I am always confused about when to use "este" or "ese" ("esta"
or "esa"). Can someone enlighten me? I know I learned this somewhere
along the line, but can't remember. Muchismas gracias.
I am always confused about when to use "este" or "ese" ("esta" or "esa"). Can someone enlighten me? I know I learned this somewhere along the line, but can't...
Hello Marti : ) Of course, este, ese are the masculine form, and esta and esa are the feminine form. Este, esta mean in English "this" and ese, esa mean...
Muy buena respuesta, Sue :-) Ignacio -- ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über...
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:08:25 -0000 "Susan" <silvermaple19215@...> ... That reminds me of Mafia usage. When introduction an ordinary solder, a mafiosi...
I don't know if it's accurate but in context that use of 'ese' has always felt to me like the English "dude" ... Jane -- Jane Harper, PhD(c), RN, APN Trauma...
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:53:49 -0500 Jane Harper <janeharper@...> ... That's a good analogy too. Of course, there was a time when "dude" was an insult....
Jane, I'm not so sure about that. Can you provide us of some example where "ese" can be translated as "dude"? Paula ... From: Jane Harper <janeharper@...> ...
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:28:15 -0700 (PDT) Paula <gilbypau@...> ... Remember that this is a slang usage; it's not proper Spanish (just as "dude" is informal...
... I was not familiar with that meaning of *ese*; it sounds funny to me. It would never occur to me to say "¿Cómo estás, ese?". I wonder if it sounds...
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:39:02 -0700 (PDT) Ignacio <ignafiuba@...> ... It sounds funny to a lot of people who speak Spanish, just as "Like, what gives,...
No, Robert, I don't think you can use "ese" in that sentence. I've always translated "dude" as an informal way to refer to a person but never as "ese". That's...
Hi friends, I started for the head. Can anyone continue with other parts of the human body? Regards MartÃn  Head - Cabeza Nape - Nuca Temple - Sien Hair -...
body: neck- cuello shoulders- hombros chest- pecho back-espalda arms-brazos elbow-codo majo ... De: Martin Zarate <rmzarate@...> Asunto: [Es-En] Parts of...
... I once (over)heard a native speaker say that *nape* is not a really common word; that people would just refer to it as *the back of the head*. What can...
Hi friends. In English there is "nucha" as a synonim from "nape". "Nucha" comes from Latin language. In Spanish it is "nuca". The RAE dictionary says: Nuca: ...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:47 -0700 (PDT) Martin Zarate ... My dictionary - which is from the 70s, and not unabridged - doesn't include "nucha," though it has...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Martin Zarate ... Index finger, forefinger ... This one's not in my dictionary, but assuming that you're proceeding in...
Well... that was my question. Has anybody heard a sentence like "¿Qué tal, ese?" in Spanish? If so, where? I don't think anybody speaks like that at least...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:46:46 -0700 (PDT) Paula <gilbypau@...> ... I've always heard it in sentences that were partly in English - for instance, "Hey,...
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Martin Zarate ... In his novel *For Whom the Bell Tolls*, Ernest Hemingway had one of his characters say that he...
Hola Robert, Valencia. The Argentine "che" is similar, and probably related, but it is also influenced by guarani. In this indian tongue "ch'" means "my",...
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