Estamos para ayudarlos

Question

My friend gives me a ride home lately because the car is in the shop and he said "Estamos para ayudarlos"

I said "Cuando tenga coche otra vez, puedo darte un ride cuando quieres amigote"

and he said ""Estamos para ayudarlos"

said I said "nosotros estamos aquí para ayudarlos en cualquier momento"

and he said "Pues aquí mismo vivo"

"Vivimos en el mismo rumbo"

and then he said "pero estás gordo" and I said "Sí pero no soy gordo, voy a bajar de peso para El Navidad".

So I thought I would post that for you since I haven't posted much lately.

What do you think about it all. ?

Answer 1

It cracks me up how much you told us about the conversation ...If you are asking what I think about it gramatically, I would insert the subjunctive into the sentence...Cuando TENGA coche otra vez...podré darte un ride cuando QUIERAS, amigote."

Estoy completamente de acuerdo. - pescador1, Jun 29, 2011

I'm talking about podré. I think cuando QUIERAS and cuando QUIERES both work, but quieres since I didn't start with subjunctive and quieras if I did. Just a story though, corrections aren't needed so much, but thanks. ;) - jeezzle, Jun 29, 2011

FYI I posted this so others could learn from it, conversations with natives that don't speak English. ;) - jeezzle, Jun 29, 2011

Always interesting to see the way they talk, same issues with different sets of perspectives since they use a whole different thought set not just a different word set. - jeezzle, Jun 29, 2011

Answer 2

OK, so I´m a beginning Spanish learner and I don´t understand why he answered with "pero estás gordo."

It seems to come out of the blue to me.

He's joking with me. - jeezzle, Jun 29, 2011

Like this: Hey you're a good friend too bad you're a big tub of lard. ;) You know like friends do, he's a super nice guy though. - jeezzle, Jun 29, 2011

Duh, guess I could have figured that out if I had a sense of humor? ;) ... Anyway, thanks! - territurtle, Jun 30, 2011