in turn
TIEMPO
Duration of time - No tengo tiempo - I haven't got time
Moment - Al mismo tiempo - At the same time
Period - En mis tiempos - In my day
Age - Qué tiempo tiene el niño - How old is the child
Sport - Primer tiempo - First half
Music - Tiempo - Tempo
Weather - Hace buen tiempo - The weather is good
Mechanics - Motor de dos tiempos - Two stroke engine.
Hope this helps
I know what you mean Eddy. I go along thinking I know something, then something comes up & I realize I don't really understand it. You know something when you are studying the book, reading or listening but when you speak & you have to make choices, that's when the problem arises. I get it right when we have our little tests in class but don't recall any lesson that contains it..
And yes that does help, thanks.
"You do have a habit of posing awkward questions." She certainly ads interest to this site. She is intelligent, AND writes English in English (just like you).
Just to add my two centavos...
Think of them as having the following meanings, rather than as both meaning time.
vez = instance
tiempo = duration
I love simplified explanations. Cherry has one for ser & estar in lessons. estar = condition, location & as a helping verb, ser = everthing else.
There is an audio somewhere that I heard once and haven't been able to find since on por y para. Very simple explanation, in fact, so simple that I can't remember it. If anyone knows where this might be please let us know.
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