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En Ingles.. Hello, I am Jake and I live in SLC Utah. I rented a house and car in Costa Rica a few months back to surf and hike through the jungles. I learned how important it is to be able to speak another language and decided to take up spanish. Learning another language has taught me much about my own language, things I take for granted and things I never truly understood. I would like to get some practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening. I get very frustrated often and can't wait for all the pieces of the puzzle to come together.
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    This could be a generational thing, as you stated. My grandma has several supersititons but nothing about lunar or solar eclipses. In the EE UU (US), it is simply said " do not look directly at it or you will become blind". That is all I have heard in my 33 years. Maybe older folks have heard of it.
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    April 15, 2014
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    Se my response to your earlier question. IN certain contexts, these are all acceptable. However, standing by themselves, aside from possibly "a wait time", these have no meaning other than what the words mean at face value.
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    April 15, 2014
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    I think you need context. There is a "wait time" at restaurants. AS in, how long a person must wait to be seated. ON the other hand, Its "waiting time"! - Can be used as an adjective to describe an expectation and acceptance of the need or requirement to wait. Out of context these are not stand alone sentences though. Hope it helps!
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    April 15, 2014
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    Hearing it! Spanish pronounces each vowel..it sounds like a machine gun of words - when really it is a average sentence.  I am only 3 or 4 months into learning though.  Maybe I need more time. Also putting the object of a verb in front of the verb as in "Te he visto" - You I saw.  Que? Por que no, "He visto usted"?!?!?

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    April 14, 2014
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    Do YOU LIKE DANCING?

    Do YOU LIKE to DANCE? WHAT TYPE OF DANCing do you like? Ballroom? Salsa?"
    my question is correct? please respond. :)

     

    This works as general staments and gets the point accross.  There is also "Can you dance?" or "Can you dance salsa" or "Can you dance ballroom style"

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    April 10, 2014
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    Verb: sing and act - She acts "as well as" sings. OR She not only act, but also sings. Verb: runs and plays - She runs "as well as" plays OR She not only runs, but also plays "as well as" can have different meanings but in context people know what you mean if used as above
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    April 10, 2014
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    Yep, that works for all options presented by person B.
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    April 8, 2014
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    I have heard it here in the united states by natives. When they say it they are purposefully trying to seam "dorky" or "childish". Dear God, its hard enough to learn another language let alone the coming and going phrases of generations. Hopeful Spanish doesn't have that sort of thing. I know growing up in Florida my friends and I would make up words all the time. "That girl is a grommit" (unattractive). "She gave me the blick'em" (a common STD - although never true - we just said it anyway). I am pretty sure UK teens are known for similar word making.
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    April 8, 2014
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    Yo conozco a nadie, pero... I think I under stand the usage of todos and nadie but Id like to get the other usages. Can someone translate this into spanish with the same meaning? Its just a cute little poem I found. Maybe Spanish already has a version of it? There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that . Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Muchas gracia por su tiempo!
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    This is a tricky one. It appears one ceremony is just for show (looks, appearance and is formal), while the other you actually receive your physical degree in a less formal ceremony. If you really have a concern here post the link and Ill figure it out for you. Every institution is different so one may need more info to answer this. But, your main question, confer and present are essentially the same word and are considered synonyms.
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    April 8, 2014
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