SO,YOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH THEN
SO,YOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH THEN
will you english speaking people please stop using the few spanish words you know in an english sentence when speaking to an englishman
eg...
'good morning mike ,what are you up to'
'oh im just off to the basura'
NO YOUR NOT YOUR OFF TO THE BINS
'hi john,long time no see,hows things?
'ok i guess,just lost my job though and the wifes embarassado'
'about what?'
'no shes pregnant!!!'
SO USE THE WORD PREGNANT
or as my wife gets when she does a bit of waitressing
'hi how are you,what can i get you?'
' 2 caffe con leche granday'
'ok,would you like mugs?'
'mugs no just cups like they have over there'
'so just 2 white coffees then?
'yes..si'
ORDER IN ENGLISH,WHAT DO YOU WANT,A BLACK COFFEE OR A
WHITE COFFEE
....10 mins later.....
'can i have la kwenta'
'sure,dos cientos cinquenta please'
'oh...um..can you change a fifty'
JUST ASK FOR THE BILL!!!!
other words you probably use are coche,casa,gratsyass,ayuntamiento,cervetha and/or canya,
mil(if youve been here a while) and ooh la paloma blanca
STOP IT NOW
for those that are interested i have no interest in my spelling or punctuation,especially of words espanyol
eg...
'good morning mike ,what are you up to'
'oh im just off to the basura'
NO YOUR NOT YOUR OFF TO THE BINS
'hi john,long time no see,hows things?
'ok i guess,just lost my job though and the wifes embarassado'
'about what?'
'no shes pregnant!!!'
SO USE THE WORD PREGNANT
or as my wife gets when she does a bit of waitressing
'hi how are you,what can i get you?'
' 2 caffe con leche granday'
'ok,would you like mugs?'
'mugs no just cups like they have over there'
'so just 2 white coffees then?
'yes..si'
ORDER IN ENGLISH,WHAT DO YOU WANT,A BLACK COFFEE OR A
WHITE COFFEE
....10 mins later.....
'can i have la kwenta'
'sure,dos cientos cinquenta please'
'oh...um..can you change a fifty'
JUST ASK FOR THE BILL!!!!
other words you probably use are coche,casa,gratsyass,ayuntamiento,cervetha and/or canya,
mil(if youve been here a while) and ooh la paloma blanca
STOP IT NOW
for those that are interested i have no interest in my spelling or punctuation,especially of words espanyol
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I find most of frogs comments very valid.He is entitled to his opinion same as everyone else.If you dont like him,dont read his posts and dont comment on them!
Now..back to Frogs very valid post!
Frog,i know a few people that speak very limited spanish(brits of course)
when you ask them a question in english,they answer SI...i find it completely irritating,to the point where i stop asking them anything..they know im english,so why answer with si~makes them look rather stupid!
there is no need to be so nasty to frog Jawg...you speak for yourself when you say most of us.That's OK. Most of us have no interest in what you write (say).
I find most of frogs comments very valid.He is entitled to his opinion same as everyone else.If you dont like him,dont read his posts and dont comment on them!
Now..back to Frogs very valid post!
Frog,i know a few people that speak very limited spanish(brits of course)
when you ask them a question in english,they answer SI...i find it completely irritating,to the point where i stop asking them anything..they know im english,so why answer with si~makes them look rather stupid!
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It´s really funny sometimes in our business. Brits on holiday come in and speak their (understandably) few Spanish words then sigh with relief when we answer in English. We used to answer in Spanish, out of politeness, but in the vast majority of cases that´s a fast track to a very short conversation and no use to either of us!
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Re: SO,YOU CAN SPEAK SPANISH THEN
This is a very rare creature - not the well-known wide-mouthed frog, but the two-faced one: see her posting "10 reasons..."frog wrote:will you english speaking people please stop using the few spanish words you know in an english sentence when speaking to an englishman
Quote: "10 reasons why i hate the campo"
What is wrong with the English word "countryside", and why does she insist on resembling the first syllable of that?
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Has anyone noticed that Spanish (younger generation) are slipping English words into their sentences.
Was walking along with my Daughter and we saw a friend of hers, my Daughter asked her was she coming out later with the usual gang and the reply was,
"no puedo, me voy shopping con mi madre para compra unos earings"
Was walking along with my Daughter and we saw a friend of hers, my Daughter asked her was she coming out later with the usual gang and the reply was,
"no puedo, me voy shopping con mi madre para compra unos earings"
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When speaking Spanish and the waitress replies back to me in english i pretend i dont understand their English and carry on in Spanish ( i have a degree in spanish so am very confident in my technical grammar ) however if you dont have the spanish accent i often find too they reply back in English however from experience they get aggravated as they think their english cant be understood and then carry on in Spanish....ha ha...after all they want to learn English as we want to be proficient in Spanish....If your confident in spanish then just act as though you really dont understand their Spanish but at least your own Spanish will improve and you will speak it more. That is a tip I learned from University in Barcelona....
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I went to Ireland 3 or 4 times last year...and each time found myself asking for café con leche..in cafes ...and in peoples houses!!!The words "white coffee" do not come naturally these days!!bubba wrote:when we went to the uk, I also said gracias and asked for agua con gas in an indian restaurant. also coca cola light is called something else.with all the new laws and rules that we dont know, we come across as complete idiots when we say, whats that then. Its like being from another planet.
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Lots of time, but I carry on because they just love to practice their English and I am as polite to them as they are to me when I make a mistake. And well done to people who try to speak Spanish even if they are not fluent, they have to start somewhere:lol:katy wrote: Have you ever had a Spaniard speaking to you in English and their accent is so bad you can understand them better in Spanish.
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This is a very rare creature - not the well-known wide-mouthed frog, but the two-faced one: see her posting "10 reasons..."
Quote: "10 reasons why i hate the campo"
What is wrong with the English word "countryside", and why does she insist on resembling the first syllable of that?
i think you might find that country as in countryside is used as the opener for that thread so you are just being bonkers,should have worn a crash helmet all those years ago i guess
oh by the way im not a she
This is a very rare creature - not the well-known wide-mouthed frog, but the two-faced one: see her posting "10 reasons..."
Quote: "10 reasons why i hate the campo"
What is wrong with the English word "countryside", and why does she insist on resembling the first syllable of that?
i think you might find that country as in countryside is used as the opener for that thread so you are just being bonkers,should have worn a crash helmet all those years ago i guess
oh by the way im not a she
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