English--Long time no talk?

Question

Does it make sense? I want to say: hace mucho que no hablamos

Hace mucho que no nos vemos. Could be: long time no see ??

Iam not sure

Answer 1

Long time no talk is widely used here. Especially on Facebook or other similar venues.

In fact i want to use this sentence on facebook. Thank you. - _kib, Nov 15, 2012

Very interesting, my apologies Kib - it seems I don't even know English anymore jaja - possibly it's a regional thing but I have never ever heard anyone say or write 'long time no talk'. I mustn't be getting out enough jaja:) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 15, 2012

Your answer was quite useful Kiwi thanks a lot. Greetings. - _kib, Nov 15, 2012

Answer 2

Hi Kib

'Long time no talk' would be instantly understood by a native speaker because it is similar to

"Long time no see" which is said a lot.

but as Kiwi says "speak" is the verb most used but often like this

"We have not spoken for quite a while."

or

"We have not spoken for a long time."

Yes. - annierats, Nov 15, 2012

Answer 3

Hi Kib,

'Long time no talk' doesn't really work in English but you could say 'long time no hear' it's not quite the same but it means that you haven't heard from them for ages.

Also for 'hace mucho que no hablamos' you could perhaps say (colloquially) something like:

We haven't caught up for ages.

For 'hace mucho que no nos vemos. = Long time no see. Yes that's perfect

Just out of interest, some other similar options could be -

I haven't seen you for ages.

Where have you been hiding?

Man, how long has it been?

Hey stranger.

Answer 4

I go with Ian, with just the small add-on, that, as English people are much less talkative than Spanish people, we don't expect them to talk. So therefore we can say ' Long time o see' and it means we haven't met, we haven't talked for quite a while. The talking bit is understood to be included in the seeing each other, if you understand what I mean.

Perfectly amiga :) - ian-hill, Nov 15, 2012

Tack, min vän. Du är inte nån typisk engelskman. - annierats, Nov 15, 2012

:) - ian-hill, Nov 15, 2012

Answer 5

Ian said:

'Long time no talk' would be instantly understood by a native speaker

Yes, we say this a lot!

It's just a very informal way of saying "We haven't spoken for quite awhile."

Over here, as Ian says, understandable, but , well, not used. - annierats, Nov 15, 2012

Answer 6

Otro dicho

It´s been a while.

Common in english. Talk and see are understood.

Yes, good one. - annierats, Nov 15, 2012