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Bajagypsy
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HELP!!!! I need a translator!!
Being from Canada my Spanish is limited. I am trying to learn a little bit each day, but I want to make sure I understand this email, could someone
please translate for us?????
Here is the email we received:
"claro que si estoy trabajando. Si Tengo tanques y bcd y reguladores para rentar."
I think it means that we can rent two tanks a bcd and a reg for diving am I correct???
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fdt
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It says:
"of course I'm working. Yes, I have tanks and bcd and regulators to rent"
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Bajagypsy
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Thank you fdt, I wasn't sure abot the first part, but was pretty certain that I had the second part correct.
Now one more favour, I would like to reply in Spanish.
How would I say "Thank you for the reply, we will see you then?"
[Edited on 8-26-2007 by Bajagypsy]
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Gracias por tu respuesta, nos vemos entonces.
Saludos y gracias
Bajagypsy
I even signed it for you 
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Bajagypsy
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Thank you so very much. I promise I will learn more spanish!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajagypsy
I promise I will learn more spanish!!! |
Ok, I now have it in writing. 
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Dont forget to tell Ricardo (Juan's cousin) that you are our amigos and vecinos (neighbours)...just a heads up, they are very cristian so don't offer
em booze!and you can say Nos vemos pronto...see ya soon
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Bajagypsy
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Shari we totaly will tell them we are your amigos and vedcinos, and thanks for the heads up about the booze, you know us Canadians tend to be a bit
drinky
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Ferna, BB2005 and I are trying to learn the language, too. We've been told several times to watch Mexican TV, but it's hard to distinguish the words,
at least on the shows we're watching. Any recommendations for a kind of "Sesame Street" for adults or other shows that would help us learn faster?
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bajajudy
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The Simpsons
And the news. Since you may know some of the things happening from watching the news in English.
Before we moved down here, we watched our local news, then national news, then the news in Spanish.
[Edited on 8-26-2007 by bajajudy]
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Bajagypsy
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I totaly need a Sesame Street for adults course, Shari, maybe you should start a Sesame Street BCS?!!
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Well bajamigo, you're on the right track, I never went to school in the US or took any english classes or courses, I was lucky enough to have been
raised in Tijuana, a border town as you know and back then television was aside from just black and white (my kids will differ with my opinion of
having limmited TV), basicaly null in Tijuana, the only channel was 12 in Spanish, everything else was channels 6, 8 or 10 from San Diego or 7,11 or
13 from Los Angeles, we got those because we live up a hill, and back then of course there was no cable except for the one comming down from the
antena on the roof. So I really don't know when I learned english, it just happened, I was taught by Johny Downs, Popeye, Hobo Kelly, Sheriff John, to
name a few. I have no idea were I learned to write in English or read the language, it just happened and it's all because of TV.
They say (who the hell are they and what do they know anyway) that kids or very young humans can pick up languages easier than older humans and this
may be true, but I believe that if you were to eliminate totaly your English radio and TV and just listen to Spanish, you will have to learn. I
recommend canal 11 from Mexico City http://www.oncetv.ipn.mx/ we get it in Tijuana and it should be available in Ensenada, it's public television, listen to Spanish radio stations
and Spanish songs and you will learn. Oh and very importantly, novelas, mexican soap operas, that would really help.
Try to talk to the non English speaking people in Spanish, if you don't know the words, they will surely help you.
Immerse yourself totaly in the language and you will learn.
saludos
fernando
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajagypsy
I totaly need a Sesame Street for adults course, Shari, maybe you should start a Sesame Street BCS?!! |
It's been on for years, plaza sesamo.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Any recommendations for a kind of "Sesame Street" for adults or other shows that would help us learn faster?
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Well, it isn't Sesame Street but if you watch the Ensenada news stations, you'll learn a lot about breasts falling out of halter tops.
So, what would be your choice? Iraq or breasts?
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bajamigo
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I'm thinking, I'm thinking..........
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Shari------I'm a Christian, and I seldom pass up the offer of a good drink (or 2) 
Anybody that would be offended by my offering them a drink is way too "picky" for my taste. They simply have to say, "no thank you". 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
Sheriff John, to name a few. |
Fernando,
One of my absolute favorites---Sheriff John along with Crusader Rabbit and Rags. However, I am not as thrilled these days with "Put another candle on
your birthday cake..."
We don't have TV at our place in Bahia Asuncion, but we are listening to more Spanish on TV here and on the radio. Besides, there are so few people
in BA who speak English, it is forcing us to learn more Spanish----a good thing. When we learn a new word or phrase, we try to use it right away and
write it down---it helps.
Also, when we leave BA and are in hotels, we like to watch English movies with Spanish subtitles---it helps.
Gypsy, down there everyone will help. It has been really fun because people like our builder, the workers, and shop owners also want to learn
English, so we trade words and politely model and correct each other. I read more Spanish than I speak, and understand more than I can put
together---but I just keep trying.
Diane
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Bajagypsy
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I always find when I'm down in Baja, I understand alot more than I'm confident in replying! I quess I'll just have to reply, and hope that I'm saying
what I think I'm saying instead of insulting someone!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Ferna, BB2005 and I are trying to learn the language, too. We've been told several times to watch Mexican TV, but it's hard to distinguish the words,
at least on the shows we're watching. Any recommendations |
Consume moderate amounts of your favorite ethanol
mixture when you watch Mexican TV.
I'm serious. One of the biggest problems with adult second language learners is relaxing enough to not worry that they don't understand what people
are talking about, and simply go with the sound and get used to it. TV is a great source of passive material, ie you don't HAVE to perform or respond
in reaction to what's coming at you, so you can let it flow over you without getting stuck on figuring things out or trying to respond...
--Larry |
I completely believe you. It makes a lot of sense. When I started my 5-year tour of duty with the Air Force in a remote part of Germany, I found a
cognac and cola or two to be a great tongue-loosening formula. After a year or so, I spoke great German (and still do).
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
One of my absolute favorites---Sheriff John along with Crusader Rabbit and Rags. However, I am not as thrilled these days with "Put another candle on
your birthday cake...":
Diane |
Gee whiz, my heroes are lost here. What happened to Beany and Cecil, Captain Horatio Huffnpuff et. al.?
Those were the days.
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