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La Palabra Del Dia: "enseñar"

La Palabra Del Dia: "enseñar"

13
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enseñar ( ehn-seh-nyahr' )

verb ( to teach; to show )


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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. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. 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. Hoy en la clase de salsa nos enseñaron una vuelta bien difícil.

Today in salsa class they taught us a really difficult turn.

2. Quiero enseñarte los nuevos zapatos que compré ayer.

I want to show you the new shoes I bought yesterday.

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updated Aug 9, 2015
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
Hola mi amor. - ray76, Aug 5, 2015
Hola Raymon. xo - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
Hola, amiga!♥ - Daniela2041, Aug 5, 2015
Hola amiga, mia. ♥ - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
Hola amigos. - ian-hill, Aug 5, 2015

19 Answers

8
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The SD friends teach me English every day

Los amigos de SD me enseñan inglés todos los dias.

updated Aug 7, 2015
edited by 000a35ff
posted by 000a35ff
'every day' like 'cada dia' :) - Raja-jani, Aug 5, 2015
And we are so grateful for your help with Spanish. :):) - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
Thanks - 000a35ff, Aug 5, 2015
Gracias a ti por toda la ayuda. - annierats, Aug 5, 2015
Every opportunity is a learning opportunity. We are your friends here and like teaching you! - Jubilado, Aug 5, 2015
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A mi marido no le gusta cocinar. Dice que no sabe cocinar. Ayer había encendido una barbacoa cuando sonó el teléfono y por eso le pedí a mi marido si podía encargarse de cocinar las gambas a la plancha mientras yo hablaba con mi hija en Inglaterra. Bueno, al terminar la conversación le dije a mi marido que las gambas ya deberían estar bien cocinadas. Me repliquó que quería enseñarme las gambas porque dijo - No están listas , han quedado rosas.

My husband doesn't like cooking. He says he can't cook. Yesterday I had lit a barbeque when the phone rang. Because of the phone call, I asked my husband to take charge of cooking some prawns on skewers whilst I chatted to my daughter in England. Well, at the end of the conversation I said to my husband that the prawns should now be well cooked. He answered that he wanted to show me the prawns because, he said: ' They aren't ready yet, they are still pink''.

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updated Aug 6, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
Lol I sent some frozen ones to a friend. Later that month she informed me she had to throw them out because they were grey and should be pink. I told her they don't turn pink until they are cooked. Geezzzz Lol - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
..por eso le pedí a mi(to ask also means 'pedir')si 'podía encargarse de' cocinar..conversación 'le' dije a .. - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
..deberían 'estar' bien cocinadas..han quedado (sin 'se') ;) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
rac, your friend an my husband will star on a cooking show... - annierats, Aug 5, 2015
Muchísimas gracias, Pablo. - annierats, Aug 5, 2015
I forgot a fatal number of 'le's. Dear me. Luckily the prawns turned out rathere well, if pink, of course. - annierats, Aug 5, 2015
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Una cosa que la vida me enseña es que logramos demasiado rápido estar viejo y demasiado tarde intelligente nos hacemos viejos demasiado rápido e inteligentes demasaiado tarde.

One thing life has taught me is that we get too soon old and too late smart.

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updated Aug 6, 2015
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
Es verdad, Sir Jubilado. ♥ - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
It´s a German saying, I understand... - mstivers, Aug 5, 2015
i would say:Una cosa que la vida me ha enseñado es que nos hacemos viejos demasiado rápido e inteligentes demasaiado tarde - 000a35ff, Aug 5, 2015
¡Gracias, txelis! Casi escribí como eso. Ya sé confiar en primera impresión. - Jubilado, Aug 5, 2015
Too right mate. - ray76, Aug 6, 2015
De nada. - 000a35ff, Aug 6, 2015
7
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The presenter gave her male fans a nice surprise when she accidentally flashed her underwear on live television.

La presentadora dio a sus admiradores masculinos una agradable sorpresa cuando accidentalmente enseñó su ropa interior en un programa de televisión en vivo.

updated Aug 6, 2015
edited by LuisCache
posted by LuisCache
Do you really think this woman would do that accidentally? - ian-hill, Aug 5, 2015
And he's already reading about it in the paper. jejeje - rac1, Aug 6, 2015
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Cuando estaba estuve en el Cuerpo de Paz en el Caribe, enseñé piano. Uno de mis estudiantes después se mudó a Nueva York y se convertió convirtió en médico.

