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Gypsy Jan
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"de nada" is polite?
And "por nada" is rude?
Just doing research through the Spanish language dictionaries.
[Edited on 6-3-2013 by Gypsy Jan]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
And "por nada" is rude?
Just doing research through the Spanish language dictionaries.
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No. They're interchangeable
To say nothing is rude.
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No hay porque.
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No hay de que.
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shari
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No hay pedo! my personal favorite
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
No hay pedo! my personal favorite |
 That's a real gas, Shari... 
Don't believe everything you think....
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SFandH
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Is "no problemo" used as a substitute in Mexico for "de nada", as "no problem" is used as a substitute for "you're welcome" in the US?
[Edited on 6-4-2013 by SFandH]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Is "no problemo" used as a substitute in Mexico for "de nada", as "no problem" is used as a substitute for "you're welcome" in the US?
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That drives me nuts. "No problem" has all but made "Your welcome" obsolete. I mean, it has faded from the vernacular.
Oh yeah.....forgot. I've never heard no problemo being used that way, but with all the deportations of people who lived up there, it may be used at
times.
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[Edited on 6-4-2013 by DENNIS]
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Loretana
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Dennis, you must have seen this Bill Flanagan commentary on the CBS "Sunday Morning Show"
The Infuriating Use of "No Problem"!
<http://youtu.be/n2E8wmUff5w>
And by the way, it's NO PROBLEMA
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pauldavidmena
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And by the way, it's NO PROBLEMA |
Actually, it's problemo. I remember it this way "Problems are masculine; solutions are feminine."
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Loretana
Dennis, you must have seen this Bill Flanagan commentary on the CBS "Sunday Morning Show"
The Infuriating Use of "No Problem"!
<http://youtu.be/n2E8wmUff5w>
And by the way, it's NO PROBLEMA |
Nope. Didn't see it. Still can't. Says it can't show the vid for geographical reasons.
But, I can imagine.
La problema is correct if you're talking about a problem, but "no problemo" seems to be what Hollywood did to it.
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[Edited on 6-4-2013 by DENNIS]
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I agree it's no problema...the way I remembered it was feminine=problem...and you can use it for de nada.
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Loretana
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My Webster's New World and Real Academia Latin-American Dictionary both classify the noun as PROBLEMA
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Oddly enough it is 'el problema' masculine, as someone said, men are always the problem.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
No hay pedo! my personal favorite |
Shari, por favor no me confundas a los gringos!! jajaja...a mi tambn me encanta esa contestacion!!! jajaaj
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Que pedo villafontana!!!! aqui dichos como "no hay pedo" son super comun...por eso es bien dificil aprender con libros y cursos...lo mejor es en la
calle o playa en mi caso, con tus compas para aprender actualamente como habla la raza donde vive uno.
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Shari,
Google Translate just told me what you said:
"That fart Villafontana!! here such as "no fart" are super common ... so it is hard to learn with good books and courses ... it's best beach on the
street or in my case, with your compass to learn actualamente as talks race where experiencing one."
 now, most of that makes sense to me
[Edited on 6-4-2013 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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Un problema, una vez resuelto, es facil.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Que pedo villafontana!!!! aqui dichos como "no hay pedo" son super comun...por eso es bien dificil aprender con libros y cursos...lo mejor es en la
calle o playa en mi caso, con tus compas para aprender actualamente como habla la raza donde vive uno. |
Asi es mi Shari. Sabes que parte de mi ingles lo aprendi viendo Married with children. Aunque mas bn aprendi el ingles obseno. Jaja. Pero al menos un
gringo ya no me alburea en ingles. Jaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Shari,
Google Translate just told me what you said:
"That fart Villafontana!! here such as "no fart" are super common ... so it is hard to learn with good books and courses ... it's best beach on the
street or in my case, with your compass to learn actualamente as talks race where experiencing one."
now, most of that makes sense to me
[Edited on 6-4-2013 by motoged] |
Keep it up with google Motoged. U r learning spanish fast. Lol
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