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What is solito?

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¡Hola, Laura!

¡Hola, Miguel! ¿Cómo estás?

Muy bien. y tú,¿qué tal? ¿Por fin te casaste con Luis?

Sí. Nos casamos hace tres meses y nos va muy bien. Estamos muy felices.

¡Qué bien!

Y tú,¿te has casado o sigues soltero?

Solito,como siempre. He tenido muy mala suerte con las mujeres. No me quieren.

¡Cómo te van a querer si cambias de pareja de un día para otro!

¡Pero qué dices! ¡Si me he vuelto muy serio! He cambiado mucho. Tú sabes,los golpes de la vida....

¿De verdad? Pues me alegro,¿Sigues viviendo con tus padres?

Sí.A ver cuándo me visitas.

Claro. Oye,Miguel,tengo un compromiso importante.Me tengo que marchar. Nos vemos.

¡Salud a Luis de mi parte y cúidate mucho! ¡Chao!

This article is from my book. My questions are:

  1. What does Solito mean? I can't find it in my dictionary.

  2. What does this sentence mean in English? ¡Cómo te van a querer si cambias de pareja de un día para otro!

3.What does this sentence mean in English? ¡Pero qué dices! ¡Si me he vuelto muy serio! He cambiado mucho. Tú sabes,los golpes de la vida.... Why use volver?

4..A ver cuándo me visitas. Why here cuándo with accent? There's no question mark here, it's a statement,but why here with accent?

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updated Jun 15, 2013
posted by zhmelissa

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Solito in the context given here would translate as "On my own (alone/single) as always"

¡Cómo te van a querer si cambias de pareja de un día para otro!

How are they going to love you if you keep swapping partners one day after another?

¡Pero qué dices! ¡Si me he vuelto muy serio! He cambiado mucho. Tú sabes,los golpes de la vida.

Loosely: "But what are you talking about? I've become much more serious! I've changed a lot. You know, the school of hard knocks .

Reference: School_of_Hard_Knocks

updated Jun 12, 2013
edited by lagartijaverde
posted by lagartijaverde
The universityof life? - annierats, Jun 12, 2013
Yes, that works - lagartijaverde, Jun 12, 2013
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Solito is a dimunitive form of solo (little old me).

¡Cómo te van a querer si cambias de pareja de un día para otro!

How are they going to want you if you change partners from one day to the next (overnight)

¡Pero qué dices! ¡Si me he vuelto muy serio! He cambiado mucho. Tú sabes,los golpes de la vida.... What are you talking about! I've become very calm! I've changed a lot, You know, life's little bumps.

updated Jun 15, 2013
posted by Rey55
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¡Pero qué dices! ¡Si me he vuelto muy serio! He cambiado mucho. Tú sabes,los golpes de la vida....

What does Si mean here?

updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by zhmelissa
It should be Sí and not si, it is the emphatic Sí and translates as really so it says I really am more serious now (than I used to be) - kenwilliams, Jun 14, 2013
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The "si" here means "indeed", or "yes, indeed", or "why certainly", that sort of a thing. It doesn't translate smoothly into English, but that's the gist of it.

Volverse, when it is reflexive, means to turn into, or to become. So he´s saying he´s become more serious.

Not sure why there's a tilde in cuándo. I think you are right that since it is a statement, it should not have the tilde.

updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by antonioquieto
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Saluda is the imperative form of the verb saludar for the pronoun Tú. - Greet - say hello to Luis.

¡Si me he vuelto muy serio!
Si means nothing is just used to asseverate and emphasize the sentence. I don't know if there is something similar in English.

updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by Anormal
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Solito is the diminutive form of solo which translates as per the previous comments.

updated Jun 14, 2013
posted by afowen
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Another question, why it's saluda a Luis,why not saludo?

updated Jun 12, 2013
posted by zhmelissa