Frases comunes, for Spanish learners 4, Choose one and post a sentence.
I have been reviewing my "everyday phrases", and thought I would share them with you.
Some of these you may find here in the "phrasebook" some you may not.
These are all taken from everyday speech,not from a book, and are all Spanish of Mexico.
I am not going to suggest that I can define the rules for these, they are what we use here in everyday language. These are the kind of thing you will hear as you move around in the Spanish speaking world ( At least in Mexico)
In my notes these are in no particular order so I just take them as they are in my notebook.
The challenge: post a sentence ( or two) with the expression of your choice and see if you understand and use it correctly- Questions for clarification,
ONE sentence per post, please!
Post in English and Spanish!
1) Así es la vida...................Such is life.
2) Una nunca sabe...............One never knows.
3) Qué lástima.....................What a pity.
4) Se me escapa............... It escapes me.
5) Se me escapó................ It escaped me!
6) Que extraño/que raro....... It is strange/weird.
7) Con mucho gusto.......... With great pleasure.
8) Fué un placer-gusto.........It was a pleasure.
9) A tiempo........................ On time.
10) Asimismo/Igualmente.... Likewise.
As always, advise me of typos or other errors.
a vote for all answers and most votes gets best answer.
11 Answers
Ten cuidado con quien vas al centro, una nunca sabe cuando su foto va a aparecer en el internet.
Take care who you go to town with, one never knows when their photo is going to turn up on the internet.
¡No te desanimes, chica! Seguro te enamoraras otra vez. Una nunca sabe.
Se puede decier 'Nunca se sabe" también, ¿o no?
¿Cuántas estrellas hay en el cielo? Una nunca sabe.
How many stars are there in the sky? One never knows.
Es una lástima cuando los padres y los adolecentes no se entienden el uno al otro.
It's a shame when parents and teenager's don't understand each other.
Even when you don't have a good day there's still always something good in your day, such is life!
Aun cuando no pasa bien el día, siempre habrá algo bueno en su día, ¡así es la vida!
¡Llegué tarde para mi trabajo otra vez esta mañana!
¡Qué lástima!
I arrived late (I was late) for my job again this morning!
What a pity!
With great pleasure, I introduced my parents to the concert band director.
Con mucho gusto, presenté mis padres al director de concierto de banda.
Así es la vida = Such is life .
The Irish / Australian Highwayman folk hero and bank robber was hanged in
Melbourne Gaol in November 1880. His last words as the hangman placed the noose
around his neck was , Así es la vida ,Such is life . It is maintained that "Ned" was
a stoic who was resigned to his fate and accepted it with aplomb.
No me acuerdo del nombre de mi actor favorito... se me escapa.
I don't remember the name of my favorite actor... it escapes me.
