silent que? This is my puzzle, tonight. Why the 'que' in 'tenemos que hablar'? tenemos : we have que: what hablar: to talk Why not be literal? Tenemos hablar...we have to talk..noooo! Put that in Google translate, and you get 'we talk', not 'we have to talk'. I tried this is with 'bebemos que vivir' and got 'drink to live' (probably 'we drink to live'). Remove the 'que' and you get 'drink live'.

no se permite mercancía en el baño I noticed this sentence on a sign at Walmart, yesterday. I've been working on indirect object pronouns, so I stopped and pondered the literal meaning of 'no se permite'. Obviously, it means 'not allowed', but thought to myself, 'se' = him/she/usted, 'permite' = he/she/it/usted allow(s)'. Also, the 'se' suggests a reflexive aspect to this. All this puzzled me. My first thought was: 'He doesn't allow himself merchandise in the restroom'. This didn't make a lot of sense. My second idea was: 'It (the merchandise) doesn't allow itself to be in the restroom.' This seem overly polite. The third option is 'permite' is imperative, but the imperative is 'no permita'. I should have taken a photo.

Some Engnish translations Engnish speakers like the 's' sound I give you the ball...you gives I the ball you give him the ball....him gives you the ball he gives me the ball....me gives he the ball we give you the ball....you gives we the ball they give us the ball....us gives they the ball I give you the ball....you gaves I the ball you give him the ball....him gaves you the ball he gives me the ball....me gaves he the ball we give you the ball....you gaves we the ball they give us the ball....us gaves they the ball I carry you....you carries I you carry him....him carries you he carries me....me carries he we carry you....you carries we they carry us....us carries they I carried you....you carried I you carried him....him carried you he carried me....me carried he we carried you....you carried we they carried us....us carried they

More fun with indirect object pronouns I carry you.....te llevo you carry him...le llevas he carries me...me lleva we carry you...te llevamos they carry us...nos levan

English words, spanish word order For about a week, I've been giving a lot of thought to Spanish word order. For example: In English: She calls me at the office (subject - verb(tense) - indirect object - direct object) In Spanish, Me llama a la oficina ( indirect object - verb( tense = subject )-direct object) I wasn't making much progress with these reversed word orders. I decided my problem wasn't vocabulary, it was 'word order implied meanings'. For example, "I am ..." is a fact, "Am I ..." is a question. Verb - subject is a question deeply etched in my mind. So, I chose to forget about Spanish vocabulary and simply see if I could understand sentences with English words arranged in Spanish word order. (Engnish?) Tonight, I started by practicing 'me gusta ....' In Engnish, this is 'me pleases it ...' As I was driving down the highway, I started saying 'me pleases it xxx' to everything that caught my eye. 'me pleases it the sign', 'me pleases it the car', 'me pleases it the gas station', 'me pleases it the stars',, etc. I would play with different intonations to try and get the feeling that I was saying something about how I liked things. Its a couple of hours later, now. 'me pleases it italki' only vaguely feels like 'I like italki', but it doesn't hurt my head. In fact, it is a little fun.

porque se me espera algo mejor I have been listening to a song. It sounds like the song says: Porque soy que me espera algo mejor" but the online lyrics say the line goes: "porque se me espera algo mejor" The later doesn't make sense to me. Am I missing something?

Once de Noviembre Me tomé un día libre en el trabajo para inventariar my viña y preparar my invernadero para el invierno. Cuando era tiempo por mi clase de Espanol (Skype), te invitío mi amigo Hipolito dijar hola a me Maestra. Los dos esta de Querétaro. Cuando llegó el momento para mi clase de español (Skype), invité Hipólito a saludar a me maestro. Los dos son de Querétaro. Hablamos de El Día de Muertes. Me pregunté cuántos días se quedaron los ánimas. Me preguntaba cuánto tiempo los niños tuvieron que esperar antes de comer las calaveras de azúcar. ´ Mi maestra dijo 3 días. Hipólito dijo 8 días. Dijo otros pensaban que se quedaron hasta el final de noviembre. En este punto, Hipólito contó una historia. En un primer momento entendí lo que dijo. Habló de la flor de cempazúchil y pan de muerto. Que están muy lejos de aquí. A medida que la historia continúa, no podía seguir. De hecho, me hice preocupado por la duración de la historia. Estaba preocupado de que no habría ningún tiempo para la clase. Entonces, me di cuenta de una lágrima en el rabillo del ojo de Hipólito. Algún día, voy a entender su historia.

me despido a ti Estaba escuchando algunas canciones, y algunos palabras me desconcertó. I was listening to some songs, and some phrases puzzled me. First, there was 'me despido a ti'. In literal terms, this seems to be 'me I say goodbye to you'. It seemed 'me despido' is redundant. So, I looked up 'te despido' and found it means 'you're fired' (you I dismiss), so that takes me back to 'me I dismiss' (which is silly), and 'me despido a ti' would be 'me I dismiss you', which doesn't suggest changing one's location (leave). Another song said: 'me recueras' which was traslated as reminds me, which I though should have been translated as 'remember me'. Comparing the to structures, I see no order. despedir (to say goodbye) me despido = I leave me despida = I say goodbye (as you leave?) me despido a ti = I say goodbye to you (as I leave?) recordar (to remember) me recuerdo = I remember (me?) me recuerda = reminds me (why not 'you remember me'?) me recuerda a ti = reminds me of you

Clase el viernes Hola Maestro Guerrero, me gustaría practicar con las primer ciento palabras para la bebé. Favor de leer la archivo 'primer cento palabras for bebe'. Este es cento palabras for bebé en el Norte. El cento palabras in Mexico problamente un poco differente. Que debo saber los ciento palabras, pero yo no se mucho de los verbos, y menos de los verbos cuando se conjugan. Creo que los bebés primer apreder presente (el caso 'tu') y imperitivo (el caso tu, negativo y affrimativo). Segundo, los bebés apreder preterito y imperfecto para el caso 'tu'. Los bebés no aprender con libros. No aprendo con libros. Es posible que yo aprender verbos and conjugacions en el mismo orden de los bebés. hasta viernes,