This is useful - I'm sure I've made some of these mistakes!!
http://www.things-to-do-barcelona.com/a ... h-mistakes
Phrases to avoid!
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1 I certainly have, had the neighbours in fits of laughter..... I am not telling which one
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Very good, Irene. I certainly dropped one or two howlers when we first came here.
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I get the male/female o/a thing very confusing. Has anybody come across a good website that explains the ins and outs and exceptions? Thanks
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Hi Pattsy - try this one http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/noun_theory_b
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I've come a cropper when I've tried to say drawers.
cajónes which is very similar to cojones (B@ollocks)
cajónes which is very similar to cojones (B@ollocks)
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Certainly eye opening lol
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I have seen someone in a MacDonalds look at the massive menu on the wall/ceiling and, wanting an icecream cone (cono) pronounce it as if there was a tilde over the n....
I used to cough to disguise a [email protected] I f@rt to disguise a cough.
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Yes I made a howler not long after moving here - I took my new car to a garage to have it serviced. My wife and I went for a walk whilst the car was being tended to, the first shop I walked into the shop assistant approached me, she said 'diga'. I tried to say in Spanish 'I was just window shopping whilst my car was being serviced', but it turned out I said 'I am looking for a toilet for my car'
She was confused.
She was confused.
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Be carefull with your spanish, if you go to south america, i.e. you can not 'catch a bus'
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Cajones pasa a ser una palabra grave terminada en S, por lo tanto no lleva tilde.markwilding wrote:I've come a cropper when I've tried to say drawers.
cajónes
Regards, Frank
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
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