While I was in the Peace Corps in the Caribbean, I taught piano. One of my students later moved to New York and became a medical doctor.

updated Aug 5, 2015
edited by mstivers
posted by mstivers
I've seen so many brilliant young musicians waste their musical genius by going to medical school - just kidding - but I am glad the genius Mozart stayed with it! - Jubilado, Aug 5, 2015
That's a great story to hear. :) - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
..cuando 'estuve'..convirtió... :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
Gracias, Pablo064 - mstivers, Aug 5, 2015
6
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El vendedor nos enseñó el piso. / The owner showed us the flat.

Slums to High Rise, Mumbai

No I would never have said that either. My dictionary did smile

updated Aug 6, 2015
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
It's all flat. lol - rac1, Aug 6, 2015
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Intelligent men want to learn the others want to teach.

Esta oración es ingeniosa, pero no totalmente cierta, sobre todo no concierne a los profesores quienes están enseñando y aprendiendo al mismo tiempo.

This sentence is clever, but not completely true, especially not, concerning teachers who are teaching and learning at the same time.

updated Aug 6, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
Very good, Porcu. ♥ suggestion: "completely true" would sound more natural. ♥ - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
I agree! Funny but not true. - mstivers, Aug 5, 2015
..ingeniosa..pero no totalmente cierta..aprendiendo 'al' mismo tiempo... :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Aug 6, 2015
6
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Methods, techniques, tactics and strategies are needed to teach.

Para enseñar se necesitan métodos, técnicas, tácticas y estrategias.

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updated Aug 5, 2015
posted by crucesignatus
And I would add lots of patience. :) - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
Yeah!!! :) - crucesignatus, Aug 5, 2015
:) - annierats, Aug 5, 2015
6
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La sociedad piensa demasiado en poner a las niños en escuela, y insuficientemente en ponerlos en las bibliotecas donde pueden enseñarse de veras...

Society is overly concerned with putting kids in school and not enough with getting them into libraries where they can really give themselves an education...

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updated Aug 5, 2015
edited by Faldaesque
posted by Faldaesque
I agree...reading is key. - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
a los niños en la escuela..e insuficientemente..en donde pueden 'auto enseñarse' would be better but I would have said 'pueden auto educarse' just like you wrote it in English :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
Thanks... :-) - Faldaesque, Aug 5, 2015
6
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Los profesores buenos me enseñaron más de lo que quisieron. De ellos aprendí cómo enseñar bien.

Good teachers taught me more than they intended. From them I learned how to teach well.

updated Aug 5, 2015
edited by Raja-jani
posted by Raja-jani
That is your gift. :) - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
...más de lo que quisieron.. :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
Gracias, Pablo :) - Raja-jani, Aug 5, 2015
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Enseñarme cómo aprender más rápido , mi tiempo es valioso.

Teach me how to learn faster, my time is valuable.

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updated Aug 5, 2015
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Well said, amigo. :) - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
'Enséñame..' :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
6
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Enseñar Enseñando los lenguajes de programación es fácil para mí, pero aprender el aprendizaje de español no es fácil para mí.

Teaching programming languages is easy for me, but learning Spanish is not easy for me.

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updated Aug 5, 2015
edited by jrschenk
posted by jrschenk
It must be a right brain, left brain kind of thing. jeje - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
So they tell me! I really struggle, but I never quit. ;) - jrschenk, Aug 5, 2015
'Enseñar lenguajes de programación pero aprender español..' :) - Pablo064, Aug 5, 2015
Gracias Pablo064. :) - jrschenk, Aug 5, 2015
6
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Enseñar español no es tan fácil como parece.

Teaching Spanish is not as easy as it seems.

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"Destrezas" does not mean "distress" although I get distressed at times. It means "skills."

updated Aug 5, 2015
posted by Daniela2041
Not easy as it seems, but it's your life. - jim5489, Aug 5, 2015
I'm sure it isn't, Same with English. I do appreciate that you do it, though. ♥♥♥ - rac1, Aug 5, 2015
5
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Enseñe con sus acciones no palabras.

Teach with your actions not words.

updated Aug 9, 2015
edited by 201286
posted by 201286
:) - ian-hill, Aug 6, 2015
Yes, lead by example. Good advice. :) - rac1, Aug 6, 2015
5
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Para aprender cada día; a amar a cada momento;

para ayudar a todos los que puedas.

La enseñanza de la palabra de Dios , es estar con Dios.

To learn each day ; to love for every moment ; to help all that you can.

Teaching the word of God, it is to be with God.

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updated Aug 7, 2015
posted by ray76
:) - ian-hill, Aug 6, 2015
Wise words, guapo. :)♥ - rac1, Aug 6, 2015