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Spanish 4 BAUT
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so here are some Spanish sentences for you to enjoy:
Phil Plait es un scientifico famoso.
Phil Plait is a famous scientist.
No hay una cara en Marte, estupido!
There is not a face on Mars, you ding-dong!
SpaceShipOne esta en el museo Smithsonian en Washington.
SpaceShipOne is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington.
Estas un cobarde, un mentroso, y un ladron!
You are a coward, a liar...
Followed by:
un moquete
A punch in the face
Keepin' it cultural.
Last edited by KaiYeves; 2007-Dec-21 at 08:47 PM.
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Yo pienso que la frase correcta es "eres un cobarde, un mentiroso y un ladrón".Originally Posted by KaiYeves
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The names of ships are not translated.
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The way it´s written the translation would result in 'SpecialSnowOne'.
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You'd have to be really mean to say that, as using the verb ser makes it permanent, rendering the sentence something like "You will always be a liar, a coward..." I'm not that mean, so I used estar."eres un cobarde, un mentiroso y un ladrón"
How do you do accents on this board? Word has the "Symbol" option, but I don't see it here.
And especial can be translated as "special" and "spicy", but un nave especial is "a space ship" or "a rocket ship".
Mas frases!
Hola, me llamo x. Como se llama?
Hello, my name is x. What is your name? (Litterally "What do you call yourself?")
Prende el televisor! Neil Tyson esta en las noticias!
Turn on the TV! Neil Tyson is on the news!
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You don't normally use estar with "character" adjectives like "coward", "liar", etc. You could say that character is seen as an essence, rather than a state.
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Kai
You did not translate LADRON & Babelfish translated into "English" as ladron (!!!) & my Sp-Eng dictionary is locked up in the attic & if ladron means lazy then that"s me!!! :-)
But I can say what really matters: Buenas tardes, seniorita. Un tequila blanco et una cerveza "Montejo" por favor. (I am mentally in Merida. Montejo beer (is cerveza male of female?) is the best & you could not find it outside Yucatan years ago, maybe some places in Quintana Roo. Come to think of it, it was so good it must be female!!! :-)
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I used Encarta Translation Dictionaries. Ladron with an accent on the "o" translates as theif.You did not translate LADRON & Babelfish translated into "English" as ladron (!!!) & my Sp-Eng dictionary is locked up in the attic & if ladron means lazy then that"s me!!! :-)
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I've only just noticed this. Strictly speaking, the sentence above does not mean the same as the one below, although the difference is not important. You wrote: "It's not a face on Mars, you fool!"
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'Still works. But you're right- estar is for location, ser is not. I'll edit that."It's not a face on Mars, you fool!"
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Sorry, I've just noticed that you originally had está, and I was the one who changed it to es.
The correct sentence, cutting to the chase, is:
¡No hay una cara en Marte, estúpido!
Use haber for existence.
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Thank you again. I'm still learning Spanish, and this is a fun way to practice. Any mistakes in my other two sentences? Oh and:
No existen los fantasmas.
Ghosts do not exist.
Last edited by KaiYeves; 2007-Oct-08 at 05:11 PM.
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"No existen fantasmas." Furthermore, it would be "los fantasmas" since 'fantasma' is masculine.
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With the changes I had made before, the three sentences are correct. No existen fantasmas.
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Gracias, senor. Just fixed it.
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To recap, here's all of the Spanish I've posted.:
Phil Plait es un scientifico famoso.
Phil Plait is a famous scientist.
No hay una cara en Marte, estupido!
There is not a face on Mars, you ding-dong!
SpaceShipOne esta en el museo Smithsonian en Washington.
SpaceShipOne is in the Smithsonian museum in Washington.
Estas un cobarde, un mentroso, y un ladron!
You are a coward, a liar...
un moquete
A punch in the face
No existen fantasmas.
Ghosts do not exist.
Hola, me llamo x. Como se llama?
Hello, my name is x. What is your name? (Litterally "What do you call yourself?")
Prende el televisor! Neil Tyson esta en las noticias!
Turn on the TV! Neil Tyson is on the news!
One more:
La placa de Voyager tiene muchas lenguas.
The Voyager plaque has many languages.
Last edited by KaiYeves; 2007-Oct-12 at 12:50 AM.
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La placa de Voyager tenga muchos lenguages.
I´d say, La placa de Voyager tiene muchas lenguas. [many tongues]
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....say hello to Fraser, he'd love that!
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Hola, Fraser. Me llamo Kai.
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Hola Kai! Me llamo TJ.
So tell me, in Mexico they say "un Tequila", not "una Tequila", is it because "un Tequila" is really an abbreviation of "un mescal de Tequila"? I assume Tequila is feminine.
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A little practice with verb tenses:
Present Tense:Astronautas y cosmonautas visitan el estacion de espacio.
Astronauts and cosmonauts visit the space station.
Present Progressive Tense:
New Horizons esta viajando a Pluton.
New Horizons is traveling to Pluto. (This very second)
Future Tense:
En 2008, Phoenix atterizara en Marte.
In 2008, Phoenix will land on Mars.
Imperfect Past Tense:
Los Voyagers exploraran Saturno.
The Voyagers explored Saturn. (Once, in the past)
Preterite Past Tense:
En los años 60, los astronautas giraran alrededor de la Tierra
In the 1960's, astronauts orbited the Earth. (Repeatedly)
Last edited by KaiYeves; 2007-Dec-15 at 07:38 PM.
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For the reason in parenthesis, it should be the preterite, Los (or las, which I think may be more common) Voyagers exploraran Saturno.
I think it should be En los años 60, los astronautas giraron alrededor de la Tierra.
Last edited by Disinfo Agent; 2007-Dec-18 at 12:07 AM. Reason: late spelling correction
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You can make it a verb, so: (...) orbitaron la terra. The suffix 'an' relates to the future: Rusia y China explorarán juntas la Luna.
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Si, todos los paises exploraran la Luna.Rusia y China explorarán juntas la Luna.
Yes, all of the countries will explore the moon.Russian and China will explore the moon together
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Hey you bunch of linguists!
**************************FELIZ NAVIDAD**************************
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Si, feliz navidad y prospero ano.
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Sueño con una navidad blanca
Como las que tuve en el pasado (...)
Que tus dias sean felices y radiantes
y que todas tus navidades sean blancas.
Es lo que deseo para todos.
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Por los admiradores de Star Wars, Feliz Dia de la Vida!
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Solomenté conozco un poco Espanol, y mi gramatica es muy mal, y solo concozco hagar el simbolo "é". Seise an~os en la clase de Espanol no es bastantes.
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Lo siento, Fazor. En mi opinon, su diccion es muy bien!
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