Shhh! Noisy neighbors are the worst... unless you're in love with them; then the situation can be complicated. Today in the big podcast, we're meeting the noisy, dreamy neighbor, and learning how to say "That's enough!" in Spanish.
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Pregunta del día-- ¿Hay un ruido que te gusta, que no te molesta? Do you like any noises?
A mí me gusta el sonido de aspiradora.
Oye, esto se va a molestar del gato de Lili.
Bienvenidos al equipo, Carmentheintern.
Espero que hace un buen periodo de empleo al praxis.
hola carmentheintern,
es gracioso que dijiste eso. El bebé de mi amiga estaba tan acostumbrado a ruido que mi amiga tenía que adormecer el bebé con el sonido de la aspiradora en el fondo.
Is, "me da loca" the same as "me tiene loca"?
I like to hear children (ages 2-5) laughing and having fun. Their voices are so cute and squeeky.
No me gusta el ruido de un carro que empieza a patinar porque casi siempre hay un accidente después.
missworldtraveler
I do not know about "me da loca" ,but have you heard the expression "me vuelve loco/a" = "it drives me crazy".. It seems to me that it is a very common expression.
Buena pregunta, Shry. Yo tenía la misma duda cuando leí esa frase.
Quizá recuerdes lo que dijo JP sobre esta frase -- ¿Crees que Eduardo te invite? -- en la lección Upper Intermediate, "Graduation Party":
Cuando empieza una pregunta con ¿crees qué... va a seguir un verbo en el subjuntivo.
JP, ¿qué dices? Se puede usar también en futuro aquí?
Shry Ann9
¿Crees que seguirá molestando? - Do you think he'll keep being annoying?
I am pretty sure that I have seen the future tense used in questions before. I have to be honest, I looked for a reference to confirm what I am about to say and couldn’t find any, so this is just my theory.
You know how you can use the future tense to express probability? For example
Juan tendrá hambre. – Juan must be hungry.
I think you can use the same structure with a questioning tone to ask a question.
¿Crees que Juan tendrá hambre? – Do you think Juan is hungry?
Or even.
¿Juan tendrá hambre? – Is Juan hungry?
This comes from the back of my memory so I do not guaranty that what I am saying is correct and I would love to hear if anyone else has any thoughts on the subject.
I also should say that I am closer to being sure that ¿Juan tendrá hambre? – Is Juan hungry? is correct then ¿Crees que Juan tendrá hambre? – Do you think Juan is hungry?
Is it okay to say Ya basta con el ruido or does it have to be Ya basta de ruido. Gracias.
acambaropv, me parece que se usa "de" con un exclamatión como "basta de ruido!"
pero se usa "con" en una frase como "no basta con escribir, hay que hablar"
Thanks stevestrv.
I thought the pattern was "subject me da adj".
For example, looking at food makes me hungry.
seeing them argue makes me sad.
that song drives me crazy.
etc.
missworldtraveler
You are welcome and you have a point, remember “me da asco” . The structure "subject me da adj". may work in general and "me da loca" may be a perfectly good sentence, I just don’t know. I do know that “me vuelves loco” – you drive me crazy or “me vuelve loco” –“ it drives me crazy” are very common expression.
Guys, I think the structure is:
(Algo) me da + noun: Me da asco/miedo/pena/ganas, etc.
anna8
good point
Cuidamos a los perros de mi amigo. Son “yorkies” y pesan alrededor 5 libres (2kg). Es difícil creer que tanto ruido pueda venir de dos perros tan pequeños.
Hi guys
“Bastar con” is new to me but this is how I think it works and I would like to know if you agree.
Me basta con un pizza – “It is enough for me with on pizza”. In English, the subject of the sentence is “it” not the pizza. Of course in Spanish there is not subject “it” but I think that it works the same way, they just don’t have a word for “it”. The point I am trying to make is that I think the bastar is not conjugated to agree with the pizza and you can say “me basta con dos pizzas” . Do you agree that the bastar works this way? And if so have you seen any other verbs which function the same way?
stevestrv,
Bastar es un verbo interesante no? Creo que tienes rázon.
Aquí tienes enlace.
kikuyu
Gracias es buena información
A mí me gusta la sonada del mar también y además me gusta las canciones de los pájaros temprano de las mañanas.