La Palabra Del Dia: "casi"
casi ( kah'-see )
adverb ( almost, nearly )
There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Nos encontramos con mucho tráfico y casi perdimos nuestro vuelo.
We ran into a lot of traffic and we almost missed our flight.
2. Casi me casé con Casimiro, pero me fue infiel justo antes de nuestra boda.
I nearly got married to Casimiro, but he cheated on me right before our wedding.
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17 Answers
I've been learning German language for nearly a year and, although I've picked up few words and phrases, I can get by.
He estado aprendiendo ruso por casi un año y, aunque sé pocas palabras y frases, puedo entablar una conversación.
? ?????? ??????? ????? ???, ???? ??????? ???? ? ????, ?? ??? ?? ????? ???? ????? ????????.
Ich lerne Rusisch seit fast einem Jahr und obwohl ich nur ein paar Wörter und Sätze aufgeschnappt habe, komme ich zurecht.
Ellos ya son casi amigos, pero necesitan mucha paciencia de preservar esta amistad.
They are already almost friends, but they need a lot of patience to preserve this friendship.
No nos vemos casi casi.
We hardly ever see each other.
It's the word that makes us glad when we are almost home, but sad when we almost win the victory.
Es la palabra que nos hace feliz cuando estamos casi en casa, pero triste cuando nos casi gana la victoria.
¡Oye! Ya estamos casi ahí.
Hey! We're almost there.
El capitán dijo, “Son casi las nueve, y estámos preparando para aterrizar en Miami.”
The captain said, “It’s almost nine o’clock, and we are preparing to land in Miami.”
Aunque estoy casi seguro de que no le importa a casi nadie en este sitio: mi esposa y yo casi creemos mi esposa y yo que lo que hacemos durante un partido importante puede influir en el resultado, aunque después del partido estamos casi seguros de que eso es ridículo- sin embargo estoy casi seguro de que haremos casi todos nuestros rituales de siempre durante el próximo partido- y, aunque como casi todos en este sito saben, me gusta casi todo tipo de árbol, esta vez deseo que los patos tallen a los aesculus glabra (los falso castaños de Ohio).
Although I am almost sure that it matters to almost no one on this site: my wife and I almost believe that what we do during an important game can influence the result, even though after the game we are almost sure that that is ridiculous- nonetheless I am almost sure that we do almost all of our usual rituals during the next game- and, even though as almost everyone on this site knows, I like almost every type of tree, this time I am hoping that the ducks fell the buckeyes.
Casi ganar el juego es como estar casi embarazado. Ambos son absolutos.
Almost winning the game is like almost being pregnant. Both are absolutes.
Quiero mantener viva la ilusión de que uno de estos días voy a hablar el castellano casi casi perfectamente. Je je, lo sé .. un sueño, nada mas.
I try to keep the hope going that one of these days I'm going to speak Spanish practically perfectly.. Yes, yes, I know, dream on..
¡Casi comienzo a hacer la tarea!
I'm almost starting to do my homework!
Donde has estado Ambi, estoy esperandote desde casi un eon .. jajajajaja
Where have you been Ambi, I have been waiting for you since almost an eon .. hahahahaha
Has llegado tarde hoy :(
You are late today .. hehe :(
Cuando dije mi esposo que voy a aprender Español, el se reia de mi , casi cayo de la silla.
When i told my husband that I am going to learn Spanish, he laughed at me ,almost fell of the chair.
The food is almost always good at that restaurant, but last night it was a disappointment.
La comida es casi siempre rico en ese restaurante, pero anoche fue una decepción.
(Did I use the correct "to be" verb for the context?)
Ayer tenemos una ola de calor aquí. La temperatura llegó a treinteocho grados antes de un cambio fresco, cuando se cayó casi quince grados en una hora.
Yesterday we had a heat wave here. The temperature reached thirty-eight degrees before a cool change, when it fell almost fifteen degrees in an hour.
Es casi una de la noche y en cuanto el reloj va a dar la una, una de mi más favoritas películas se exhibirá en la tele "Mentiroso Mentiroso"..
It's almost 1 AM and as soon as the clock strikes one, one of my favorite movies will be telecasted on the TV.."liar liar"
