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mparrino

May 11, 2006, 12:38 PM

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"he/she gives me the creeps"

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what is the Spanish equivalent?
thanks,
M.
Marcia

esperanza

May 11, 2006, 4:42 PM

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Re: [mparrino] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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El (Ella) se me hace raro(a).

He (She) seems strange to me.

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jerezano

May 12, 2006, 8:06 AM

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Re: [esperanza] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Hello,

Please don't forget the accents on él, Él (he, He) to distinguish from el (the). Of course the context will usually make that distinction clear to you, but not always. And, unfortunately, you won't always run into the accents when reading either.

But as my first Spanish teacher used to say some 20 years ago, "Debes aprender lo que es correcto".

Adios. jerezano

quevedo

May 12, 2006, 9:43 AM

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Re: [jerezano] Acentos diacríticos y mayúsculas

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Por muchos años, cuando la imprenta no se había digitalizado, la Real Academia Española permitió, cuando se trataba de texto impreso, que no se acentuaran las mayúsculas, para evitar a los impresores la lata de los dobles juegos de tipos de vocales mayúsculas. Como en este caso, en que el acento diacrítico va en la mayúscula E.

Erróneamente se trasladó la licencia al texto manuscrito, y la costumbre se quedó ahí. Por eso vemos que mucha gente no acentúa las mayúsculas, cuando sí debe hacerse. Hoy que las computadoras se han metido hasta en las costuras de nuestra vida, el texto impreso vuelve a lucir elegantes mayúsculas acentuadas.

Gracias a Dios es viernes: que disfruten su fin de semana.

Quevedo

mparrino

May 13, 2006, 11:07 AM

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Re: [esperanza] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Thanks, Esperanza.
So there's nothing that quite carries the weight of "creeps"?
Marcia
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mariejosee

May 13, 2006, 11:32 AM

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Re: [mparrino] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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I found this for you:
"dar asco a alguien", "ponerle la piel de gallina a alguien"
I hope it helps...

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doogie

May 13, 2006, 1:52 PM

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Re: [jerezano] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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And not all of us have keyboards that allow for accents. RE: "Gives me the creeps", "me hace sentir incomodo(a)" (makes me uncomfortable) "me cae gordo(a)" (I don't like him(her)
Doogie,
Tapatío de corazón

esperanza

May 13, 2006, 2:20 PM

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Re: [mariejosee] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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In Reply To

I found this for you:
"dar asco a alguien", "ponerle la piel de gallina a alguien"
I hope it helps...

"Me da asco." He/she makes me sick.

"Me pone la piel de gallina." He/she gives me goose bumps.

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tonyburton

May 13, 2006, 2:21 PM

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Re: [doogie] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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I may be mistaken, but I believe every keyboard has the capacity to send accents - using alt key in combination with number keys - eg. holding down Alt, while pressing 164 on the number pad should get you ñ - there are several previous threads on this forum with details.
Other common ones (depending on precise keyboard settings) are
Alt 130 = é
Alt 160 = á
Alt 163 = ú

Georgia

May 13, 2006, 2:40 PM

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Re: [tonyburton] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Tony, I think that only works if you have a number keypad on your computer, which I do not.

Rolly

May 13, 2006, 3:01 PM

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Re: [Georgia] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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It works on some laptops, but not all. That's why I started another thread on a solution that works on all computers.

Rolly Pirate

tonyburton

May 13, 2006, 3:02 PM

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Don't think there are many of those around any longer! Most laptops have number functions in tiny (green, almost invisible) print in the middle of the keyboard - with laptops, you need Alt+Function+number. But I'm sure you're right, there are some keyboards without number functions.
Most word processing programs also allow you to insert letters with accents, though this means you have to compose your message with a word processor, and then copy and paste into a forum post.

Rolly

May 13, 2006, 3:12 PM

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Re: [tonyburton] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Yes, Tony, the number pad functions are there, but they don't always work with the ALTnnn scheme. I have a new, top-of-the-line Dell that does not work.

Rolly Pirate

mariejosee

May 13, 2006, 3:41 PM

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Re: [esperanza] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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I know, it's not the same, it's as close as I could think.

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quevedo

May 13, 2006, 3:45 PM

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Re: [mariejosee] Piel de gallina

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Me pone la piel de gallina. He/she gives me goose bumps.

I particularly like that one.

Saludos,

Quevedo

sfmacaws

May 13, 2006, 4:22 PM

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"me cae gordo(a)" (I don't like him(her)

I'm kind of interested in that one. 'He falls fat to me' ? I can kind of see it but not really.

Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán

doogie

May 13, 2006, 4:31 PM

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I know, if you translate it literally it sounds weird, but that happens a lot. "Me cae gordo" is an expression which means I don't like him, or He rubs me the wrong way. Now if you translate "he rubs me the wrong way" literally, in Spanish it sounds erotic. So you can't go by that.
Doogie,
Tapatío de corazón

jerezano

May 13, 2006, 9:38 PM

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Re: [doogie] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Hello Doogie and others,

>>>quote And not all of us have keyboards that allow for accents.<<<< end quote.

Anybody who has a computer, whether laptop, desktop, or otherwise that runs on any form of Windows from 98 on through to XP has a built-in International Keyboard which will automatically (two fingers necessary) place accute acents on all the vowels including the dierisis over the ü Ü. áéíóú ÁÉÍÓÚ. I have posted the instructions on how to find that International Keyboard for Win98, Win 2000, WinME and Win XP here on the forum already. If you can't find out how to do it, give me a private e mail. But I would suggest first you just look for those instructions.

It IS a bit hard to find the International Keyboard on Windows XP. But it is there--just keep looking.

By using the International Keyboard it is not necessary to change languages and keyboard layout. A blessing if you are a touch typist on a standard USA keyboard with the qwerty layout.

I have not yet found that caapability on my mac but I will keep looking. I can't imagine them not putting it there.

Adios. jerezano.

doogie

May 13, 2006, 10:03 PM

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Re: [jerezano] "he/she gives me the creeps"

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Thank you, Jerezano. Since I posted that Rolly gave me a website that allows me to download a program that will enable me to the accents (á) and even to the upside down (¿¡) marks to begin a statement. I appreciate the help I get everyday from this wonderful service.
Doogie,
Tapatío de corazón