missile

Yeah right, I forgot you have been everywhere and know everything about spain.

Most of us know that even in a much small country like UK, there is more than dialect and regional variation. Those in East London would struggle to understand those from Tyneside or Shetland. Very few of us speak properly i.e. the Queen's english.

rachelk

My dad always watched Rab C Nesbitt with the subtitles on.

I think the standard of dubbing is generally very good - sometimes you'd barely notice it.

I haven't seen Ghost in Spanish - mind you, it made me feel a bit sick in English....

lynnxa

actually yes, the dubbing is better than the subtitling - & better than a few years ago

they all have the same voices though

hmm

cricketman

The point I was making is that the Queen doesnt speak any more "properly" than anyone else, she just speaks differently.

If you believe the Queen is the only person who speaks proper English you are deluded. Ask any linguist.

Rab C Nesbitt speaks proper English, that is proper for the part of Glasgow he is from.

jackytoo

Was asking my Grandson how were things in school. I said how's the German lessons going he said "fine, but I am better at spanish" So I said I thought he would have answered me in spanish if only a couple of words. He said "I'm not that good"

missile

I don't think there was any point, your comment is banal. Just trying to start another arguement? :

JLFS

Have you noticed the good guy in most films has the same voice, as does the baddie.

I can spot the goodie as soon as he opens his mouth, even if at the beginning of the film hes does appear to be bad, and vice versa, especially in Galicia.

rachelk

The voices aren't so recognisable to me yet.

I will admit that Pirates of the Caribbean just can't be watched dubbed, there's only one Johnny Depp.

And a few weeks ago Sweet Sixteen was on. It occured to me to try the english language option, and depsite having spent many many years in glasgow, I found it too hard to tune in to the accent and went back to spanish.

bil

Nope. A gerund is when you use the present participle as a noun.

ie, Swimming is good for you.

According to the grammar books that I have read, the Spanish always put that as 'To swim is good for you' ie using the infinitive instead of a gerund.

They do use the present participle, but only verbally. eg

I was swimming when the car drove past.

rachelk

Aye, well, it'll be that the word gerundio that confuses us lesser mortals then.

As Lynnxa said, it's used differently.

JLFS

Its the ING bit........that is much easier......


Like what do you think of Kipling????????????? I dont know, I have never kippled

steviedeluxe

I'm fairly sure they put English subtitles on this when it was networked in the UK.

rachelk

???
Really??

lynnxa

yes

but equally ¡Estoy nadando! yelled with great glee when the little four year old swam a width in our pool last summer & '¡Sí, estás nadando!' from his parents



that's it - the ING words

To KIPPLE - to enjoy cake

lynnxa

we went to the cinema to see Pirates in Spanish - numbers 2 & 3 I think

it just isn't the same, is it?

it occurred to me that a lot of Spanish people have never heard what the the actual actors really sound like!