Un saludito
Just a quick hello:
¡Hola! Me llamo Mark. Soy de Carolina del Norte. Estoy estudiando español por un año y medio para hablar mejor con mis amigos a mi trabajo. Estoy encantado con su lengua. ¡Me gusta mucho este sito!
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Thanks for the replies.
Pablo_: I'm sorry but what does "al día en mi campo (TI)" mean? Daily at work (my field') IT (technico informativo').
Until he returns to answer us, let me say that campo does, indeed, mean field as in your line of work as well as a farmer's field, the countryside, camp and others. You interpreted him correctly.
You are right Quantin, thank you. And TI stands for Tecnologías de Información (Information Technologies). Sorry, perhaps if I had written IT you would have understood'
Se utiliza 'he? porque la acción no ha terminado
Me doy cuenta de eso. No sé por qué escribí "estoy estudiando".
I meant to write "He estado"
Hace un año y medio que estudiado = a year and a half ago I studied (but not currently)
He estado estudiando durante un año y medio = I have been studying for a year and a half (and still am currently)
Estoy estudiando español = I am studying Spanish (but even in English I wouldn't say "I am studying Spanish for a year and a half" unless I was planning to study for a year and a half and then stop!)
Thanks for the tip on durante. I will remember that!
qfreed: I know campo is field, but I had not heard it used as in field of work or field of study. Also, isn't campo used with tennis court (or am I thinking of a soccer field)?
Thanks again!
Here there is a good explanation about 'por' and 'durante' that I like:
http://repasodelengua.blogspot.com/2006/06/sobre-usos-de-preposiciones.html
The author states that sometimes people (in US') prefer 'por' instead of 'durante' because of "linguistic economy"! And perhaps this difference might be already been discussed here.
Hola Max , estoy tratando de aprender Ingles hace como 6 meses no creoque he adelantado mucho pero me sigo esforsando ,ya puedo describir personas y sentimientos pero todavia me cuesta , espero mejorar para poder combersar aqui bueno chao.
Se utiliza 'he? porque la acción no ha terminado
Me doy cuenta de eso. No sé por qué escribí "estoy estudiando".
I meant to write "He estado"
Hace un año y medio que estudiado = a year and a half ago I studied (but not currently)
He estado estudiando durante un año y medio = I have been studying for a year and a half (and still am currently)
Estoy estudiando español = I am studying Spanish (but even in English I wouldn't say "I am studying Spanish for a year and a half" unless I was planning to study for a year and a half and then stop!)
Thanks for the tip on durante. I will remember that!
qfreed: I know campo is field, but I had not heard it used as in field of work or field of study. Also, isn't campo used with tennis court (or am I thinking of a soccer field)?
Thanks again!
Don`t know about tennis but footbal yes, el campo de futból means football
pitch. regards. Ken.
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Estoy estudiando español por un año y medio...
estoy aquí para ayudar y para aprender de ustedes.
Oh, boy! Someone that knows what he is talking about, so that I can ask a question about Mark's saludo.
In Spanish do you say "a year and a half" or "one and a half years"?
Did Mark phrase it correctly? Can it be said either way?
La frase correcta es 'He **estado **estudiando español **durante **un año y medio'.
Algunas veces se puede utilizar 'por' en lugar de 'durante', por ejemplo, me prestó el carro por una hora, pero al hablar de meses o años, a mí me suena mejor utilizar 'durante'. Por favor esperen otros opiniones. Se utiliza 'he'
re: Mark's saludo. I would say, Mark empezó a estudiar español hace un año y
medio y todavía sigue estudiando so Mark could say "empece a estudiar hace un
año y medio y todavía sigo estudiando"
The verb seguir + the gerundio is equivelent to continuation of an action.
Saludos. Ken.
porque la acción no ha terminado, Mark continúa estudiando español.
Yeah I think that they help quite a bit!
Sounds like you have a good command over the basics! Right now I keep a copy of "The Everything Spanish Verb Book" with me, and it seems like I have to constantly remind myself of varios conjugations of tenses that I forget. I am trying to understand when to use subjuntive (and remember those crazy irregulars). I am also studying Mexican slang and listening to spoken Spanish as often as I can. Can I ask why are you studying Spanish? Travel? Communicate with amigos? Do you find the forums here help you? There seems to be a bunch of neat topics going on!
Well I done know all numbers uno-mil millones, ser & estar, el la los las, un una unos unas, basic sayings such as "Me llamo Eric, ¿Dónde está el baño', ¿Y usted', and much more ( y mucho más ), colors such as "negro/a, blanco/a, rojo/a, azul, verde, gris" Me gusta, Me encanta. and I know ¡mucho más! I rank myself intermediate over the whole language...
Hi, Erik! How long have you been studying Spanish? I've been at it for about a year and a half. I think that I have made great progress, but I have a long way to go to be anything close to fluent. I find patience and having fun learning is best; and if I get frustrated, I put it away for a while. What part of the language are you currently studying'
¡Hola, Mark! Estoy aprendiendo español. ¡Hablo inglés!
¡Hola, Erik! Eres estadounidense como yo. ¡Chido! 
El gusto es mio.
¡Hola, Mark! Me llamo Eric, encantado. ¡Vivo en Tenesí, Estados Unidos!
WOW! Thanks for the great wealth of responses and encouragement you guys!! I definately need corrections like this. I will check out the por/durante thing when I get time.
It's 'otras opiniones' not 'otros opiniones', sorry. I'm only making silly mistakes here! :(
