In Britain if a visitor arrives at one's home unannounced, out of the blue, without appointment then they are routinely offered tea and biscuits. This also...
Martin Zarate escribió: I disagree, but in this group I prefer not talk about politic questions. ... Tony responde: Corrected version: I disagree, but in this...
Hola eucharistica2003, In rural Argentina visitors are offered a mate and it is a very strong tradition. This happens also in some urban environments...
ahh... I thought you meant a 'mate'...as in a spouse... or a girlfriend/boyfriend... and heck.. I was thinking of visiting rural Argentina....*smile*.. and...
mate nm 1 the tea-like Argentine drink: ¿Te gusta el mate? Do you like mate? ¿Querés un mate? Do you want to drink a mate? 2 the cup for drinking mate,...
A high school Spanish teacher offered a taste of mate to our class. I loved it and usually have some on hand. I also have the "gaucho gourds", complete with...
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What Tony describes as "biscuits" is called "cookies" in the US. Biscuits here are made of flour, water and/or milk, shortening, baking soda or paking powder...
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Hi guys, You can read more about the rural life in Argentina in this site. http://www.eldritchpress.org/whh/ombu.htm Tales of the Pampas By W.H. Hudson Hudson...
hola todo el proceso pensional en colombia, es muy demorado, asi tu tengas todos tus papeles al dia, la tramitologia es tediosa, ya que entre paso y paso hay...
hi... In colombia we have the same tradition, the most time when the people drop by , they bring cake, bread etc. reguraly them arrive for the snack ( more or...
Maybe we're talking about the same thing, Martín, and maybe we're not! Bizcocho is defined as: hardtack (which is a very dense, hard biscuit used in the past...
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Dear members, We have set up a few documents with guidelines to boost your experience in this group: o "Correspondence Etiquette" (posted every two weeks) ...
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Dear Lynn and Tony, Thank you for your replies on this topic. I'm really sorry I couldn't write before. As Tony said, this can be confusing and seems not to be...
Lynn This worked perfectly! I don't see any HTML at all. Does anyone see any? I am going to now trim lest I do what I asked Lynn not to do--unwillingly add...
... I have to disagree here: "hablar" is *not* a reflexive verb. In this sentence, "se" does not work as a reflexive verb but as an "impersonal pronoun", that...
... This is a very good question. As I wrote before, "se" works here as an "impersonal pronoun". As I understand it, it replaces a singular pronoun. Therefore,...
http://www.bartleby.com/65/wa/WalpoleH.html "The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well." Horace...
Horace Walpole (1717–1797), English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright and novelist, said to have coined the term serendipity wrote the...
Hi Ignacio, I don't talk about this subject, because I am not a grammarian and I suppose you don't either is an specialist in these questions, but "se habla...
Hi Lynn, In Uruguay bizcocho is a little biscuit. It can be sweet or salad. It is spongy. It can have quince jelly or caramel (dulce de leche). They can be...
Sue -- I'm not sure that just trimming works for a program which sends html. There was html after the plain text in this. I'm leaving it on for you to see. I...
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Sue, Sheri and Tony and any other native English speakers: Do you agree that "se" is an "impersonal pronoun"? Lynn...
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Francia y el CPE Los hechos El origen de toda la revuelta actual de los estudiantes (mayormente universitarios aunque se ha extendido también a los liceos)...
¡Muy buenos días a todos! Una vez más, perdón que no pude responder antes. Aquí hay algo que considero importante remarcar: dar una opinión está bien....
I'd say the custom in Argentina with friends works more or less in the same way that Lynn says for USA; if the visitor is a laborer… well… in this case I...
Hi Martín, ... Perhaps we're saying the same thing with different words? (One thing: "I suppose you aren't a specialist on this topic either".) I'm not and I...
Tenés toda la razón Ignacio, existen grupos de discusión para esta clase de temas. Al ver expresada aquí alguna opinión no pude abstraerme de seguir el...
