Native Terms - Be my guest.

Question

Hey guys, i just wanted to share a couple of native terms that are commonly used but rarely taught. And if you have any equivalents please feel free to post them!

··· ''Be my guest''/''Go right ahead'' . -- ''Adelante''

• ''Hey, I think i can beat that high score of 24million points.'' ''Well be my guest, but don´t get mad at me when your whole day is wasted.''

··· ''So be it''. -- ''Que así sea''

• ''If you take the car to work, mom will not be able to go shopping today.'' -''Well, so be it. I need to work more than mom needs to shop.''

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A translation to spanish, or your own idea. Or even something similar! What have you guys got?

(Haz lo que quieras.) (Como si estuvieras en tu casa.)

Lo publicaste este hilo hace dos días. No puedo creer que no hubiera ni un comentario ni una vota. Tenemos que poner más esfuerzo en nuestros estudios SD. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Love the idea! Translating American terms in my head when speaking to a Spaniard/any native speaker sure makes me sound like a newbie. :P - inkubzz, Aug 30, 2012

Answer 1

Let's not forget the ever flexible "pues."

• "¿Y pues?" So what?

• "Pues, no voy a la tiena." Well, I'm not going to the store.

• "Hasta mañana pues." See you tomorrow then.

• "Pues, claro." That's right / Of course.

tienda - Rey_Mysterio, Aug 30, 2012

Answer 2

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"And as for ''De acuerdo'' we would say ''Agreed'' in english, Just as you might say ''de veras'' in the same way... likely you would have a specific tone of voice to imply your usage of it though."

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That's incorrect Carson. One can say "De acuerdo" and follow it with a vocative in order to BEGIN a conversation. That means your assessment is completely inaccurate. Although your point was a bit vague. Be that as it were, you still began with a fallacy before converting into an ambiguous mode.

De acuerdo, Carson. Eso es todo. Cheers.

Jaja i´m not trying to compete. You didn´t specify enough for me to understand that you were talking about a non-obvious usage. Thanks for the additional information, Could you give an example so that i can understand though? - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 29, 2012

Puede ser que estoy equivocado. Quizá un hablante nativo del español podría ser tan amable de ayudarnos. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

The example is clearly in the post. Other than that I haven't a clue what you're writing about. Compete? Spanish isn't my language nor yours, compete in what? jajaja. We're learning together. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Answer 3

Nice one Carson. There are many common phrases that use the subjunctive that many don't learn that soon.

I heard in a show... "Haga lo que haga, no lave la ropa." - Whatever you do, don't wash the clothes.

Another common phrase in English is "sea lo que fuera...." - Be that as it were/may....

I've also heard to my surprise the frase "De acuerdo." to say "All right./Okay." instead of saying "vale." You learn more everyday.

There are many basic phrases in English that use the subjunctive in Spanish. I'd advise people to forget not understanding the subjunctive and learn these set phrases on your way to understanding the subjunctive better, así puedes utilizar el subjuntivo como si ya lo entendieras perfectamente.

Lo que sea/Whatever.

Supongo que nadie usa este sitio web ahora. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Nice, i find it interesting that Haga lo que haga, would be followed by no ''laves'' given that it switches from usted to tú. - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 29, 2012

Sea lo que fuera se usa en español tambien? Nunca lo había escuchado yo. - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 29, 2012

And as for ''De acuerdo'' we would say ''Agreed'' in english, Just as you might say ''de veras'' in the same way... likely you would have a specific tone of voice to imply your usage of it though. - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 29, 2012

La respuesta es sencillo. Me equivoqué.. jajajajajajajajaj. De todos modos, buen hilo chamaco. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Bueno, pensé que creaste este hilo para que pudieras aprender algo nuevo... jaja. Aquí lo tienes. - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Realmente Carson... estás equivocado. "De acuerdo." no es exactamente "Agreed." Haha - somosigualestodos, Aug 29, 2012

Es mas o menos la misma idea. ¿Que no? Y si, ya he aprendido y sigo aprendiendo... jaja - Ox-Y-Gen, Aug 29, 2012

La respuesta es sencilla* - Esa es una buena noticia Carson, sigue aprendiendo. - somosigualestodos, Aug 30, 2012