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El Forastero
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby El Forastero » Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:40 pm

Kraut wrote:I don't quite understand "pero que minimo" (is there a verb missing?) and "no pasa nada" (does it mean "They don't bother to keep the customers satisfied"?

Estabamos super cansados y ni siquiera pregunté, pero qué mínimo una breve indicación de los servicios del hotel, ni siquiera me dijeron donde era el desayuno, ni el horario y tampoco me indican la clave wifi ni donde está escrita. En definitiva, el personal es poco amable, no pasa nada...


"No pasa nada" is a common expresion in Spain, but not in Latinamerica. It means "It's not a problem", "it's fine", "Don't bother about it"

I think "Pero qué mínimo" is an Anacoluthon. The speaker seems to start a sentence and suddenly start a nue one without finishing the first one. I suppose, the idea is:

"Estábamos super cansados y ni siquiera pregunté nada. Pero esperaba que mínimo nos dieran una breve indicación de los servicios del hotel. Ni siquiera me dijeron dónde era el desayuno, ni el horario, y tampoco me indicaron la clave wifi ni dónde estaba escrita"

(We were super tired an I didn't even ask the less thing. But I expected at least to be given a brief explanation about the hotel services. They didn't even tell me where the breakfast was, nor the schedule, nor they give me thw wifi password or where it was written)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacoluthon
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tungemål
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby tungemål » Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:56 am

New podcast by Olly Richards, with free transcript:
StoryTelling Spanish
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MorkTheFiddle
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:48 pm

El Forastero wrote:"No pasa nada" is a common expresion in Spain, but not in Latinamerica. It means "It's not a problem", "it's fine", "Don't bother about it"

Si no me equivoco, in Del Rio, Texas, se dicen, "no le hace."
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klvik
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby klvik » Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:37 pm

Another edition of the Tandem MOOC Spanish/English speaking practice course is about to begin. The free online course pairs up native English speakers with native Spanish speakers and provides tasks for you to do together, first in one language and then in the other. It is a great way to practice speaking with a variety of people. Typically, the majority of Spanish speakers are from Spain and the majority of English speakers are in the US, so sometimes it's a bit tricky to schedule sessions but it is worth the hassel. I've met most of my current conversation practice partners through this course.

If you are interested, check it out here:
https://mooc.speakapps.org/
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Brian84
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby Brian84 » Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:27 pm

Has anyone had any luck finding used copies of Assimil's "Using Spanish"? I'd love to try it out, but I've looked everywhere I know of, with no luck.
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SCMT
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby SCMT » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:46 pm

Brian84 wrote:Has anyone had any luck finding used copies of Assimil's "Using Spanish"? I'd love to try it out, but I've looked everywhere I know of, with no luck.


I found it on https://www.scribd.com . When I found it, they were offering the first month free, and I could download a pdf of the book. No audio, though.
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby M-Biggles » Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:02 pm

¡Hola!

I'm M-Biggles and I'm new to the forum. For a long time, I've been interested in learning Spanish. I've made a few false starts over the years but I'm hoping this time I'll stick to it.

It's always nice to find a group of people studying the same thing.
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jmar257
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby jmar257 » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:33 pm

Brian84 wrote:Has anyone had any luck finding used copies of Assimil's "Using Spanish"? I'd love to try it out, but I've looked everywhere I know of, with no luck.

Try Abebooks. I thought I had a .pdf copy of the book but I can only find the audio saved. But I have a hard copy of the book and I got it from either Abebooks or Amazon, most likely Abebooks.

Edit: Never mind, it's not there. That sucks...I check them periodically and they tend to have Assimil stuff come in for cheap so maybe keep checking over time? If it's any consolation Using Spanish isn't nearly as good as some of their other books.
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby Cavesa » Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:42 pm

Hi, I haven't been around this group lately. I am finding my way back to Spanish, but for now slowly.

I've created a survey, with the intention of putting together a list of active Spanish logs and mapping our Spanish learning population a little bit. I'd be excited, if you chose to participate, please.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... sp=sf_link
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neofight78
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Re: Spanish Group

Postby neofight78 » Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:59 am

Just dropping in to say I've started learning Spanish from 1st Jan 2021! I'm an English native speaker, and the first foreign language I learned was Russian. If you are interested to follow my journey into Spanish you can follow my log starting here: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... ea#p180453
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