Elementary - Dominoes

Hola

La pregunta del día es: ¿Sabes jugar dominós?

Yo se jugar, pero no se muy bien como contar las fichas, así que no soy muy buena.

I know how to play, but I don´t know how to count the dominoes, so I am not really good.

No sé jugar dominós para nada. Los únicos juegos que entiendo son tetris, sudoku y scattergories...

Solia saltarme las lecciones "elementary" porque me considero una estudiante "avanzada," pero he aprendido que no debo porque siempre aprendo algo nuevo.  Por ejemplo, no sabia que "la mula" quiere decir "double" con los dados.  El otro dia con la leccion "Revelar" aprendi las palabras "revelar" y "cuarto obscuro" de la fotografia.  Siempre hay algo para todos niveles... gracias Spanish Pod!

you can play dominos with more than 2 players so the location of double six could be unknown .

Mula, im guessing that this is mule/donkey and therefore a usage specific to dominoes ie one cant say una cama mula  for double bed or "que sea mula"  for make it a double.

No sé jugar dominós tampoco.

Would you please provide a few sentences using "mula"?  It is new to me as well and I am not sure if I know how to use it correctly. 

Thanks.

Todos,

No se como jugar dominoes. But I found this link to a simple instructional video. Can anyone tell me how you get the film itself to transfer here to the SpanishPod discussion section? Gracias Abuelo Jack

 http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-play-dominoes

I love to play dominoes! It is very popular in Puerto Rico and Cuba. Some people take it VERY seriously...I play for fun. Being able to count really helps but in the end, if you have crummy dominoes, it won't matter...The great thing about dominoes is that you can play with the kids as well.

abuelojack

paste the same link into the first field of the dialogue that opens when you click on the filmstrip icon in the editor toolbar.

change the second field to "open in new window"

whatever you put in the third field will appear in the tooltip when you mouse over the link.

enjoy

hola todos,

Me gusto mucho jugar dominoes y a mi trabajo la gente jugan por dinero. Pues no entiendo porque JP usa son y no "hay".  Cuando usas "hay"?  Ayudame, por favor.

Gracias, Bob 

Yo no sé cómo jugar dominó,jugaba, pero yo me olvidé,ahora juego tabla y me gusta mucho,alguien sabe cómo jugar???

Hi bobgs, 

My own personal rule (not sure if the grammar bosses agree) is that when you're talking about the existence of objects, you use "hay."  E.g., "Hay fichas en la mesa." There are some dominoes on the table. There could be three, there could be a set, there could be two sets.  You could even specify a number, but as long as you're not referring to a complete set, you use "hay."

However, when you're referring to a complete set, then you'd use "ser."  Las fichas son 28 en total.  There are 28 total tiles (in a set). 

You'll also use "ser" when talking about the Three Wise Men because they are set.  Los Reyes Magos son tres.  There are three wise men.

And you'll use "ser" when the host greets you at the restaurant "Buenas noches, ¿cuántos son? Somos cuatro."  Good evening, how many?  There are four of us.  If your reply is "hay cuatro personas," you may be implying you're not part of a complete set.  Maybe there are four people in the lobby, so what, how are they related? 

Hope that helps!

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