A FOND FAREWELL

A FOND FAREWELL

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EVERY WEEKDAY I CHECK TO SEE THE LATEST ACTIVITIES ON THIS BOARD TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN HELP WITH WITH REGARDS TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, I AM MEXICAN/AMERICAN , LIVING IN TEXAS AND AM VERY CLOSE TO BOTH LANGUAGES, I CAN READ,SPEAK,AND WRITE BOTH LANGUAGES, BUT AS I HAVE COME TO REALIZE, THIS BOARD DOESN'T GET TOO MUCH USAGE, SO I WILL STOP WASTING MY TIME AND YOURS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EVERY EFFORT IN LIFE. COMMENTS: STRAYKINGFISHER@YAHOO.COM

ms karen

Jan 24, 2004, 3:28 PM

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Gee, Kingfisher, and we just met! I didn't even get a chance to say hola!

quevedo

Jan 24, 2004, 10:36 PM

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Re: [STRAYKINGFISHER] Buena idea

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Sí, excelente idea: irse de aquí y no regresar para resolver la situación de que muy poca gente viene a este foro.

Brillante.

Quevedo

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Jan 27, 2004, 9:29 AM

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Estoy de acuerdo, Quevedo. Muy buen idea--irse porque no hay gente aqui. Que locura.
Victoria

Jan 27, 2004, 1:04 PM

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Re: [quevedo] Buena idea

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Entiendo que sin participación, no hay foro, pero, sarcasmo aparte, este sitio es un servicio pagado. Para mí, es difícil insistir que los clientes hagan lo que pagan.

¿Recuerda Huck Finn y el cerca blanqueado?

tomás
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Jan 28, 2004, 5:14 PM

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Re: [thfarrell] Buena idea

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Debería decir 'la cerca blanqueada´, pues ´cerca´ es un sustantivo femenino. Perdone que me entremeta.

Saludos.

Hermano

Jan 29, 2004, 10:51 AM

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Gracias por su auyuda, Hermano, y que dices de la gramatica de esta frase:

<< es difícil insistir que los clientes hagan lo que pagan >>

¿Son correctos los verbos? Por ejemplo, ¿debo usar el subjuntivo con "pagar" también?

tomás
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Jan 29, 2004, 12:28 PM

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Re: [thfarrell] Buena idea

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No hay de qué. En la frase que cita, ¿qué es lo que quiere decir en inglés? Sin saber el sentido que desea expresar, me es difícil corregirlo. Si Ud. me da la frase en inglés, le podré ayudar mejor.

Hasta entonces.

Hermano

Jan 30, 2004, 8:36 AM

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Re: [thfarrell] Buena idea

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No habiendo recibido respuesta de usted, quizás lo que escribí anteriormente le haya confundido. Es que no comprendí bien la frase. Si usted quería decir, ¨It is difficult to insist that the clients make what they pay¨, entonces es correcta la oración. You see, you may insist that something or other be done; however, you have no assurance that it will be done, hence the subjunctive. "What they pay" is merely a statement of fact and thus the subjunctive would not be necessary, ¿entiende? Sin embargo, no comprendo la oración como escrita ni en español ni en inglés. If by ¨make¨ you mean ¨earn¨, then you should use the verb ganar. Espero que esto le ayude un poco.

Suerte.

Hermano

quevedo

Jan 30, 2004, 12:24 PM

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Re: [thfarrell] Buena idea

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Si interpreto bien lo que se desea expresar, tal vez sería mejor decir, "Es difícil insistir en que los clientes usen algo por lo que pagaron".

Saludos cordiales,

Quevedo

Jan 30, 2004, 2:54 PM

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Hi...

Thanks for the time several of you've spent in reply... sorry not to be able to be more clear. Your suggestions are interesting glimpses into the language - makes me glad I didn't just post a note about StrayKingFisher in English (and why did he have to YELL so much.... :-)

What I tried (hoped? :-) to say was "I have a hard time insisting that someone pay for the very thing they themselves must create/make". More closely: for me, it's difficult to insist that customers pay for that which they themselves make".

I assume that "es difícil insistir que" is ok, that "pay" should be in the subjunctive and "make" should be in the indicative. I clearly need "por lo que", or some other way of saying "that for which" (I had only "lo que"). The dictionary I looked in made me think that "pagar" can contain the "for" as "buscar" does.

I'm not clear about the tense of the verbs. In English, both "pay" and "create" can be present tense (ie, one pays for that which one is even then in the process of makine). True in Spanish as well?

Tomás
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Jan 30, 2004, 7:32 PM

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Re: [thfarrell] Buena idea

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Ay, ya comprendo lo que usted quiere decir. Yo lo diría así: Me es difícil insistir en que mis clientes paguen por artículos que ellos mismos han hecho. Se puede usar pagar solito o con por--es todo igual.

Saludos.

Hermano

Feb 2, 2004, 8:49 AM

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Re: [hermano] Buena idea

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Gracias Otra Vez, a todos.

tomás
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Feb 2, 2004, 7:52 PM

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