Questions from conversation with native

Question

Hi, I talked to a mexican friend of mine on instant messenger and she only speaks spanish so I couldn't ask here what stuff meant if I didn't understand. I got the gist of everything she said but there were a few places where I wasn't sure why she used certain words or constructions...I'd appreciate it very much if anyone is willing to help out; the sentences in question follow:

-bien aqui esperando que llegue salvador y galy

Is this more or less colloquial usage (and incorrect grammatically), saying esperando without "estoy" before it, or is this a valid construction?

• oye y como le hiciste para tus documentos , estos no se los robaron

Not sure what the "le" in the first part of the sentence or "se" in the second part refer to (I'm guessing the same thing). This question was spontaneous, so it's not like the le and se are referring to something we had been previously talking about.

• yo intento un poco más pero solo tengo palabras y me cuesta mucho trabajo armar oraciones

I don't understand what she means with the "trabajo amar oraciones"

-hay te lo agradeceria mucho por que si me gustaria poder hablar aunque sea para entender un poco

Don't understand what the "hay" signifies, and in the last part, "aunque sea para entender un poco" I don't understand how this would be translated, and also why she uses the subjunctive.

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

-bien aqui esperando que llegue salvador y galy

Same exact usage as saying: "wassup?" "Ok, waiting for Sal and Gal". In Spanish it is grammatically correct.

oye y como le hiciste para tus documentos , estos no se los robaron

Don't have much time for the grammar use explanation, but "cómo le hiciste", is generally used all together to mean "how did you do..." this or that.

As for "Se los robaron", the Se refers to some anoymous someone who did the stealing. Takes the place of "they" in the English: "they stole it".

y me cuesta mucho trabajo armar oraciones

"me cuesta trabajo" works all together. Means I find it hard, it's difficult for me. (I have to spend work on that in order to achieve my goal").

Thus, it's hard for me to build sentences.

-hay te lo agradeceria mucho

"hay" is a common, and most regrettable, misspelling of "Ay". "Oh, I'd be very thankful".

si me gustaria poder hablar aunque sea para entender un poco

"yes, I'd like to speak even if it is to (try and) understand a little."

Hope that helps.

y me cuesta mucho trabajo armar oraciones - It is hard work for me to form sentences... - NikkiLR, Jul 30, 2010