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Spanish Word of the Day
| January 14th, 2015 at 3:05:15 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 |
Probably not, I'll let you know tomorrow:-) at home now. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| January 14th, 2015 at 6:11:09 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Am I translating this correctly? Como hacer un canguro mechanico. How to make a mechanical kangaroo ¿Como hace un canguro? Means "What does a kangaroo sound like? I don't get it! |
| January 15th, 2015 at 5:46:32 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 |
Dominican Republic Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| January 15th, 2015 at 6:17:44 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The spanish in DR is from Southern Spain and Canary islands. Academia Dominicana de la Lengua) published in November 2013 a Diccionario del español dominicano with close to 11,000 words and phrases peculiar to the Dominican dialect. |
| January 15th, 2015 at 6:21:18 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I'm still will want to know how to find the omnibus from the airport to downtown Santo Domingo.  Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 15th, 2015 at 6:29:59 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
There's nothing to get. That's how it's sued. Why should "work" mean "exercise" in English, as in "working out"? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 15th, 2015 at 6:33:00 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Did you ask Mr. Burns? I think it leaves from the same place as the auto-gyro for Siam ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 15th, 2015 at 6:45:10 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
If it is an archaic term, why is it still in the dictionary? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 15th, 2015 at 11:31:06 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I recognize that photo location as the London Transport Museum. http://www.love-london-museums.com/museum-of-transport.html |
| January 15th, 2015 at 11:41:24 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I understand that ancient words acquire new meanings. In Old English, the noun "work" also had the sense of fornication. (spelled weorc, worc in OE). workout (n.) 1848 - Verbal phrase work out "solve" (a problem, etc.) 1909 - Sense of "succeed" . 1909, "boxing bout for training," 1922 general sense of "spell of strenuous physical exercise". But I am not aware of verbs having such radically different meanings just from using different tenses. Perhaps I need to think about it more. Como hacer un ... ¿Como hace un ...? |