Embarrassed by the Brits?
Sep 6th 2011, 11:00 am
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
There is a short discussion here:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1340100
Sep 6th 2011, 11:05 am
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
I dont know where you got that from
There is a short discussion here:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1340100
There is a short discussion here:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1340100
http://definicion.dictionarist.com/marida
and using the bog standard google translator, it came up with helpmate.
Sep 6th 2011, 11:12 am
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
http://definicion.dictionarist.com/marida
and using the bog standard google translator, it came up with helpmate.
and using the bog standard google translator, it came up with helpmate.
If you google "marida" into google.es there are hardly any results, just to 1 comedy show, where they probably made the word up, also.
I'm sure JLFS will confirm at some point
Sep 6th 2011, 11:58 am
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
Well, some technology is wrong! Its not in the extended Collins Spanish to English dictionary and my wife says it doesnt exist. I know because when we got married a few years ago I used that word and she laughed at me, saying its quite cute but doesnt exist.
If you google "marida" into google.es there are hardly any results, just to 1 comedy show, where they probably made the word up, also.
I'm sure JLFS will confirm at some point
If you google "marida" into google.es there are hardly any results, just to 1 comedy show, where they probably made the word up, also.
I'm sure JLFS will confirm at some point
and marida possibly or even probably will find its way into the RAE at some stage
Sep 6th 2011, 12:01 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
I would tend to agree - I was certainly taught the same...............but with the caveat that all words were made up at some point, and if words find their way into general usage thay do eventually find their way into dictionaries
and marida possibly or even probably will find its way into the RAE at some stage
and marida possibly or even probably will find its way into the RAE at some stage
Sep 6th 2011, 12:06 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
I would tend to agree - I was certainly taught the same...............but with the caveat that all words were made up at some point, and if words find their way into general usage thay do eventually find their way into dictionaries
and marida possibly or even probably will find its way into the RAE at some stage
and marida possibly or even probably will find its way into the RAE at some stage
Sep 6th 2011, 12:21 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
Don't people just use the word pareja for their partner now? Or is that just in a city like Madrid? I've heard the term media naranja too.
Sep 6th 2011, 12:24 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
Certainly use pareja hereabouts, and mujer. Don't think I've ever heard esposa even when they're married!!
Sep 6th 2011, 12:31 pm
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Sep 6th 2011, 12:31 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
We have just spent a week on the CDS and it was a shock. Our children, who are "fluent" in the Spanish language, were not allowed to speak Spanish. Everytime someone realised that we were English they said "it is OK we speak English". Even though we were tourists I found the English tourist to be really rude, especially the children. Our children were excited about meeting English children but, after a few nasty episodes, decided that the Spanish children were much more polite.
Sep 6th 2011, 12:42 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
We have just spent a week on the CDS and it was a shock. Our children, who are "fluent" in the Spanish language, were not allowed to speak Spanish. Everytime someone realised that we were English they said "it is OK we speak English". Even though we were tourists I found the English tourist to be really rude, especially the children. Our children were excited about meeting English children but, after a few nasty episodes, decided that the Spanish children were much more polite.
Just re-read your post... you mean even with your children speaking fluently the Spanish staff were replying in English? I've never come across that! Where? With me, maybe but not with 9yo... they usually start gabbling on to each other 19 to the dozen about Barca or Real Madrid or something else football-orientated
Sep 6th 2011, 1:11 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
I wonder if spaniards feel embarrassed when they see gyppos running round pushing flowers in tourists faces (and worse)
I always do try to learn a few words in any country I visit but I doubt large and small beer as in OP would have been a priority! Anyone doing a cruise in the med would have to spend some time before their holiday.
If anyone should feel ashamed it is the chiringuito. Millions of British tourists pass through the coast every year, they are the ones who should know large and small in at least 4 languages.
I suppose you realise that many spaniards earn their living because most ex-pats don't speak the lingo. Just reading the posts on here demonstrates that most of you are incapable of even calling the ayuntamiento to ask which documents are needed for empadramiento etc. I would really like to be a fly on the wall listening to some of you "embarrassed to be Brit folk" have a conversation in spanish.
Just to wrap up who do you think the chiringuito would prefer as a customer. A high spending tourist who pays around 70 euro for a meal and drinks or an impoverished ex-pat who chats to him in spanish, has a tubo for an hour and leaves.
I always do try to learn a few words in any country I visit but I doubt large and small beer as in OP would have been a priority! Anyone doing a cruise in the med would have to spend some time before their holiday.
If anyone should feel ashamed it is the chiringuito. Millions of British tourists pass through the coast every year, they are the ones who should know large and small in at least 4 languages.
I suppose you realise that many spaniards earn their living because most ex-pats don't speak the lingo. Just reading the posts on here demonstrates that most of you are incapable of even calling the ayuntamiento to ask which documents are needed for empadramiento etc. I would really like to be a fly on the wall listening to some of you "embarrassed to be Brit folk" have a conversation in spanish.
Just to wrap up who do you think the chiringuito would prefer as a customer. A high spending tourist who pays around 70 euro for a meal and drinks or an impoverished ex-pat who chats to him in spanish, has a tubo for an hour and leaves.
Sep 6th 2011, 1:16 pm
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Re: Embarrassed by the Brits?
We have just spent a week on the CDS and it was a shock. Our children, who are "fluent" in the Spanish language, were not allowed to speak Spanish. Everytime someone realised that we were English they said "it is OK we speak English". Even though we were tourists I found the English tourist to be really rude, especially the children. Our children were excited about meeting English children but, after a few nasty episodes, decided that the Spanish children were much more polite.
Just a point of interest, Benalmadena council are running Spanish lessons, enrolment is this month.
Only Spanish is spoken at the enrolment place, foreigners are given 3 forms to fill in, of course all are in Spanish as we are in Spain.
This seems a little out of order to me and could maybe put people off applying, maybe it would help if there was another form that included translations of the required questions on the three forms, after all they are applying for Spanish lessons.
Sep 6th 2011, 1:19 pm
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