I fell into despair.
Some time ago that I have nor wrote in Italki because is really tough to learn a language, and sometimes I think about let it
The last time I thought to let was last week. This is the story: I am did a test and in those test was a phrase to translate “siempre he querido verte” my tralation was “always I have wanted to see you"
Now I remenber that always is written between “have” and “wanted”. The correct expression should be "I have always wanted to see you".
But, I think.. is it really important?. I ask you, my unknown friend.. do you understand “always I have wanted to see you"?
When I saw the word “false” in the test, I fell into despair.
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I fell into despair.
Some time ago, that I have nor not wrote in Italki because it is really tough to learn a language, and sometimes I think about letting it go.The last time I thought to let it go was last week. This is the story: I am did a test and in those this test was a phrase to translate “siempre he querido verte”. My traslation was, “always I have wanted to see you"
Now I remenber remember that "always" is written between “have” and “wanted”. The correct expression should be "I have always wanted to see you".
But, I think to myself, is it really important? I ask you, my unknown friend, do you understand “always I have wanted to see you"? ?"
When I saw the word “false” in the test, I fell into despair.
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This is good. I understand your translation. The only thing is that it's a matter of cultural context, if that makes sense. If we say Always first, we are stressing always. "Always" is usually put after "I have", but if you want to stress a certain word to make your point clear, you say "Always I have wanted to see you", meaning that you're stressing how much the want is. You're saying how much you really want to see that person. It's a way to be dramatic. It's like you're expressing with emotion, whether in anger, sadness, excitement, happiness, etc..
I hope that makes sense. The grammar is correct at some point. It's a matter of what you want to make clear of.
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lol That's how I feel with Spanish. I go on Youtube and in most videos you can change the speed rate down to .5. There will be some echos, but you can hear every syllables. I would watch the video a couple of times at that speed until I'm used to it and then put it at normal speed to adjust my ears. Maybe not at once, but as often as I can per week.
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Yes I watch "castle" and "forever" first in Spanish, after in english with subtitles in spanish and more later Vo+VOS in English.... For me, all actors speak very fast :)
But... I try :)
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Do you read books and/or watch movies? Like take your favorite movie and watch it in English and listen how things are express in English?
One of the ways I learn Spanish grammar is to read and listen how native speakers use it. For example, I got an English book, My Antonia by Willa Cather, and the Spanish translated version Mi Antonia. And I take notes on how the story would have been told in Spanish and I've learned a lot from doing that. I do the same thing with movies.
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Tks Sara. I try it, everyday I read the news in simple English and write something: a idea, a common phrase or others things. I recognize that grammar in English is more easy that Spanish grammar, but, (perhaps i am very old for learning) for me, is difficult
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