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Do desde and de both mean from? What are their differences? Some one responded to my question and called me gringo I did not like the insult
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Go and read the answers to your other question again. No one called you gringo. We have a member called gringojrf and he answered your question. The other person (I believe it was Dual G) was actually speaking to gringo about his answer. No one insulted you. Everyone on this forum is very polite. You need to read more carefully.
This link is for spuny and astoria. astoria's original question
I don't like being called gringo either. I get it all the time and don't worry about it in the street, it is not said with malice. As far as people I work with I just explian that "gringo es 'green go' que los mexicanos gritaron a los americanos en fin de guerra y tiene el significado verde va o verde fuera. Mejor llámame André que dame orden a larga". But occasionally some still call me gringo and so I respond with spik, all in fun. (spik comes from "no spik inglés").
Do desde and de both mean from? What are their differences?
Sometimes they have a similar meaning and other times a completely different significance.
Te hablo desde España ....... I´m calling you from Spain
Te hablo de España ........ I´m talking to you about Spain
Te mando un abrazo desde Argentina ........ I send you a hug from Argentina
Te mando un abrazo de Argentina ........ I send you a hug from Argentina ("desde" however is better because "de" could also imply a hug that is not the sender´s but belonging to Argentina)
No he comido desde ayer ........ I have not eaten since yesterday
La novela se trata de un niño perdido ...... The novel is about a lost child
Desde y de are simular but not completely interchangable.
Desde - from, since
De - from, of, about, with, than, etc.
That's funny.
In any event, astoria, to call someone gringo is not an insult, not in Spanish, it is a friendly way to say, foreigner.
I have never considered it insulting. No more insulting than one of your friends referring you as his main dog, or something like that.
Lastly, you might take it as an insult, but why bother wasting so much energy on thinking like that?
