Comments on: Bar talk in Mexico

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Gracias todo.

He aprendido mucho con este leccion y discusión.

Me gusta mucho el ejemplo "you have me at a disadvantage".

Que quiero decir:

Thank you all.

I have learned much with this lesson and discussion.

I very much like the example "you have me at a disadvantage"

(grr, I can never remember where all the punctuation marks have moved to when I use the Spanish keyboard)

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el atole:

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From the expansion:

"¿Te tiene harta con sus críticas?"

Is translated as:

Are you tired of his criticisms? 1 "(Are you tired of his criticisms?)"

whereas the rollover gives "her"

...which is correct? Or is there another explanation of how we arrive at "his"?

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bababardwab: "sus críticas" is ambiguous, it can mean "his criticism", "her criticism", "their criticism" and even "your criticism" (if you are using a formal way of addressing someone). Without context, you cannot tell which translation is best; thus, all are correct.

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lilliana

it occurs to me that you can say "my blokes" if you are speaking of your employees.

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martinillo,

Gracias por su explicación.

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Hypersport

just thought of another example. does this work in spanish.

me tiene confundido con otra persona
you have me confused with someone else.

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That's a great question donperigo.

I believe so. The interesting thing here is you have one structure, but two different results.

Me tienes confundido con otra. You've got me confused with someone else.

Me tienes sin palabras. You've got me speechless.

Me tienes confuso. You've got me confused. (I don't understand).

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Hi. I dont understand mâs in these expression.can ou help me?

Hablas mâs Castellano? here what does mâs mean?

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(You my friend) speak more (like) a Spaniard (from northern Spain, but not Basque)