Vocab critique invited.

Hi Steve. I could understand most of what you said and I was exposed to a few new words in the process.

One thing that I did notice is "Yo Jugo de golfo" I think that "jugo" means "juice" and "juego" means "play".

Hola me amigos y amigas,

Me llamo Ron y estoy de dondé la Florida.

Yo tango tres perros, todas son Chihuahuas
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Hello my friends,
my name is Ron and I am from Florida.
I have three dogs, all are Chihuahuas.

Yes, I think this will be a good experience. I hesitate to critique anyone because I am such a newbie at this. I have tried to learn Spanish several times and have always given up. Oddly some of the words I have learned years ago, come back, but words I learned (or tried to learn) just yesterday fail me. No doubt what I need is practice, practice practice.

El tiempo es bueno hoy. 80 (degrees) F.

Soy en lección numero 2.1. ¿Y tu?


The weather is good today.

I am on lesson 2.1. And you?

Steve, for what it is worth, I sometimes use a translator program at http://studyspanish.com/translator.htm

When I asked it to translate “We also have a dog” it came back with

También tenemos un perro.

When I asked it to translate your phrase, “Nosotros tambien tenemos un perro”

It came back with “We also have a dog.”

I don’t know if this helps, or only confuses the situation.

I will try that web site. I suspect the translation could be different from Spanish speaking country to country and maybe even from district to district within a country. Iindeed I would be thrilled if I could understand what was being said.

Hola Joan, bienvenido. Yo también estoy aprendiendo español para mi propio disfrute.

Estuvo en españa y méxico un par de veces y un plan para regresar a España el próximo año.

Hello Joan, welcome. I also am learning Spanish for my own enjoyment.

I have been to Spain and Mexico a few times and plan to go back to Spain again next year.

Hola Ron y Steve,

Quiero hacer un comentario sobre "We also have a dog," un tema de que hablaron más temprano. "También tenemos un perro" y "Nosotros también tenemos un perro" tienen el mismo sentido. A menudo en español no se usa el pronombre sujeto (como "nosotros). No es necesario.

I want to comment about "We also have a dog," a topic you spoke about earlier. "Tembién tenemos un perro" and "Nosotros tembién un perro" mean the same thing. Often in Spanish the subject pronoun (such as "nosotros") isn't used. It's not necessary.

[I'm going to cheat and say more in English.] In Spanish, we can often tell by the verb what the subject pronoun would be. For example, "tenemos" can ONLY mean WE have. It can't mean I, you, he, she, or they have. Similarly, tengo can only mean I have, tienes can only mean you (tú) have, etc. So in those cases, the subject pronoun is often left out. it's not wrong to put it in, but most Spanish speakers would usually leave it out. Not always, but often.

It looks like you can delete or edit your own posts. In the upper right corner of your post you should see an X and a pencil. This only shows up on the posts you have made.

Muchísimas gracias, Ron, por tu consejo sobre el lápiz para corregir nuestros mensajes.
Voy a utilizarlo de ahora en adelante.

Thanks VERY much, Ron, for your advice about the pencil for editing our messages. I'll use it from now on.

Leccion 1.3 - Quiero algo para tomar

I want something to drink


quiero para tomar el perro fuera

I think this means "I want to take the dogs out"

I am confused and think I have a whole lot to learn.

Hola Bubba, en su ejemplo, "tomar" es querer decir "to have".
"Tomar" tambien es "to take".

Hello Bubba, en your example "tomar is meaning "to have" (as in to drink or to eat).
"Tomar also is "to take". (Confusing isn't it.)

Bubba, on your reply to Joan who is very kind (muy amable), no problem should be "no hay problema".

Regards.

No hay problema Bubba.

Hola Ron. Sí, la letra hache no se pronuncia a principios de una palabra. La palabra "hay" en español se pronuncia como la palabra "eye" en inglés.

Espero que te sirva.

Hi, Ron. Yes, the letter H isn't pronounced at the beginning of a word. The word "hay" in Spanish is pronounced like the word "eye" in English.

I hope this helps (or, I hope this is useful to you)

Hi, Ron. Oh, I see I misunderstood you. Oh well.... Anyway, both "no problem" and "there is no problem" are perfectly fine translations for "no hay problema." At least in my experience, "No problem" is much more commonly used in English than the much more formal-sounding "There is no problem," but I've heard both. A good translater usually tries to give the most normal or usual translation. In the case of "No hay problema," that would almost certainly be "No problem," which is just a short way of saying "There is no problem" or "I have no problem with that."

No hay problema, Ron. All of us were beginners at one time or another. Most of us have felt overwhelmed, mystified, puzzled, and/or frustrated as we've tried to speak and understand. And many of us still feel that way! But the nice thing is that if you work at it, you'll see yourself making progress. I know I've found it very exciting when I understood a few sentences in a Spanish TV program or I managed to say something that other people understood.

There is a good discussion of this at http://members.rocketlanguages.com/your-community/spanish-vocab/to-drink-tomar-or-beba.

As I understand it, beber is grammatically correct, but for some reason that I will never know, para tomar is what the native speakers use.

Buenos dias mi amigos. Me nombre es Kelly y soy de Texas. No necessito a diga el pais, lol. estoy aprendiendo espanol a habla con la familia de me amiga. muy dispacio pero intiendo mucho cada dia. Good day my friends. My name is Kelly and I'm from Texas. No need to say the country, lol. I'm learning to speak with my friends family. Very slowly but understanding more each day.

Hola Julie y Kelly.

Bienvenido a el foro

Hello Julie and Kelly

Welcome to the forum.

I agree Julie, the more we can get on here, the better.

¡Oye! ¿Puedes ayudarme enviándome +3 energía?

I am playing the game CityVille on Facebook and have a nieghbor who plays the game in Spanish. She sent me the above request yesterday.

Oye was a new word as was enviándome. I pretty much figured out what energia was because it sounds a lot like the english word.

Also went to a Mexican resturant the other day and ordered eggs and coffiee with milk and sugar in Spanish.

These are small advances, but makes me feel I am making progress.