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Hola. ¿Se dice "hola guapita"? Perdon si alguien lo pregunto antes, estoy en Iphone sin posibilidad buscar la palabra como keyword y ¡ no tiempo ahora leer todos sus comebtarios interesantes mas arriba !. Marco

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Hello,

I've just begun learning Spanish, and I'm having a little hard time understanding how to use the verb ser. I've noticed that sometimes in Spanish you can use "es" or "esta" "estoy" (does "esto" exist?).

(I'm assuming that esta is for feminine nouns? If esto exists, is it for masculine nouns?

Some of the examples I saw in some comments posted above:

Yo tengo Windows xphome y Ubuntu y quiero comprar una computadora del Apple, pero no tengo dinero por esto hoy.

Por favor, explique cómo esta oración significa "I like her."

So I have a few questions:

When do you use the forms of esta or es?
How do you know when to use which form?
What's the difference between the forms?

Also, something else that I've noticed in Spanish, is that you don't have to use pronouns when using a lot of verbs. But then, I see that some verbs you can use pronouns. Why is that? Why is it okay not to use pronouns?

(I speak fluent French so a lot of Spanish grammar seems strange to me, because I notice contradictions)

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Hola, cómo están? soy hablante nativo de español, me agregue a esta página para ayudar a quién necesite a clarificar sus dudas y bueno, ayudar también en difundir un idioma tan lindo como el nuestro. Hablo Inglés, portugués y Quisiera perfeccionar mi árabe, asi que bueno, como ya dije esoy aqui para ayudar.

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Hi , how you doin? im a spanish native speaker, i came to this page to help out anyone who needs to speak spanish, or learn some more spanish. I would like to clarify doubts and spread out a beautiful language as spanish it is. I speak English, Portugese and i would like to improve my arabic so, as i said im here to help :)

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Pleasantly surprised that the new exercise format is in such an old lesson. I guess someone has gone back and done this. I find they're all useful exercises, but particularly the dictation exercises...not only testing listening comprehension but it makes sure I get my spelling right. So thanks for this SPod :)

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From the expansion:

Tu novia es muy guapa.

...tu novia is translated as your girlfriend but my rollover has it translated as bride [novia sounds like new to me, and bride is your newly become wife] or bridegroom. Can it be both girlfriend and bride and context dictates or is my rollover wrong? What's the story here?

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Also, from the expansion:

Me cae bien

..is translated as "I like her" but the SPod rollover for it in that same expansion sentence has "cae" translated as "he seems". Is it gender neutral and context dictates, or is one wrong?

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cae is from the verb caer. Verbs in Spanish do not have gender.

Me cae bein = I like her/ I like him/ I like you (ud)

Me caen bein = I like all of you/ I like them

and so on.

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Bababardwad

Yes. See Word Reference.

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=novio

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can we use for men (masculino) "guapo", lindo or bello? or that words use only women?

gracias.

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caer= gustar?

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Hola

Mi nombre es Sylvia Oneil, vi tu perfil y me interesé en ti, es por eso que decidí contactar con usted, yo también me gustaría saber algo más, y quiero que usted envíe un correo electrónico a mi dirección de correo electrónico (sylvia.oneil@ymail.com) para que yo pueda darle mi imagen para que sepas que yo soy, Recuerde que la distancia, el color o el idioma no importa, sino el amor asuntos mucho en la vida, estoy a la espera de su respuesta.

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hey stevestr,

Great to see you still around mi amigo. Thanks for your help. :)

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We even informally and very locally in Chile use the word Rico for a man wich means rich and Rica for a woman wich means the same when we want to say that someone is very atractive, but i insist this is informal and only used in Chile.

We sometimes say esta buena, or esta bueno the first for a woman and second adressing to a man, but once again it is informal :)

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thanks mate :)

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jeje, so funny seeing this regular message in Spanish. Made it easy to read because I've seen it so often in English before.

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"the same when we want to say that someone is very atractive"

...so if they're dirt poor but very attractive they're still "Rica"?

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Thank you Bababardwad. But I just checkout the site once every few months.

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ckatr

Be careful. If you say “me cae bien él” or “me caen bien ellos” it means that you like the person/people personally. If you use gustar you may be misunderstood. If you say “me gusta ella” . It would imply a sexual attraction in most of Latin America. I am pretty sure the in Spain it just means that you like the person and is equivalent to saying me “cae bien ella”

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Great tip stevestr. Gracias.

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yea, if its atractive for you then she´s rica :) but remember that is only used in chile and so informal you better use guapa for a girl and guapo for man.

And if you want to be formal u use atractivo for a man and atractiva for a woman :)

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gracias por la explicación amigo