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pauldavidmena
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Learning Spanish
"no hay pedo" is some uniquely Mexican slang. It means something very different to my Puerto Rican family. 
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David K
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Another poll choice:
* I speak (some) Spanish but would like to be more fluent.
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rts551
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It would be interesting to test those that say they know some Spanish. Many I talk to that say they know some Spanish are almost embarrassing with
their mixture of Spanglish and English.
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woody with a view
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I’m pretty much fluent.
Como estas frijoles = how you been?
[Edited on 12-9-2017 by woody with a view]
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willardguy
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I talk to mexicans every day....they all speak english!
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Lee
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No hay de que.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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rts551
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Just put an "o" on the end of every word. Or one time "donde pescandoing". Cuando returno?.....or cundo finito.
[Edited on 12-9-2017 by rts551]
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bajabuddha
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Como estas frijoles tennis shoe = How you bean ked?
... actually, at every stop when asked I always answered, "Hablo poco, comprendo nada." ... always got a smile and a chuckle.
[Edited on 12-9-2017 by bajabuddha]
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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BajaTed
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Adjectives are easy to remember, verbs not so much.
I look through a pocket dictionary at all the verbs and the various tenses when I want to go to sleep, it helps me a lot with understanding Spanish if
I dream the words being spoken to me
Understanding the grammar heard helps, even if you don't know all the words spoken.
Speaking is a whole other adventure, I kinda speak "Spanglish" though
Es Todo Bueno
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Ken Cooke
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Yo hablo mucho poquito Españo. Espero que uno dio me hablo más que un poquito hermano!
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Paco Facullo
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Soy es Hombe
Yo no necesitar hablar mucho
Yo necesitar cervesa, comida's, bano, Chica's y ducha
No necesitar mas.
I'm a Man
I don't need to speak much
I need beer, food, toilet, Girls and a shower
I don't need more
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ehall
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Quote: Originally posted by Paco Facullo  | Soy es Hombe
Yo no necesitar hablar mucho
Yo necesitar cervesa, comida's, bano, Chica's y ducha
No necesitar mas.
I'm a Man
I don't need to speak much
I need beer, food, toilet, Girls and a shower
I don't need more |
Got it all but ducha. learned something new today.
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gsbotanico
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Pues, para mi "no hay pedo."
But I would never say it that way in polite company. It's a crude way to say it's no problem. I might use around men I know very well when the
conversation is very casual, especially when some drinking has been going on.
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bajabuddha
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Yes, and eggs. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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bajabuddha
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I got a kick out of the survey question of "I get along OK with English and don't worry about it at this point." ...having no hits at all.
Apparently a lot of Nomads don't actually live in Baja, they live on... De Nile.
My Spanish is 'bastante', I get by. I've spent most of my time being an interpreter for not only casual travelers, but a number of residents who
either own or rent property for their inadequacies in the linguistics department... both on beach camps and semi-developed encampments. One such very
good friend of mine who bought in to property used to say, "My Spanish consists of 'El good-o!". He would also say about learning how to cook, "The
day I learn to cook something is the day my wife will stop!"
Classic curmudgeon. For those 'old tymers' at the Oasis, his last name was Skamser. I miss him dearly.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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BajaBill74
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Creo que hablo Espanol muy bien - - para un Gringo loco.
What I'm doing at work is so secret, even I don't know what I'm doing!
One should believe in God, because even Google doesn't know everything.
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JZ
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My boat captain speaks Spanish and English. He takes care of me.
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BajaBlanca
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http://qroo.us/2017/12/12/2017-lets-wrap-this-up/
I listened to the first lesson that this guy gave just for the heck of it. He is excellent and although I haven't listened to other lessons, I bet
they are just as good.
I speak so well now and more importantly, I can understand so much, but to be honest: the local dialect is really difficult for me, even today 12
years after we got here!
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Don Jorge
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Hablando Español o como Mexicano?
Remember these scenes from "El Norte?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o8Fx2WYvn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xn9nvLz4eE
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Ken Cooke
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I was only joking. My Spanish is pretty good. It's a lot of fun to practice. I get practice at home, work, with friends, at some.of the
restaurants, you name it.
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