Spanish Word of the Day

Quote: Wizard

If it is an archaic term, why is it still in the dictionary?

Because it's still seldomly used. There's a bus company called "Omnibus de Mexico." Literate individuals, like you or me, will recognize what an "Omnibus volume" is (it's a collection of two or more lengthy works in one volume).

Things like that.

Quote: Pacomartin

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 ...?

Think of it ike this:

hacer = to make

Que sonido hace un canguro?

Como hace un canguro?

What sound does a kangaroo make?

See?

Quote: Nareed

See?

Entiendo. I knew you had a teacher buried in you.

Quote: Pacomartin

Entiendo. I knew you had a teacher buried in you.

Apparently not a good teacher. A good teacher encourages her students to figure things out on their own.

Quote: Wizard

If it is an archaic term, why is it still in the dictionary?

A lot of archaic English words would still be in the dictionary. Usually archaic just means seldom used, whereas "obsolete" words are never used.

Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?

Quote: Pacomartin

Where be your gibes now? your gambols?

Don't go that far. Some archaic terms are still in use, but in specialized ways and in very limited ways. Take "Treasure." Hardly anyone uses it to mean "a store of money held in reserve," or "wealth of any kind," but there is still a Department of the Treasury.

Or quite simply few people will say "where BE your treasure?"

Some time ago I read an anecdote about a man who knew Classical Greek and tried to use it on a trip to Greece. As soon as he said something, the locals tended to laugh. He found in short order he'd been saying things like "Wherefore be thine corn which thou hast made into bread and burnt?" when asking for a piece of toast.

Quote: Nareed

Some time ago I read an anecdote about a man who knew Classical Greek and tried to use it on a trip to Greece. As soon as he said something, the locals tended to laugh.

I took a Greek class in college, although it was Homeric Greek, and there were students in the class who spoke Modern Greek. They had surprisingly little advantage over everyone else.

Quote: Pacomartin

I took a Greek class in college, although it was Homeric Greek, and there were students in the class who spoke Modern Greek. They had surprisingly little advantage over everyone else.

It may be the language changed a bit in the last 2,500 years or so...

For that matter Latin as used in the Roman Republic is hardly the same as Medieval Latin as used in Europe.

I regret to announce that the Tacos el Gordo on Las Vegas Blvd is closed. This is surprising to me as they were always very busy whenever I was there. No other business has taken its place, it is totally vacant inside.

Quote: Wizard

I regret to announce that the Tacos el Gordo on Las Vegas Blvd is closed. This is surprising to me as they were always very busy whenever I was there. No other business has taken its place, it is totally vacant inside.

I'm not clear on how this relates to the thread. This isn't a gambling board ;)

Try this one:

"Estos tacos ladran cunado los muerdo."