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Me gusta cocinar, mi especialidad es el pudín de langostinos, ummm ¡¡¡qué rico!!! I like cooking, my specialty is the king prawn pudding, ummm, delicious!!!

lailaash, ¡Gracias! Question of the day: Name some more sensual pleasures (culinary or otherwise) that make you say ¡Qué rico! (extra credit if you write it in Spanish!) Los comida del taco-bus de mi barrio en Seattle. Me gustan sobretodo los tacos de adobada, las mulitas de pollo, y claro los tamales recién hechos. I especially like the spicy pork tacos, the chicken mulitas, and of course the fresh tamales. Uy, ¡qué rico!

Me gustan todos las cosas con chocolate - galletas, tartas y chololate caliente. Sobretodo me gusta el chocolate negro - ¡qué rico! Lo escribí correctamente?

Hola, In the expression '¡Qué rico!', ¿is 'rico' referring to 'el olor' and not to 'las galletas'? ...or is '¡Qué rico!' used anytime one wants to say 'How delicious'? saludos

HI Spanish pod, I am so confused about the "r" and "rr" pronunciations! I don't understand when which "r" sound should be used. I just spend about fifteen minutes trying to learn from the pronunciation guide, but it really isn't clear. It says that the rolled r is used when there's only one r in the word, but Ricardo has two r's. Can we have some sort of lesson/episode for the tough letters? Please!!!!!!!

Me gusta mi “Crock pot”. Cocina todo el día y cuando vengo a la casa, el aire huele tan rico. Un sopa caliente me fascina en un día frío como hoy.. ♥ ♥ I like my “Crock-pot”. It cooks all day and when I come home, the air smells so delicious. I love warm soup on a cold day like today. ------- And speaking of caliente and it’s various meanings…..someone told me that “Mamisita” is not an affectionate term for Mother but rather it means “hot mama”. ¿Es eso verdad?

mharbus, you can use the expression "qué rico" refering to a smell or to something you think it's delicious.

difhdih, ok let's see if this is useful for you: - R, if it's at the beginning of a word it's the strong one, like in "ruido". - R, if it's at the end of a word it's the strong one, like in "color". -R, if it's a consonant after it, it's the strong one, like in "almuerzo". -R, if it's between vowels it's the soft one, like in "caracol".

beachhobo , sí es verdad, "mamasita" significa "hot mama",jeje.

difhdih And when you have a word with double r like "carro" and "ferrocaril" then you trill your tounge! We will do some lesson with more pronunciation.

estibalitz, I guessing then there is no difference between "mamAsita" and "mamIsita"? I vs A......?

"mamAsita" is the correct one, or you can also say "mamita".

Hola estibalitz, I'm still somewhat confused...I thought when 'qué' is used in an exclamatory expression and followed by an adjective , the ending of the adjective would depend on the reference. Así que, if wanted to say 'How ugly!' in spanish, I could say either ¡Qué feo!' or '¡Qué fea!'. What i need to know, is '¡Qué rico!' an exception to the rule?

"qué rico" it´s just an expression you can use either it´s femenine or masculin what you are eating. You can also use "qué rica" if you are refering to a femenine thing.

gracias estibalitz....

De nada.

A mi me gusta mucho el arroz con gandules, una comida puertoriqueña que cocina mi esposa - que rico!

Te quisiera hacer una pregunta en cuanto a unas expresiones familiares y su gramática (y ortografía). Cómo se llama la "marca" sobre la e, en la frase --qué rico!-- La marca que se le pone = tilde o acento? Posdata: Sometimes, there are foods that English-speaking people eat that are very "rich" (with many calories and a lot of flavor). When eating "cheesecake" (also written cheese-cake), for example, it is not uncommon to hear the phrase "How rich!" En esas ocasiones, puedo ver que la frase Qué rico! se traduce en sentido literal, entre los dos idiomas. (This is just something interesting to note).

cantinflas, la verdad es que sí, es muy interesante tu comentario sobre "how rich", gracias. La marca que se pone sobre algunas palabras de puede llamar "tilde" o "acento", son sinónimos.

¡Gracías para esta leccíon! Qué bueno.

Hola. Esta leccion es muy bien. Estoy aprendido mucho cada tiempo listarlo. Digame unas "mistakes" hago cuando escribiendo, pro favor. Sinceramente, Monica

my favorite lesson so far. "yummmm" just cracks me up. :)

mpoole Some corrections. Hola. Esta leccion es muy BUENA (buena is an adjective and you use it with the verb "ser". Estoy aprendiENdo mucho cada tiempo listarlo. Digame (CUANDO ESCRIBO CON ERRORES POR FAVOR) unas "mistakes" hago cuando escribiendo, pro favor.

A student of mine noted that Liliana pronounces "huele" differently from JP. She uses a G sound. Could you help me to explain this to my discerning pupil!

easemac, ha ha, nothing gets by your pupil! Liliana is Mexican; she pronounces "huele" with a light /g/ sound at the beginning. Esti (from Spain) reports the same pronunciation. I am not a native speaker of Spanish, and I don't start that word with a /g/ sound. Maybe it's because I don't see a /g/ written, or maybe it's because ten years ago when I was learning Spanish I hung out with "costeños," who have a different pronunciation. I'm not sure why I don't pronounce it, but I don't! In Latin America, linguists put dialects into two groups: "costal" and "mountain." This has to due with historical issues, related to the colonization of Latin American. Lili and Esti's pronunciation (and Leo's for that matter) pattern as "mountain" dialects, and my pronunciation often patterns after "coastal" dialects. Anyway, tell your student that our different pronunciations are not meaning-bearing; they are just variations. If your pupil is trained in linguistics, tell him/her that the sounds are both allophones of the same phoneme : ) Great question!

Thanks JP for that detailed response. My student doesn't have any training in linguistics (he's only 12 years old), but I do see a bright future for him. I had always heard this word "huele" pronounced the way you do, in fact. Unlike other words with two possible phoneme pronunciations ("agua", "guapo", "guacamole", etc), "huele" is simply not written with a "gu", que yo sepa..... In any case, thanks for keeping us all sharp!

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Very intersting to read about the two variations of dialect costal vs moutain I have heard those words both ways too with a light g sound as well as the w sound did not know why the difference gracias

Estoy confundida. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre decir la hamburguesa es rica y la hamburguesa está rica.

Las besos de mi esposa esta que rico!!! y ella gusta a escuchar cuando me lo susurro. (I probably said that wrong...I hope the idea comes through) ~Russ

¡Qué buena lección! Me gusta muchísimo. No sabía que Esti y Leo pueden hablar tan sensualmente. :) La discusión de JP and Lili me recuerda de una escena muy sensual de la peli "La Mujer De Mi Hermano" en la que uno de los protagonistas dice "¡Qué rico, mi amor, qué rico!". :)

What a great lesson! I like it very much. I didn't know that Esti and Leo could talk that sensually. The discussion of JP and Lili reminds me of a scene in the movie "My Brother's Wife" in which one of the main characters says "¡Qué rico, mi amor, qué rico!".

Russ: Creo que es mejor decir "¡Los besos de mi esposa están tan ricos! Y a ella le gusta escuchar cuando se lo susurro." 

Russ: I think it is better to say "The kisses of my wife are so delicious! And she likes to hear it when I whisper this to her."

Hola

Se puede decir ¿  "¡ Que rico nadar !" o "¡ Que rica la natacion !" ?

 

gracias