MIKolbe Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1306430027' post='2246246'] Perhaps it is so, but the Brazilians are better than all of the other Latins. [/quote] this is patently and categorically false. and I do not need to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Cervates_jauregui.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 stay thirsty, my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Ed Normile' timestamp='1306301637' post='2245666']Take for example the simple question , Which way is center street ? 22 letters and 1 punctuation mark, translated to Spanish it becomes , ¿Qué camino es la calle del centro? 27 letters and 2 punctuation marks! Thats five extra letters and an extra punctuation mark. [/quote] You're translating too literally. An easier way to say "Which way is Center Street" would be "Donde esta Calle Centro" (or "Donde es Calle Centro," not sure in this case). The double punctuation can be useful. You don't have to wait until the end of the sentence to know whether it's a question. It's true that Spanish has a lot of phrases that would sound very Shakespearean if translated literally into English. I say "Shakespearean" because it's sometimes funny to me how Spanish will use a word in a way that they would have used it in Shakespearean English, but not in ours. But Spanish can be more economical than English. In English, if someone asks "Where are you going," you would answer "To John's house." In Spanish, you could just respond "Donde Juan." Edited May 26, 2011 by Era Might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'Monster Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 me dont understand spainsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 [quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1306558930' post='2246984'] me dont understand spainsh [/quote] Me either, its like a foreign language or something! ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) [img]http://www.catholicgreetings.org/card_images/14.gif[/img] Edited May 29, 2011 by vee8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pax_et bonum Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRq82c8Baw"] [/url] Edited May 30, 2011 by Pax_et bonum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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