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I've always been a sort of language-aholic guy. For many years I've been studying lots of languages (mostly romance ones: French, Portuguese, Italian, ... but also some "nerdier" ones like Farsi or Polish).
Now I want to focus my study on German and Russian, as well as practicing English which is the language I need to use for my work on a daily basis. I'm a software developer, by the way.
I'm from Galicia, which means I have two mother tongues, Galician and Spanish. I'd be glad to help anyone which wants to practice or learn those.
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- "Si no sabe ni aparcar" --> " He does not even know how to park (the car)" Some examples with the structure: "Dices que se te da bien la informática? Si no sabes ni encender el ordenador!" --> You say that you are good with computers? You don't even know how to turn it on. "No creo que seas muy mayor. Si no tienes ni barba." --> I don't think you're too old. You don't even have a beard. The second one is mysterious to me because I don't understand the sentence ("ma" is not a spanish word so I'm trying to figure out what the intention of the sentence is, but with for instance "me" it does not say me anything either). So... focusing only on the "te taparé la boca" part, its translation could be "I'll cover your mouth" or "I'll seal your mouth". Actually without context it could range from as soft as "cover" to as hard as "seal", because "tapar" is a very generic word, I'd say the context means everything here, although the basic meaning is that of covering/shutting. However "tapar" always implies using something over the thing you're "tapando" (that's why I chose "cover" as the first translation), although the best word for "cover" in spanish is "cubrir", which is generally speaking softer than "tapar. Thinking about it I would say that a good explanation of "tapar" would be "to cover up to the point to force it to be closed".0 votedSeptember 22, 20163
O último libro que lin
O último libro que lin chamábase "A moza do tren" e contaba unha historia sobre unha moza que sempre ía no mesmo tren a traballar ao a Londres e observaba a unha parella a través das fiestras do tren. E un día notou que non estaba a moza que observaba sempre.
Resultou que a moza resapareceu desapareceu e pensaban que a matou matara o seu mozo. Pero non era así!
A moza do tren sempre estaba borracha bébeda xa que tivo unha mala experiencia co seu ex marido. E, ademais, o seu ex marido vivía no mesmo pobo que a moza desaparecida. Quen a matou??----
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"ao Londres" is a tough one, because in Galician we sometimes use that form in an affective way, but generally speaking you say "a Londres" 9 times out of 10.
"observaba unha parella", this is a minor difference between Spanish and Galician, we don't put the preposition "a" when the direct object is a person / people. I actually find the Galician rule clearer (no preposition with the direct object) than the spanish (no preposition with the direct object, unless it refers to people).
"pensaban que a matara", the sentence was correct as you put it, at least grammatically, but I feel this to be more correct, since you're talking in a past tense (pensaban) about an action that was already past at that moment.
"bébeda", I'm not 100% sure that "borracha" is not included in the dictionary, but we say "bébedo/bébeda" in Galician.
A brilliant job with this text, by the way!
0 votedSeptember 21, 20162Barcelona 1
¡hola a todos! Soy Vera y me encantan los viajes. La parte más importante de viajes los viajes / viajar para mi mí es que puedo encontrar algo nuevo en cada lugar que visito. Como se dice “a veces un día que tienes en jnros (I don't even know what you intended to say here...) lugares puede hacer más que 10 años en casa”. Además yo adoro observar como otros otras personas viven, que qué costumbres tienen, cual cuál comida prefieren y como cómo se divierten.
Este año yo he visitado Barcelona y me la gustó mucho. La ciudad es muy grande, aunque el centro de Barcelona con llugares lugares de interés, es suficiente suficientemente compacto, ; / . / , y puedes caminar por rodas todas las calles exepto excepto algunos lugares que no están en el centro. Me gustó mucho la arcitectura arquitectura de Gaudi, sino pero me encanté encantó la atmosfera atmósfera de la ciudad – Barcelona tiene el modo de día (I don't understand this) y cada hora es para hacer algo, tomar un café con bocadillos por la mañana, trabajar hasta ciesta la siesta y comer menu del día, trabajar, pasar tiempo con la familia, ir a dormir temprano. Todo eso fue mucho muy interesante para de observar.Adiós!
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Great job!
0 votedSeptember 21, 20161Ask, ask for, for
Traducción al español. ¡Gracias!
A. I shall ask them to come and see me in the country.
B. Les convidaré a que me visiten en el campo.
C. Les convidaré a visitarme en el campo.
A. I promised my mother that I would ask you for some of your beautiful roses.
B. Le prometí a mi madre que te pediría unas de tus rosas bonitas.
C. Le prometí a mi madre que pediría a tí unas de tus rosas bonitas.
A. Ask the children inif they are hungry.
B. Pregúntales a los niños si tienen hambre.
(El siguiente me da dolor de cabeza)
A. I will ask his mother to ask him for it.
B. Le pediré a su madre que se lo pida a él.
A. Shall we ask them to dinner for the day after tomorrow?
B. ¿Les convidaremos a la cena para el de pasado mañana? / Or: ¿Les convidaremos a cenar pasado mañana?
A. Will you wait for me while I look for it?
B. ¿Quiere usted esperarme mientras lo busco?
A. This is the book father bought for me in London.
B. Este es el libro que papá me compró en lLondres.
A. It is a beautiful book for the price.
B. Para el precio, es un libro bonito.
A. If it wasn't for the dust, we could see the horses.
B. Si no fuera por el polvo, podríamos ver los caballos.
A. Some friends have asked me to go to the theatre with them this evening.
B. Algunos amigos me habíanhan rogado que fuese al teatro con ellos esta noche. (It's not that "habían" is wrong, but I think it's not the intended meaning)
A. In Spanish, they call a typewriter a "machine for writing".
B. En español, se nombra a un "typewriter" una se le nombra "máquina para escribir".
A. They will sing for joy when they receive this news.
B. Por júbilo cantarán cuando reciben/reciban esta noticia. (Although I would say "Cantarán de júbilo...")
¡Gracias, de nuevo!0 votedSeptember 21, 20161
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