Odd question about this use of salir
¿Cuánto vas a tardar con la aspiradora ?
A la tele le salen rayas.
How long are you going to take with the vacuum?
The TV is getting all staticy.
It almost seems like a gustar way of using salir and I would not be inclined to speak this way, although I understand it. These different speech patterns are an obstacle to me, in that by not coming naturally I don't speak straight off like a native sometimes.
I would say:
¿Cuánto vas a tardar con la aspiradora ?
Es que la television tiene un problema con la imagen.
Or something like that, maybe even "la tele está en mal estado" or something, but it wouldn't come natural to start with A, and then go "salen rayas" like,
To the television, they are coming out lines.
It's like "A la tele le gusta mostrarme unos programas" but different you know? Gracias.
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¿Cuánto vas a tardar con la aspiradora
That sounds surprisingly similar to the original one, hehe.
Es que la television tiene un problema con la imagen.
Nothing wrong with your sentence, but it is not nearly as specific as the original one. In your sentence, what exactly is wrong with the image? Is it gone? Has it lost the colours? What?
"Salir" is used a lot in intransitive constructions in situations where things unexpectedly appear or to describe outcomes of all sorts (anything that comes out, gets published...):
Me ha salido un grano en la cara. (pimple)
Ya le está saliendo la barba.
A María le salen pretendientes cada dos por tres.
Todo me ha salido mal.
¿Ha salido ya el último libro de García Márquzez? (published)
A la mesa le ha salido una grieta.
A Google le ha salido competencia.
Out of curiosity, I typed "le ha salido" in Google, and I got 65 million pages back.
It's a very normal way of expressing oneself in Spanish, though. I think once you start getting used to speaking that way, people will recognize the adaptability.
For many people, myself included, these things are among the most difficult. The patterns of expression are already established. Oh well.
I don't know how correct it is, but the kids here use "se sale" when the answer to a math problem comes out right.
¿Cuánto vas a tardar con la aspiradora ?
Es que la television tiene un problema con la imagen.
Hmmm, this would be understood, but it might not be due to the hoover
Or something like that, maybe even "la tele está en mal estado" or something, but it wouldn't come natural to start with A, and then go "salen rayas" like,
La tele está en mal estado can also be understood, but is not used.
Estar en mal estado: to be off, only for food.
What's your question Jeezzle? Whether or not your own sentences sound good or natural enough?
I hope a native speaker answers, because of course I don't know. :(
What I do know is that there'd be plenty of different ways of saying it in English, too, with no one way being necessarily best.
It's messing up the picture.
It's making the picture fuzzy.
It's interfering with the reception.
The tele's gone all blurry.
I can't see the picture properly.
The tele isn't happy about it.
The picture's a mess.
Bump!
