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Je m'appelle Ignacio, j'ai vingt-cinq ans et j'habite à Buenos Aires. J'aime l'art, surtout la littérature. Une fois que j'apprenne le suffisant, je promets traduire une récit de Raymond Carver, un de mes favorites auteurs.
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  • Commented
    You can count on me. Sure.
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    September 28, 2010
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    No, definitely it won't make it any easier. Spanish is way too simpler than Latin. See: the later is a flexive language, which means its nouns and adjetives have several declensions, whlist the former does not. That makes a great difference.
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    September 26, 2010
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    How to catch up again with French? It's been a while since I stopped learning French by myself; I do feel I've lost the thread of the whole thing, and I'm completely lost, until the extent of not knowing where to begin. Any tips to start anew?
    September 26, 2010
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  • Answered
    This sentence can be translated in a fairly literal way, except for the expression "in-between", which has no accurate equivalent in spanish. Instead, you can say "No hay término medio" ("There is no happy medium"), or "No hay matices" ("There are no shades"), or more poetically "No hay grises" ("There are no greys", or even "There are no shades of grey", in reference to the "black and white"). But let's go back to the first part, "There is only black or white". Literally, you can say "Hay [There is] solamente [only] negro [black] o [or] blanco [white]", or "Hay sólo negro o blanco", being "sólo" a shrinkage of the word "solamente". Eventhough this is correct, I'd rather a make a slight change in the order of the words and say: "Sólo/Solamente hay negro o blanco". A mere matter of how it sounds like. Putting it all toghether, the result should be: "Hay solamente negro o blanco, no hay término medio". Although it's understandable, it sounds quite akward, because of the redundancy of the verb "hay". So, it is convenient to supress the second "hay". Result: "Hay solamente negro o blanco, no término medio". Which still sounds akward! There is something missing, something that could bring a hint about the "hay" that it's no longer there. A connector would be useful. "Pero" ("but") can do that work: "Hay solamente negro o blanco, pero no término medio". Also, an alternative is to change the order again, putting the "no" at the very end, using a comma as "hint" or replacement of the missing verb "hay", and making a little adjust in the punctuation. Here it is: "Hay solamente negro o blanco: término medio, no". Or: "Hay solamente negro o blanco. Término medio, no". Or combining all the cases: "Hay solamente negro o blanco. Pero término medio, no". Hope it helps! PD: Feel free to add me as a friend and/or send me a private message in case of any doubt.
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    July 16, 2010
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  • Posted
    Quelle-est la diférence entre "tomber amoureux" et "s'énamourer"?
    July 6, 2010
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  • Commented
    Right now, nothing. But lately I'm pretty obsessed with both classical music (Richard Strauss, Johann Pachelbel, Amadeus Mozart) and Lady GaGa. Hard to believe, right?
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    July 5, 2010
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    En lisant en la lange qu'on étudie

    Je continue tenter d'apprendre le français. Je crois que la meilleur façon de ce faire est en lisant en la langue qu'on est étudiant. Par exemple, en ce moment, moi je sui lisant "Cronopes et Fameaux", par Julio Cortázar, un auteur de mon même pays.

    Je dépends encore du dictionnaire pour écrir ces notes, lequel me gêne assez, mais c'est celui qui je peux faire pour l'instant.
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    July 4, 2010
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    En lisant en la lange qu'on étudie Je continue tenter d'apprendre le français. Je crois que la meilleur façon de ce faire est en lisant en la langue qu'on est étudiant. Par exemple, en ce moment, moi je sui "Cronopes et Fameaux", par Julio Cortázar, un auteur de mon même pays. Je dépends encore du dictionnaire pour écrir ces notes, lequel me gêne assez, mais c'est celui qui je peux faire pour l'instant.
    July 4, 2010
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  • Answered
    The "bueno" in the expression "más bueno" applies rather to kindness, and not to quality, for which "mejor" is the only correct word (i. e., when you compare two models of car, the eficiency of two people at work, etc.). So, if you have to say that X is better person than Y (in terms of "X is more of a good guy than Y"), you have to say "X es más bueno que Y". Literally, "más bueno" means "gooder" (or even "goodest"). Hope it helped.
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    July 4, 2010
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  • Posted
    "Cela faire mal de..." I have a little doubt about french grammar. Here in a book it's written: "Comme cela fait mal de renier une petite cuillère". I know the translation of this sentence in its original language, i. e. Spanish, and if I had to translate it to French, I would say: "Comme il fait mal renier une petite cuillère". Why isn't it like this? Why "cela" instead of "il", and why "fait mal de" instead of "fait mal" alone? Thanks!
    July 3, 2010
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