"españal"..correct word??

Question

My spanish teacher to teach "españal" this word, She told us it's means “Spain", but I just know "españa" or "español", and I don't find in the dictionary. So...Does my teacher teach wrong? Gracias~

Welcome to SpanishDict. If you will be asking questions here, it is advised that you complete.your profile. - rac1, Oct 8, 2015

'es pañal' would be 'it's diaper' lol - Pablo064, Oct 8, 2015

jejeje Pablo - rac1, Oct 8, 2015

This is a double post am closing it . - ray76, Oct 9, 2015

Answer 1

Surely that your teacher has said you España. Not españal.

España is the country (Spain).

Español is the language (Spanish).

Español also is a spanish man.

Española is a spanish woman

but my teacher "write" ....."españal" - Clara_W, Oct 8, 2015

the right way is to ask her. - 000a35ff, Oct 8, 2015

I am sure that it is a typo mistake - 000a35ff, Oct 8, 2015

vale, gracias~ - Clara_W, Oct 8, 2015

De nada - 000a35ff, Oct 8, 2015

Surely your teacher has said Espana or told you or said to you - Mardle, Oct 8, 2015

Mardle: My teacher wrote “españal” on the blackboard, and said this word is "spain", then wrote “español”, said this word is "spanish" - Clara_W, Oct 8, 2015

Sorry I did not mean to confuse it was a suggestion of better English for txelis. - Mardle, Oct 8, 2015

thanks Mardle. but if I want to say " seguramente que tu profesor te ha dicho España" it would be wrong? - 000a35ff, Oct 8, 2015

That translates formally as 'surely' or less formal 'probably' in English it is not followed by that. - Mardle, Oct 8, 2015

Te ha dicho = either told you or said to you - tell you or say to you in Spanish both = decir. - Mardle, Oct 8, 2015

In English if you want to use that at the start of the sentence you say It is probable that but your original wording is more natural - Mardle, Oct 8, 2015

Answer 2

Where did your teacher learn Spanish? Was it a Spanish-speaking country? Was it her first or other language?

I ask, because when I took French in high school, our first teacher was excellent. He had spent a lot of his life in Paris. We had a substitute teacher for about a week once who had learned French in So. Africa. Needless to say, there were some things he said that were just plain wrong, even to our student minds. No doubt this was because he hadn't learned French from a Frenchman.

She majored in spanish, and she had studied in Spain....lived in Spain for 4 years. - Clara_W, Oct 8, 2015

Answer 3

España! Maybe!

If not, find a new teacher!

She did and you are it . - ray76, Oct 9, 2015