Comments on: Summer dress

By:

Question of the day:

¿Compran ropa nueva para el verano?

Do you buy new clothes for the summer?

Yo si compro ropa nueva, no mucho solo lo que me necesito o me gusta.

I do buy new clothes, not a lot of it, just things I need or I really like.

By:

Para mi, no. Me gusta mi pantalones cortos, camiseta y "flip flops" viejo. Pero para las mujeres es importante llevar ropas nuevas con colores diferentes.

By:

solo compro ropa nueva cada tercera verano porque no gano mucho

interesting that you wrote "a lot of it" as ropa is singular in spanish and probably maps better to clothing than to clothes.

Grammar jargon is confusing and horrible at the best of times and its only recently and with a lot of effort that i have made any sense of it at all. however, it can can be useful and worth the effort so i feel it important that it be used accurately in lessons.

As I understand things, lo is either the "direct complement" or the "direct object" they are two distinct ways of referring to the same thing. "the complement of the direct object", would be additional information pertaining to said object such as the adjective cheap

By:

To use the word cheap can be offensive because it not only suggest that an item did not cost a lot, but it also suggest that an item is not made well. So in English it would be better to say that "it's inexpensive" rather than cheap. Inexpensive is simply stating that an item didn't cost alot, where as it's not referring to value but just its price. Many people misuse the word cheap, and this causes some to be offended. Moreover, some people deliberately call an item cheap with the intention of being condescending. However, this is not possible with using the word inexpensive

By:

Thanks for the comment. I did not know that cheap usually has a bad connotation. In Spanish BARATO can be used as offensive, depending on the context, but it usually means inexpensive.

As I also said in the podcast Latino culture usually talks about prices and money without being offended. So in Spanish you can use it without any problem. Spanish is sooo easy hahaha

By:

You are right DONPERIGO I used cloths at IT thinking in Spanish (la ropa). What is the correct English?

By:

Es cierto los hombres son felices con sandalias, shorts y camisas durante el verano. Para algunas mujeres es algo mas complicado porque te gusta usar shorts, mini faldas, falda largo, vestido corto, o largo. Muuuuchas opciones! jejejeje

By:

¿Cuál verano? Donde vivo solemos decir que hay cuatro estaciones: casi invierno, invierno, todavía invierno y construcción de carreteras, jaja.

By:

Lucie,¡qué cómico tu comentario! Es cierto,hay lugares en donde nunca hay verano.¿Dónde vives tú?

By:

En ingles le dependa más en el contexto tambien. Si te dices en sorpresa, "Wow, that is really cheap!" o "I need a cheap alternative" no es negativo. Pero al otra vez dices, "Bring out the cheap wine, after everybody has had a few glasses." o "This is a cheap imitation." es negativo. Y tambien en frases como: "That was a cheap shot" o "cheap trick" es muy negativo. Jacobjudah tiene razón, "inexpensive" le ser correcto si no te darías dudas para lo que querer decir.

By:

Yenny, qué bueno que te gustó :) Vivo en Wisconsin o Minnesota, dependiendo de la época del año (estados no tan lejos de Canadá). ¡Aquí en invierno se te congela hasta la risa!

By:

Hi Lili

You can say "I do buy some new clothes, not a lot, just things I need or really like."

By:

Gracias guapa!

By:

Oye Amigos,

Try this, here is a very short article "out in the wild" as Jp used to say.

It is about a fashion designer that is now trying to sell some self portraits of himself.

What kind of clothes would you buy from him?

Where is he from?

Where is the gallery?

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estilos/66528.html

Lucie,

¿A donde eres? Estamos en Elk River.

It's pretty nice now, (save for the tornados that ripped through the state last night and killed several people) but you are right about the seasons joke. We only have two seasons here, Snow removal, and street repair.

That one is easy to translate.

The one I have trouble with is.

Here in Minnesota we just have Winter and a few weeks of tough sledding.

By:

Hmm, eso sí es un poquito más difícil. Yo diría "aquí en Minnesota sólo tenemos invierno...y unas semanas cuando es algo difícil pasear en trineo".

By:

Yo si compro ropa nueva,

By:

Me llamo Marioi y soy maltes. Estoy estudiando espanol sei meses antes. Yo si compra ropa en el fin de verano

By:

Hola Mario

Mucho gusto! Saludos

By:

¡Uy! Sí es muy frío por allá arriba.Así decimos los cubanos en Miami para referirnos a los Estados del Norte.

By:

¿Así? Muy interesante, es como decir "up north" en inglés. ¿Me pregunto si existe el opuesto? o sea, en inglés podemos decir "down south" también.

By:

Sí,cómo no,también decimos ¨ por allá abajo¨ para expresar lo opuesto de ¨allá arriba¨. Estas frases se usan para expresar ubicación,pero de una manera muy general,o sea sin expresar el nombre del lugar.

By:

or.. I do buy new clothing, not a lot of it, just what I need or really like. :-)

no he comprado nada este año. :-(

By:

Gracias, Yenny! Saludos desde aquí arriba, entonces :)

By:

¡Saluditos! Lucie-manette. ;)

By:

Sí compro vestido nuevo para el verano. Es rojo y amarillo. Me gusta mucho.

By:

Hola Lillianamata

De donde eres? Me interesa mucho el paises latino americanos y hispanicos pero no habia nada en esto locales. Espero en el futuro

By:

Hola soy de México.

Pon fotos de Malta!

By:

Hola liliannamata

Que tal? Se escribi en google Malta photos encarga muchos fotos. Malta es un isla en el mar mediteraneo