In the big podcast today, Esti and Carmen join JP to answer questions about "hoping against hope," how to address a lady if you don't know if she's married, the difference between to "ocultar" and "esconder," and finally, why you SHOULDN'T use a reflexive pronoun with "meter la pata."
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Gracias por sus respuestas.
Thank you for the heads up that my transliteration didn't work.
hacerse solutiones en vano
hacerse solutiones sin tener posibilidades
las ilusiones es la ultimo que separe
Interesting that last. JP translated it as the common English phrase, “hope is the last thing to go” but the phrase actually says, “hope is the last that would know” I think that is so cool. It is a nice changeup pitch, and should work well to salt a story written in English.
to hope against hope
These are hopes pressing, crowding, pushing each other on to victory or stacked against the door lest reality creep in. They are fans crowding the gate for the last ticket. One wins.
While the above phrases do well in the preterit (all things seem so much clearer there) I don't understand how they express the incredible optimism or desperation of the moment.
I accept that the concept is hard to express, and I thank you for the tools. I haven't given up just yet, I'll give it another try.
. . ., y esparaba con frenesí de encontrarme una solución para . . .
Would that work?
Gracias por su respuesta para mi pregunta.
¿Esti tiene mejor 20 años? ¡Imposible! :)
Cobre, I believe the expressions were as follows-
"Hacerse ilusiónes en vano"
"Hacerte ilusiónes sin tener posibilidades"
"La ilusión es la último que se pierde"
(That is how I heard them, anyway...)
Thank you for answering my question. I always love the way Esti reacts to my questions.
Gracias por contestar a mi pregunta sobre ocultar y esconder. ¡muchos possibilites!
I've been dealing with the flu, so it brightened my day, but still waiting to find out if it's the dreaded swine flu!
Disculpeme amigos,
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Tienes razón, jb71,
Necesito que lavar la cera de mis orejas.
Entiendo hoy.