Learn Spanish with Oscar

[[sa...]]

I never knew the Spanish word for "ice".  So I just called it "Mucho frio agua" (very cold water)   Now I know it's hielo.

 

I'm sure I made my friends laugh like crazy with some of the mistakes I made when I first started learning!   

 

Hielo is also sometimes used as a word for ice cream as well.  I beleive the other word for ice cream is helado.

[[sa...]]

  Okay, no more frustrating Spanish Pattylu.    Where is Oscar anyway?  Well, Here's my contribution to Spanish lessons:

 

Foods:

 

meat - carne

vegetables - vegetales

rice - arroz

corn - maiz

sweet corn (or corn on the cob) - helote

peppers - chiles

tomato - tomate

potato - papa

bread - pan

soup - caldo

greens - verdura

cabbage - repollo

lettuce - lechuga

fish - pescado

seafood - mariscos

apple - manzana

orange - naranja

banana - platano (or banana)

strawberry - fresa

pineapple - pina (I can't type the correct letter in place of the n because I don't have a Spanish keyboard)

beans - frijoles

 

Okay, my benzo brain quit on me so that's all for now.

 

Gracias SageM.

 

Awesome! Where is Oscar? This is a fun thread though eh?

 

 

 

 

[Guest [iw...]]

habichuelas=beans

gandules=pigeon peas

marisco=seafood

lobster=langosta

shrimp=cammarones

frog=sappo

pescado=fish

bacalao=salted cod fish

pechuga de pollo=chicken breast

hair=pelo

manos=hands

ojos=eyes

nariz=nose

estufa=stove

micro-onda=microwave

 

[[sa...]]

Pronunciation guide (as far as I'm able without actually demonstrating)

 

a - ah

e - eh

i - ee

o - long o (more open sounding than the english long o)

u - oo

 

r - one roll (like edie, but make the d sound a cross between d and r)

rr - a long roll (like making a motor sound with your tongue)

 

b - cross between b and v

d - softer, with tongue between teeth

h - silent

j - Hhhhh (a little harsher than the English H sound)

ll - consanant y (letter pronounced eh-yeh)

n - I don't have the mark for the top, but hopefully you understand what I'm talking about - (n -yeh)

t - teh (soft t with tonque between teeth)

v- cross between b and b

z - ss

 

[[Me...]]

Hi all!

 

Sagemom,

 

You totally have a Spanish keyboard!  If you go to Start - Control Panel - Clock, Language, Region - Change Keyboards or other input methods - Keyboards and Languages tab - "Change Keyboards" button, you can add another language. 

 

Then, after you apply this change, you will see a little EN or tiny keyboard symbol on your taskbar.  You can switch between English (EN) and Spanish (ES) input.

 

In Spanish, to make an accent over your vowel, like in García:  type G a r c ' i a  <--- you type the button for the quote/comma and then type 'i' and it appears.  ñ is the colon/semicolon button (shift plus that button gives you the capital as usual).

 

Anyway, if you play around with it, you'll probably find you do have Spanish input capability.  There's nothing special about my computer and it just came this way.  It's got a whole bunch of language 'keyboards.'  Super helpful when writing a school paper in Spanish!

 

Cheers,

Melodie

 

[[sa...]]

That's awesome Melodie!  I'll check that out.

[[Da...]]

Very confusing!!! Yes, where is Oscar anyway? Can I start a learn Japanese post? Adios Djc

[[pa...]]

  Okay, no more frustrating Spanish Pattylu.    Where is Oscar anyway?  Well, Here's my contribution to Spanish lessons:

 

Foods:

 

meat - carne

vegetables - vegetales

rice - arroz

corn - maiz

sweet corn (or corn on the cob) - helote

peppers - chiles

tomato - tomate

potato - papa

bread - pan

soup - caldo

greens - verdura

cabbage - repollo

lettuce - lechuga

fish - pescado

seafood - mariscos

apple - manzana

orange - naranja

banana - platano (or banana)

strawberry - fresa

pineapple - pina (I can't type the correct letter in place of the n because I don't have a Spanish keyboard)

beans - frijoles

 

Okay, my benzo brain quit on me so that's all for now.

 

Hey Sagemom.... THANK YOU!!  Hugs. Pattylu.... Yeah... where is Oscar.... Oscar, we're calling you....

[[Be...]]

Te estamos llamando, Oscar...

 

talvez llamarnos;)

[[Ni...]]

Very confusing!!! Yes, where is Oscar anyway? Can I start a learn Japanese post? Adios Djc

 

Please start a learn Japannese thread. Then maybe I can understand my Bleach cartoon without subtitles.

[[Da...]]

Ok:

 

Ichi

Ni

San

Shi

Go

Roku

Shichi

Hachi

Ku

Ju

 

1-10 for a start. Anyone else want to post?

[[pi...]]

arigato - thank you

 

ocha- tea

 

sushi- rice and fish and other good things

 

 

 

 

[[Da...]]

Okini : thank you in Kyoto dialect

 

Agari : same as ocha but used in sushi restaurants

 

Ja ne : goodbye

 

Shindou : to be tired Osaka dialect

 

Mat ta ne: see you again

[[pi...]]

unagi - eel

 

yakizakana - makerel

 

dojo - place to practice martial arts

 

obi - sash for kimono

 

 

[[Da...]]

Yakizakana  is any kind of grilled fish. Iwashi: mackerel.  Right now, I have JIZABOKEI; jet lag and I am tottemo tsugarita. : very tired. Mat ta ne!

[[pi...]]

You have an unfair advantage...even with jet lag. 

 

Get some good rest.

[[Da...]]

Okay, yes I need rest right now. Ja ne!  D.

 

[[an...]]

akai - red

orenji iro - orange

kiiroi - yellow

midori - green

aoi - blue

murasaki - purple

kuroi - black

shiroi - white

haiiro - gray

 

anago - eel

 

 

[[an...]]

DavidJC, nihon ni sunde iru n desu ka? dono hen? watashi wa ichi nenkan sapporo ni sunde ita koto ga arimasu.

[[Da...]]

Saitama ken desu!

[[Ni...]]

WOW!! They just say it too fast on TV. Good thing for subtitles.

 

Btw Oscar ..lo siento por el secuestro de su hilo. Hope I said it right.

[[os...]]

Sorry i started this and disappeared. 

 

OK, please write the Spanish AND English to help others.

 

Mujer = Woman

 

Hombre = Man

 

Madre = Mother

 

Padre = Father

 

Hijo = Son

 

Hija = Daughter

 

Abuelo = Grandfather

 

Abuela = Grandmother

 

Tio = Uncle

 

Tia = Aunt

 

 

 

[[os...]]

Donde? = Where.

 

Cuando? = When.

 

 

Buenos dias = Good morning/day

 

Buenos tardes = Good afternoon

 

Buenas noches = Good evening / night