GL Spanish 101

[mathgrant]

Originally posted by referee:

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Spanish prepositions: a ante bajo cabe con contra de desde en entre hacia hasta para por segun sin so sobre tras

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[Internet Stranger]

Huey, como puedes hacer esto sin incluyir:

"Mamame la pinga"

=0)

[VinnyQ]

Jose esta una caca ... huate!

[Qirat]

Huey puede hable español mas facil que inglés!

Y yo tengo quatros niveles de español de colégio pero yo no recuerdo mucho.

é - 0233

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I'm lost, and i've gone to find myself.
If i should return before i get back,
please tell me to wait.

[Ningal]

"puede hablar", no? Or has my mind been clouded by too much Portuguese?

[Quailman]

The sum total of my Spanish:

Abrochese el cinturon de seguridad. from any airplane

No se apoye contra la puerta. from the NYC subway system

[TANSTAAFL]

Si, es "puede hablar" y no "puede hable", pero en portugues la forma del verbo es igual: "pode falar"

[Qirat]

Si, es "hablar." lo ciento. Estoy "rusty"

[Beartalon]

Heuvos calientes, heuvos rancheros, and some of the other phrases are about all of my Spanish, although I find it quite easy to read Spanish and understand the basic concept. It's not true understanding. I mistake tenses and subjects.

[luminous]

I believe it's "Huevos."

No me gusta mi clase de espanol. Esta aburrido y senor mack esta estupido.

I am by far too lazy for accents.

[Beartalon]

Thanks, luminous.

[quercitron]

Saludos. Buenas noches, maestro.

Me alegro en ver una clase de español. Quizas vendré algún día para escuchar ó enseñar un poco de la poesia española.

Vaya con Dios.

q

[Spanglish]

Que transitas corren por tus venas?

[Spanglish]

Me gusta praticar espanol... Soy de gringolandia pero siempre digo que soy de Parangarcutirimicuaro, Michoacan.
If you can say that then you are really good. and probly should be in spanish 101 he he

[CrystyB]

Umm, teacher, could you give me an incentive for joining the class? I had no contact with the Spanish language before, but if you could feature the lyrics for the spanish version of Ricky Martin's La Vida Loca i might attend to this class...

[robichelli]

Gah! Estoy sacando espanol 4 manana! Y no se espanol! Wait, yes I do

Estoy muy cansado. Voy dormir muy bien anoche.

Como te sientes ahora?

[Spanglish]

Que onda aqui, nadie habla, y menos dejan mensajes.. espero que la clase no sea igaul de aburrida... ja ja ja. Que esten bien.

[Lucky Wizard]

Since the GL University seems to be experiencing a resurgence (5 threads bumped in past week) I'll make it 6 bumps with this question:

Is "se habla español" correct or incorrect?

[CaptainObvious]

Depende en que quisieras decir, ¿no?

[Lucky Wizard]

*rolls eyes*

I meant, if you want to say that you speak Spanish, is "se habla español" a proper way to say it?

[CO2]

No.

Use "Hablo español."

"Se habla español" means "one speaks Spanish" or "he/she/Ud. speaks Spanish to him/herself."

[Lucky Wizard]

Pensaba ése, pero no estaba seguro, porque lo veo todos los tiempos. Gracias. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure, because I see it all the time. Thanks.

[Ningal]

In the context you're probably seeing it in, the "se" form is impersonal and means something like "Spanish is spoken" (with an implicit "...here", of course).

Basically, what CO2 said.

[VinnyQ]

a translation of the "La Bamba" song:

Para bailar la bamba
_{in order to dance the bamba}

Para bailar la bamba
_{in order to dance the bamba}

se necesita una poca de gracia
_{a little grace is needed}

una poca de gracia y otra cosita
_{A little bit grace and another little thing}

arriba y arriba
_{it arrives and it arrives}

y arriba y arriba
_{and it arrives and it arrives}

por ti seré, por ti seré, por ti seré
_{for you I'll be, for you I'll be, for you'll I'll be}

yo no soy marinero
_{I am not a sailor}

yo no soy marinero
_{I am not a sailor}

soy capitan
_{I am a captain}

soy capitan, soy capitan
_{I am a captain, I am a captain}

*repeat*

[VinnyQ]

How to compliment a girl in Spanish:

Agradezco a su madre!
_{I thank your mother!}

[Lucky Wizard]

Another bump and another question:

When I say "Someone likes me" I thought it would be "A alguien le gusto yo", since "gustar" literally means "to be pleasing" and I'm saying I'm pleasing to someone, so I thought the first-person pronoun would be the subject. So why is it "A alguien le gusta a mí me"?

[Vinny]

I don't now who's here would be able to anwswer that. We're all spanish-speaker-wanna-be around here. Not one native in sight.

You can just say: "Yo soy da hombre!" for that, however. It means the same thing.