be patient
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I was wondering how you say "Be patient" in Spanish in the form of a polite command like to a child.
Gracias!
Kristi
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updated Jan 3, 2011
edited by 00494d19
posted by Tigrlily884
Please use correct capitalisation and grammar in your title. Thank you. - johndoe04, Jan 3, 2011
Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2011
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Ten paciencía por favor.
updated Jan 5, 2011
posted by kenwilliams
Estoy de acuerdo, pero "paciencia" no lleva tilde :) - AntMexico, Jan 3, 2011
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No, "tenga paciente" is wrong. You can say "Sé paciente" or "tené paciencia" and add "por favor" to sound more polite.
updated Jan 3, 2011
edited by AntonellaPe
posted by AntonellaPe
Welcome to the forum, :) please note that this is the Argentinian accent, tené paciencia is not used elsewhere - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2011
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good sir,
"ten paciente" is for a child. If I were talking to my g-pa, I would probably say "Sea paciente" because he is much older than me, and deserves some respect.
updated Jan 3, 2011
posted by freecookies123
Welcome to the forum, :) ten paciente is not correct though, it would be ten paciencia - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2011
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I think that it is 'Tenga paciente, por favor' as a polite imperative, but would you only say that to older people....I'm not sure.
updated Jan 3, 2011
edited by johndoe04
posted by johndoe04
it depends where you live, in Spain this would sound odd - 00494d19, Jan 3, 2011
