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January 9, 2011
January 8, 2011
Often vary food names
From the mailbox:
Strawberry word means Argentina, but the word Strawberry is the preferred strawberry. I wonder if there are other variants in other countries. Also, I've seen olive and olive, the latter may reflect a large downward population of Italian immigrants.
Not uncommon at all when it comes to fruits and vegetables names regional variations. Sometimes, as Spanish-speaking populations separated between them change their uses of the word, and in some other cases Spanish arrivals in the Americas adopted indigenous words that varied from one area to.
Here are just some of the names of natural foods that vary by region. If you are able to travel in general terms, it is likely that you may come across many more:
banana: banana, banana, banana, the almost, the topochocantaloupe: the cantaloupe, the melónpeach: the peach, the melocotónpeanut: peanuts, groundnuts, the cacahuatepotato: the Pope, the patatapumpkin: pumpkin, the zapallostrawberry: Strawberry, the strawberry, the fresónyam: Yam, the sweet, sweet potatoes, yamsJanuary 7, 2011
Sung to the adjustment of Auld Lang Syne
If you're like many speakers of English, sometime tonight or early 2010 2011 you may sing or listen to song year classical Auld Lang Syne. If you don't know the words - and almost nobody does - you might want to try singing Spanish, version known as Scout goodbye. It is not quite the same song: is traditionally Sung around of bonfires, instead of on the eve of new year, but is sung to the tune and has become popular in youth Scouting groups throughout the Spanish-speaking world. One more thing: it is probably easier to pronounce than the original Scottish.
January 6, 2011
None normally used in singular form
From the mailbox, a question on the example of
No book of any I want.
I don't want any books.
the lesson in indefinite of adjectives:
Online 1, must "book" plural according to translation of "books" in the second line?
This is one of those cases where the numbers really don't match Spanish and English. It is probably better remembered here is none (as well as the feminine form, no) are almost always used in the singular form. But none (or the noun referred to none when used as an adjective) can often be translated into English as either singular or plural without any change in its meaning.
Here is a sentence as an example: he has the no woman can resist. In English, either "Has that no woman can resist" and "Have you no woman can resist" essentially mean the same thing. But Spanish, would almost always use the singular form. Similarly, a phrase such as "Not had any problems" could be translated as "I don't have no problem" or "I do not I have had no problem," with any difference of meaning be very mild. But "none problems" is almost never used.
It would be a grammatical crime to use the plural Spanish phrase as these two, and indeed sometimes hear similar constructions. But as it is used as a general rule, the main timeline is none or none when reference is made to names that are grammatically plural although singular in meaning:
None scissors I see no. I don't see any none glasses of need of scissors.No. I don't need any glasses.No I have any desire to study. I have no desire to study.And by the way, there is a reason that many phrases about of using both non- and none: double negatives are common in Spanish. In fact, you are obliged in many cases where they would be poorly in English.
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