" estas muy occupada? how do i answer?"

Question

how do i answer

Welcome to the forum. First, use proper capitalization, spelling and punctuation. "ocupada" - rac1, Sep 18, 2013

Can you provide some context? - rac1, Sep 18, 2013

Please complete your SD profile - it helps us help you. :) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2013

not in class just wanted simple answer puncuation is for formality - beuatiful, Sep 18, 2013

Answer 1

If you are busy, say "Sí". If you are not, say "No". By the way, your question is imagined. In real life, people simply ask "Ocupada?" when talking to a female, and "Ocupado?" when talking to a male. Nothing beats simplicity.

? really ? - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2013

Not really. We used to ask ¿estás ocupado/a? - caiser, Sep 18, 2013

good answer. - osas-baby, Sep 18, 2013

I wrote from my personal experience. - Raja-jani, Sep 18, 2013

Answer 2

Maybe I am getting old and grumpy but , why are we getting a string of posts

which either simply poses a question ,or a sentence is written and no explanation given?

Surely it would be nicer to see something like-

• Please could you answer this question ? Or , what is the meaning of ---?

I want to help members where I am able , but without adequate information

as to whether it is a question or a statement it is very difficult .

We have a very young member here, who in comparison to these poor examples

is a paragon of excellence , they would do well to follow his example .

There now I have had my hissy fit , I feel better, and can put my nice hat back on .

My guess: teenagers texting from school while they're doing their homework for a quick answer. Imagine giving yourself a beautiful name "beuatiful"! - Jubilado, Sep 18, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2013

Jubilado , I never thought of that , but don't they teach good English any more , and what happened to , please, or would you mind ? How can we teach English to our Spanish friends if they are seeing this ? - ray76, Sep 18, 2013

Still, like Ray, I think it wanks. And this site should simply not allow posting until the profile has been filled out. That would eliminate people having to say it over and over again. - rogspax, Sep 18, 2013

I don´t support it, but the lack of capitalization is the way it is in the texting generation. Partially laziness, but to be fair to the kids, who naturally want to do everything fast, punct. and caps are slow on the mobile platforms many use. - rogspax, Sep 18, 2013

This is all good stuff, but we are probably waging a useless battle here. Suggestion for us 10K plus members: don't even look at misspelled titles, and don't answer or comment on "homework" questions. - Jubilado, Sep 18, 2013

Roger , mate , we are not teaching texting here , I use texting all the time , but this is not the place for it , we are teaching English and hopefully learning Spanish . what they need is a chat room where they can text their hearts out. - ray76, Sep 18, 2013

beuatiful makes me feel good its my right to choose whatever name makes me happy , by the way I am 51 years old I am not a teenager, I just jotted down a quick question pressed for time, I am not in English of Spanish Class here, just don't reply - beuatiful, Sep 18, 2013

I've been answering casutically to those and people think I am too harsh or mean. I take those message to be from trollers. They should be expunged from the system on sight. - chileno, Sep 19, 2013

Answer 3

beuatiful

all this critic for asking a question? I feel like I would like to be on a more friendlier site, where you are not picked apart for everylittle thing, as you can see no I didn't us a capital letter a . don't reply to my questions

This what we get for the administration being too lenient on new users, by not asking to be a pre-requisite to fill all of the questionaire/profile and maybe start some of the classes and see if the person wants to learn or just a quick answer for their homework.

There are thousands of these one time posters to never be seen again.

I imagine that it must be kind of demoralizing to come to this place with the expectation of learning and find these type of posts and questions that make no sense. Anyone in their right state of mind would at least ask themselves "Am I in the right place?"

I salute those that have stayed and contribute daily to this place!

Thanks mate \ , most of us here are trying to help those who are genuinely interested in learning either Spanish or English , as you know I rarely complain , but there have been too many questionable posts. - ray76, Sep 19, 2013

I know.... - chileno, Sep 19, 2013

Answer 4

all this critic for asking a question? I feel like I would like to be on a more friendlier site, where you are not picked apart for everylittle thing, as you can see no I didn't us a capital letter a . don't reply to my questions

I agree. If an "expert" thinks that a question has not been written correctly, then he/she should not answer. - Raja-jani, Sep 19, 2013

It isn't just a matter of replying or not replying, that goes without saying. But, and this is a big but, believe it or not there some rules, not as strct as I would like them, but there are some rules, and then also there is common sense. - chileno, Sep 19, 2013

There is no way to know the age of a person, but common sense would more or less dictates that when one asks should at least state what is the question and not leave people wondering what the heck that "person" wants. - chileno, Sep 19, 2013

Lastly, for one person that supposedly is not a teenager just killing some time, we have at least 20 or 30 that will do just that. Kill time by trolling. So... - chileno, Sep 19, 2013