I wrote a comment for you on the subject of olvidar vs. olvidarse in the discussion group "the deep end".

http://spanishpod.com/community/conversations/post/979

Thank you for your explanation

If the verb beeing used in the dialoque is olvidarse then it is easy for me to understand but in the dialogue as well as in the vocabulary they only mention the verb olvidar and really this is why I am a bit confused

best regards,

http://myspanishnotes.blogspot.com/2008/07/me-olvide-olvidar-vs-olvidarse.html

http://myspanishnotes.blogspot.com/2009/06/olvidarse-se-me-olvido-part-two.html

http://myspanishnotes.blogspot.com/2009/07/olividar-olvidarse-part-3.html

http://myspanishnotes.blogspot.com/2009/07/olvidar-olvidarse-part-4.html

For example, it's only been in the last few decades that the word "Internet" has come into play in English.

When a word "transfers" over to Spanish, who determines the gender [ The REAL or just by general useage ] ?

Dave

The Internet is trully astonishing.

All we have to do is send her photos and she will explain the grammatical rules for determining the gender of brand new words in Spanish.

I trully believe she will have all the answers to complex questions on the subjunctive and the various uses of "se".......

What a stroke of luck.

Dave