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Estudié Inglés allí durante un año, y fue cuando descubrí el foro. Entro para practicar el inglés y resolver dudas de Español.
Además tengo que decir que me gusta viajar allí cuando tengo ocasión.

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Reply 2701

lucy1012

Original post by inhuman

And Colombians think Spanish people have a terrible accent ^^

You didn't have to be unpleasant...I just said that the way she sings is difficult to understand but it has nothing to do with her being colombian.

Reply 2702

Erasman

Soy español y me estoy partiendo los cojones leyendo este hilo XD

I will be studying for this year in England (Kingston University), so if any of you is living in Kingston and wants to talk a bit in Spanish, just send a direct.
Also I'm here if you need any kind of advice or help with anything related to Spain etc.

See you!

Reply 2703

karl pilkington

Does anyone know the difference between using a and en for using the word at in English. As in on duolingo sometimes I can't understand why you can't use a for at but must use en. Also does anyone know where you can get spanish subtitles for narcos I have tried to find them but they don't download properly

Reply 2704

karl pilkington

For example this Are they at the gym?

must translate as

¿Están en el gimnasio?

Reply 2705

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by karl pilkington

For example this Are they at the gym?

must translate as

¿Están en el gimnasio?

Yes because they are literally "inside" the gym. I'm pretty sure "en" is used whenever you'd say "at" a place in English. The preposition "a" usually means "to".

Reply 2706

karl pilkington

It sounds stupid because I have been learning spanish for ages but I have only just encountered this however where is the logic in using the third person singular and plural when using the usted form. Say you say como se llama you are actually saying how are she/he it called

Reply 2707

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by karl pilkington

Yeah it's the same grammatical structure, but you'd obviously be able to tell which thing you're trying to say by the context.

Reply 2708

karl pilkington

tengo tanta hambre que me comería un coche - I am so hungry I could eat a car

Do you know why you have to add the me to that sentence?

besos por ti :kiss:

Original post by Eternalflames

besos por ti :kiss:

*para ti

Reply 2711

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by karl pilkington

tengo tanta hambre que me comería un coche - I am so hungry I could eat a car

Do you know why you have to add the me to that sentence?

The verb "comer" is nearly always constructed as reflexive.

Reply 2712

Eternalflames

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

*para ti

LOL thank you :lol:

Reply 2713

Zoe_1994

Hola! Voy a pie. Can this also be written like voy en pie? Both en and a mean on i think so what difference is "a" to "en"?

Reply 2714

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Zoe_1994

Hola! Voy a pie. Can this also be written like voy en pie? Both en and a mean on i think so what difference is "a" to "en"?

No, you can't say "ir en pie". "A" in this sentence only translates to "on" in English, but in Spanish "a" normally means "to".

Reply 2715

_Fergo

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

No, you can't say "ir en pie". "A" in this sentence only translates to "on" in English, but in Spanish "a" normally means "to".

Hey! My tutor said that, to differentiate, we should use 'en' where something has wheels and 'a' where it has not (I.e pie, caballo).

Do you think that works?

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Reply 2716

Zoe_1994

Original post by _Fergo

Hey! My tutor said that, to differentiate, we should use 'en' where something has wheels and 'a' where it has not (I.e pie, caballo).

Do you think that works?

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This makes it easier `to remember, thanks! :biggrin:

Reply 2717

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by _Fergo

Hey! My tutor said that, to differentiate, we should use 'en' where something has wheels and 'a' where it has not (I.e pie, caballo).

Do you think that works?

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Just gone through different examples in my head and that rule does indeed seem to work!

Reply 2718

Zoe_1994

Cuando va a viajar? it says on my sheet that this means when are you travelling but doesn't it directly translate as "when you go to/on travelling?" So could you instead say "cuando es viajar?"

Reply 2719

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Zoe_1994

Cuando va a viajar? it says on my sheet that this means when are you travelling but doesn't it directly translate as "when you go to/on travelling?" So could you instead say "cuando es viajar?"

The question as you've written it there is asking very formally, hence the use of "va". If it's just an informal question then it should be "vas". That aside, the question translates to "When are you going to go travelling?" and sounds perfectly correct to me.

"¿Cuando es viajar?" doesn't make sense as it literally translates to "When is travelling?"