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mmmills

Aug 9, 2006, 8:45 PM

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Better late than never

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I was introduced to a new phrase, today. It means 'better late than never'. Here is my memory of it. The spelling of the first word is very suspect:

"Bilar tarde nunca de nada"

I can't seem to find "bilar" (my spelling) in any dictionaries.

Am I close to understanding the phrase?

Thanks,

Mark

Rolly

Aug 9, 2006, 9:00 PM

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Re: [mmmills] Better late than never

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I learned it as más vale tarde que nunca.

Rolly Pirate

mmmills

Aug 10, 2006, 10:10 AM

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Re: [Rolly] Better late than never

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Thanks,

Maybe what I remembered as 'Bilar' was 'Valer'.

wendy devlin

Aug 11, 2006, 12:08 PM

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Re: [mmmills] Better late than never

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"v's" sound very much like "b's" to this English trained ear.

There was a time when I heard, "Yo! Boy!" all around the village, thinking it US slang adopted by Mexican mothers.

It was , "¡Yo voy!" Meaning more, " I'm going now; Bye, I'm outta here etc."

jerezano

Aug 11, 2006, 8:10 PM

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Re: [wendy devlin] Voy--Me voy difference

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Hello,

When somebody here in México calls you to "come here"--"Venga" or so many times here locally in Zacatecas "Vente" the answer is "Voy" or "Yo voy"--meaning I'm coming in English but literaly "I'm going" in English translation.

If the person is leaving he/she says "Me voy." Literaly "I'm going away". Note the difference between the Yo and the Me with the away idea. But here locally we always ask permission before we leave, the phrase is "¿Con permiso?" The answer to which is usually "Propio" or "Adelante". In that case we do not use the Me voy.

Wendy has been here a long time. Perhaps her experience is different in her area than here in mine.

Adiós. jerezano.

(This post was edited by jerezano on Aug 11, 2006, 8:11 PM)