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Could someone help me translate this to English, I just cant get it to sound right. It has got me and the missus stuumped.


Nunca llovio que no parara - accent O

It never rained that never stopped (bad?)

It never rained and never stopped (doesnt mean the same, I dont think)



I dont want a proverb with the same meaning in English, I would like a translation, word for word, if possible.

Cheers

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Never rained that won`t stopped.

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That is even worse than my translation, cheers anyway.:D:D

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It was translated by the Spaniard sat 5 ft away from me, word for word.

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I had guessed that, it makes no sense in English whatsoever

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Translation on its own rarely does.

Which is why its so easy to tell someone using a translation tool.

Its meaning is that the Rain will eventually stop, everything stops, eventually.

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Did the guy use a translation tool?


I know what it means, I have been asked for a short and sweet translation of this phrase, it should be easy to do, but I cant seem to get it right, so that it sounds good.

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There's never been rain that won't stop?

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Just like that.......Said in a Tommy Cooper voice.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Thank you

I will send you some virtual Karma, cos I cant send the real stuff, gotta spread some around first.

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Nunca = never, llovio = was rain, que =what, no = no (who'd have thought it!) parara = it will stop.

I know you said you don't want a proverb but I'm guessing it means: There never was rain that dont/didn't stop.

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Thank you, and as my curiosity has been kick started, what would an English equivalent of this proverb be?

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I think "there was never rain that wouldnt stop" sounds better. Makes full use of the subjuntive :p

Madridboy confused the subjunctive with the future. Yes they are spelt the same, but the future tense has an accent on the final a

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All things pass?

Or maybe "every cloud has its silver lining" (stretching it a bit)?

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I think that all things pass is the one I was looking for. It means the same to me.

Thanks

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My Spanish friend now believes your all crazy.:rofl:

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Why is that then?

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He read the the replies, started saying stuff in Spanish and all I got from him was your all crazy.:confused:

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The replies were all pretty good translations (all except for his), so either he is high on the substance of his choice or does not understand English very well..

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Maybe that is why he thinks your all crazy then.

Typical English I believe.:blink:

He did do what you asked for, a direct translation, its not his fault in English it makes no sense and does not translate into a sentence of sense.

I`m sure if I translated the bits he spoke of him crapping on your prostitute mothers breast would make much sense either, too you.;)

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LMFAO, I love these Spanish sayings, I get plenty of these when I wind up my OH. Cabrón just doesn't insult me though, just an animal to me.

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I simply love florid insults rich in hyperbole.

'La madre que lo pario ' is good, but I like to change pario to cago.

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I might have worded my request wrongly, when I asked for a word for word translation. What I meant was, to tranlate the "rain" senario, and not subsitute it for a saying with a similar meaning.

I did only expect translations that made sense in English, though.
Because to translate into something that does not make grammatical sense, sort of defeats the object.

And the bit about "crapping on the mother that gave birth to you" does make sense to me

By the way Chulo, where are you from? I can tell that you are not English or should I say British?

Cheers

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That makes sense then, I shall relay that to my friend.

I am a Brit, why do you believe otherwise ?

Of my very limited Spanish, most of it is swear words and ordering food, thanks to friends, but it is very colourful when translated.

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Maybe it's because you say "your" instead of "you're"? ;)

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Warren, your being to nice too him!!!!! :rofl:

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:rolleyes::p

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The name for one thing "chulo".
Sorry, but I did think that you were not British, using the words "sentence of sense" does not sound exactly "English" to me.

Of course, I am not saying it is wrong but to me it is a phrase that does not fit very well.
I sometimes have to think long and hard to find the right words sometimes, that is why I asked for the translation, and I am sure I must write and say things that are not entirely "English" all the time.
The trouble is, if and when I do I dont know it.

Although I can spot the Spaniards a mile off when they have lived in the UK for a long time. I make mistakes with things in Spanish all the time, and to does my wife.

Somtimes we do look like odd bods, for example the other day we commented to some Spanish neighbours about going on a journey on Friday, which just happens to be the 13th, we told them to be careful , and they looked at us as if we were mental.

So sometimes when I see things written and spoken and I often jump to the wrong conculsions.
And I am also curious to see if there are any other foreigners on here, I know there are a few of us.

Cheers

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Have you tried the Spanish Level Test on the other thread?

I'd expect top marks from you!!

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We have done it together and both got the same answers, it was not perfect for the listening cos we were watchin "loose women" and eating a pomegranate at the time, and we guessed the answers intead of listening to it again, our volume on the laptop is not good, either.

The things we did make mistakes on when we came to live in Spain (Although we have got that sorted now )were words like "garage", which we (she more than I) used to mean, taller, parking garage, and petrol station.

Another one was to "move" house, we also used a lot of "to have a shower, which is OK I suppose, but not a "very Spanish" term.

Most English people who dont know me well presume that I am English, who speaks good Spanish, and thay are quite surprised at first, but then say they should have known.
Most Spanish in just think that I am Gallego, so if I say something strange they put it down to a regional thing.

They say my wife has a Gallego accent as well, even though she has nver lived there.

How did you do?

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It gave me a C1.4, but I wish it would say at the end where I had made mistakes rather than just giving the result. Still, it was only for a bit of fun.

Totally understand what you are saying about saying strange things in your native language!. I do the same in English sometimes. For example, it sounds absolutely ok to me to say things like "we are 4 people" (somos cuatro) instead of "there are four of us".

Little by little I lose the ability to speak English correctly simply because "it sounds right", and I increasingly have to think about the grammar rules and apply them when speaking.

Oh, and the spelling of words that are similar in English and Spanish has become a bit of a nightmare. Posible - one 'S' or two? Or I write 'champeon' instead of 'champion', etc, etc. It's all becoming a big blur!!!!

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Congratulations and celebrations , la la la la la la la la la la la la. etc....

I am doing the same in English, the other day we went to see some English friends and I said that the "table of cheeses" looked good, and they asked us if we wanted a "cup of wine".

The confusion is spreading like swine flue.

There was a thread on this forum about fluent and bilingual and what it meant.

NEW DEFINITION. Bilingual = being a bit thick in 2 languages.:lol::lol::lol:

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Your Kidding, right.

I guess today we found out who is learning Castellano.

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Yeah, me for one, and English.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

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You cannot learn a language without knowing your own first.

I`m not currently interested in learning another language.;)

Or I`m just another illeterate Brit.:rofl:

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I dont think that is quite true, in fact learning another language teaches you a lot about your own.

Sometimes you have to learn another language before you really know your own.
I am sure it is happening right now to some of the children of members of this forum. Very young children having to learn Spanish when they dont know a great lot of their own language, but it works......needs must.

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If like me during English lessons you had more interesting activities on your mind, like touching up the girl next to you, then your likely to struggle with pronouns etc etc.

And if you don`t remember the rules in English, another language is going to feel very difficult.

From my limited knowledge of Spanish, the rules are complicated.

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Tell him, his English is sh1te then!:)

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Is that because it is martes trece for them? Anyway back on thread, "nothing lasts forever"???????

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I never knew that until yesterday at work when I mentioned it was Unlucky because it was Friday 13th.

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yes, it is Tuesday 13th that is unlucky, and cats in Spain only have 7 lives.