Frases comunes, for Spanish learners 5, 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) A menos que..................Unless.
2) Asi como.......................As well as...
3) Tan lejos como...............As far as ( distance) OR En cuanto a..... Issue
4) Válgame Dios................Oh my God.
5) Cambiando de tema.......Changing theme.
6) te veo aquí OR allí........see you here OR there.
7) suponiendo que............Supposing that....
8) En el mejor de los casos.......At best.
9) de ningún modo..............By no means.
10) Como alma en pena.....Like a lost soul.
As always, advise me of typos or other errors.
a vote for all answers and most votes gets best answer.
10 Answers
¡ No! De ningún modo voy a participar en este . No! By no means am I going to participate in this.
¿Me puedes llevar tan lejos como Puerto Rico? En cuanto a mi carro nunca llegaría está todo destartalado.
Can you take me as far a Puerto Rico? As far as my car goes it would never make it it's broken down.
Irlanda es conocido por el tiempo que hace y en cuanto a mí me parece que la lluvia no para, y no entiendo porque eso es famoso.
Ireland is known for its bad weather and as far as I'm concerned its seems like the rain never stops and I don't get why that is famous hehe.
A menos que haga sol no voy a la playa.
Unless it's sunny I'm not going to the beach.
¿Como alma en Pena? Pues, ciertamente me siento como una alma en pena cuando entro un cuarto de mi casa y no puedo recordar por qué fui allí . . . pero, estoy seguro de que nadie más aqui ha tenido esa experiencia, ¿verdad?
Like a lost soul? Well, I certainly feel like a lost soul when I walk into a room of my house and can't remember why I went there.... but I'm sure no one else here has that experience, right?
(If so, this might make you feel better. . .)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237974.php
http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2011/11/23/science-scanner-now-why-did-i-come-in-here-again/
I've made a flashcard set for these phrases. I'll be making some more for the previous threads too, I'll keep you all posted.
A menos que no lea muchos libros, no aprenderé en español.
Unless I do not read many books , I won't learn spanish.
Buceando aquí en Nueva Inglaterra se puede ver solo tan legos como diez metros.
Scuba diving here in New England,one can see only as far as ten meters.
Oh my god! I married a louder lion.
Válgame Dios me casé con un león gritón.
En cuanto a mí, el hígado.me da asco. (As for me, liver disgusts me.)
