CH3 Amigos de verdad VS amigos verdaderos

Question

Are they both true friends? The first looks like "friends of truth" Gracias.

Answer 1

Yes, they are. Explain to me the difference between

True friends.

Friends you truly trust.

Jeezzle, languages often have many ways of expressing the same idea, and the difference is so subtle, that you will not found two natives agreeing on the same difference, even though both perceive the same sentence as being "slightly" different. These differences go beyond explanations and translations -they are only learnt in the target language, without translations or explanations.

No, I mean "friends of truth" like "The superfriends" you know, Superman, batman and robin, the justice league, ...... they are friends of truth, justice, and the american way but they are not true friends. - jeezzle, Nov 10, 2010

I don't think there is such difference in Spanish, though. At least, I fail to see the difference that I see in English from your examples. - lazarus1907, Nov 10, 2010

Answer 2

i know this isn't an answer id just like to tell u thank you on the answer that you gave me and the question you asked ill tell you i know 2 languages so far and going for Spanish but i know English and Serbian fluently.

Don't worry, there's plenty more with this came from. - jeezzle, Nov 10, 2010

Answer 3

Ok. So amigos de real = amigos reales, amigos de leal = amigos leales, amigos de fiel = amigos fieles

In Spain we hardly say "amigos reales", but "amigos de verdad" and "amigos leales/fieles" are both fine, though, while "amigos de fiel" is agrammatical.

I understand your doubts about the language, but you will not find any grammatical rule that helps you. My advice: learn about cognitive language, and then practice to learn the basic mechanisms -you will find that they are much more productive than traditional methods.

So it's really about "brute force" memorization, and there is no rule to come in and save the day and make it easier? Oh well, back to staring at drawing board to try to memorize some more. ;) - jeezzle, Nov 10, 2010

Answer 4

Ok. So amigos de real = amigos reales, amigos de leal = amigos leales, amigos de fiel = amigos fieles

Enemigos de verdad = Enemigos verdaderos, What about tacos de rico, tacos de sabrosos VS tacos ricos, tacos sabrosos.

Do they all work, so that "noun + de + noun....." (in the case that the second noun can be used like the adjective) is like "noun + adj." ? (or adj. + noun as the case may be?)

Gracias.

Answer 5

Gracias por las preguntas Jeezle, eres un verdadero amigo.