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Where were you on the night of? Don't be a wise guy... Studying with SpanishPod? Good alibi... Otherwise, you're not getting off so easy! Today in the big podcast we're talking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In the lesson, learn to solicit details and claim ignorance.

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anbarfa says

Hola

no te hagas de rogar

The trouble I have with the above sentence is that it doesn't have a "me" in it

Put differently if " no te hagas de rogar " means don't make me beg then how do you say don't make him beg

Can someone help?

Gracias

February 25, 2009 from the Web.
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liyahliyah says

La pregunta del día:

¿Hay algo en la vida que te gustaria aprender/ entender mejor?

A mí me gustaria entender el cálculo. De niña tenia profesores malos...

Is there anything you would like to know better?

I would like to learn calculus. I had really bad teachers as a kid.

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

anbarfa, I didn't go into this in the lesson... the actual Spanish does not not name a victim of begging-causing.  The "me" or "him" is not explicit.  A closer translation in English might be, "don't cause begging" or "do go causing begging to occur."

In that case, the Spanish is actually ambiguous, you can use it with any victim in mind, including "me," "him," "her," "them," etc.  Hope that helps! :)  

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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cutthatcity says
Thanks for that explanation jp. Makes sense to me now.
February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

Todavía no he escuchado la lección, pero ya tengo un comentario: la mujer en la foto lleva gafas muy típicos de españoles, ¿no? Siempre que veo mujeres con gafas de eso tipo aquí en Alemania, puedo ser casi seguro que ellas hablan español. :)

I haven't listened to the lesson yet, but I have already a comment: the woman on the photo wears glasses, which are very tipical for Spanish people, doesn't she? Whenever I see women with glasses of this type here in Germany, I can be almost sure that they speak Spanish. :)

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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anbarfa says

jpvillanueva

Thanks. It is clear now

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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missworldtraveler says
Quiero aprender la horticultura. Algun día me gustaría caminar a través de un parque hermoso y comentar respecto a los varios árboles y flores por nombre.

  I want to learn horticulture.  I would love
  to be able to walk through a beautiful park and
  comment on the various trees and flowers by
  name.

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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juan3402 says

Hola a todas

Quiero hacer una pregunta. Sobre la linea ultima de éste dialogo.

los actores dijeron "no te hagas a rogar."

en ves de éste se podria decir no me hagas a rogar.

Tambien seria correcto?

y agradesco ante mano por sus respuesta.

                  Juan3402

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

utilizaría esta misma  estructura para decir otras cosas  también o es sólo con rogar? 

would you use this same structure to say other things also or is it just with "rogar"?

 

 

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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martinillo says

kikuyu: Según el diccionario de la lengua española, la estructura siempre incluye el verbo "rogar":

hacerse alguien de rogar.

1. loc. verb. No acceder a lo que otro pide hasta que se lo ha rogado con instancia.

 

Entonces una traducción de "no te hagas de rogar" puede ser "don't make yourself someone of begging = someone who requires begging".

kikuyu: According to the diccionario de la lengua española, the structure always includes the verb "rogar" (to beg, to ask for):

to make oneself someone of begging. 1. phrase. Not to accede to what someone else asks for until one begs for it with pressure.

 

Thus, a translation of "no te hagas de rogar" could be "don't make yourself someone of begging = someone who requires begging".

juan3402: Creo que la forma correcta es "no me hagas rogar" con el significado numero 32 en dicho diccionario:

32. tr. Obligar a que se ejecute la acción significada por el verbo de la perífrasis. Le hizo venir Hizo que nos fuésemos

juan3402: I think the correct form is "no me hagas rogar" with the meaning number 32 in said dictionary:

32. transitive verb. To oblige someone to perform the action specified by the verb of the periphrasis. He made him come. He made us leave.

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

Martinillo, muchas muchas gracias por tu explicación!  Ahora es muy claro!

February 26, 2009 from the Web.
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rachaelt says

Solamente quiero puedo entender y hablar español mejor!

February 27, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

rachelt

as do we all :-)

Im pretty sure you can leave poder in the infinitive here. 

I want (to be able)

I vaguely recall learning something along the lines of "when two verbs go a walkin the first one does the talkin" or as JP so astutely pointed out here, just conjugate the verbs that you would in english

granted, you have 3 verbs in a row here which is always a bit of a mouthful in any language :-)

February 27, 2009 from the Web.
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rachaelt says

Gracias donperigo.  Me gusta mucha el dicho, muy fácil acordarse.

February 27, 2009 from the Web.
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marti says

 

Se usa el verbo contar en vez de decir...  i.e. dime lo que pasó... ¿por qué?  tal vez son iguales y es asunto de lo que le gusta...  en cuanto a mi contar insinúa que haya un cuento largo....

Why contar instead of decir...  i.e. dimel lo que pasó...  perhaps it is a matter of choice...  to me contar implies that there might be a long story to tell...

 

March 8, 2009 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Marti

Contar can be used to ask someone to tell you what happened in more detail. So it is a matter of preferance.

  • Cuéntame lo que paso.
  • Dime lo que paso.

Both are the same.

March 12, 2009 from the Web.
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anstruther says

Primero, haré el desafío...

Hay muchas cosas que me gustaría aprender mejor - español, historia y matemáticas por ejemplo.  Afortunadamente actualmente se puede usar la red (además de libros, por supuesto) para ayudar aprender los primeros dos.  El tercero es desesperado.

First I'll do the challenge...

There are many things that I would like to understand better - Spanish, history, mathematics for example.  Fortunately these days one can use the net (in addition to books, of course) to help learn the first two.  The third is hopeless.

 

August 8, 2009 from the Web.
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anstruther says

Entonces dos preguntas...

De donde consigues las photos usado por los lecciónes?  Tienes un rebaño de modelos esperando? 

(He usado singular de la segunda persona porque creo que la plural de la segunda persona no se utiliza en america latina.  ¿Tengo razón?)

Y...

En la extensión hay las frases "¿Por qué te haces de rogar?" y "No te hagas de rogar."  ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre las palabras "haces" y "hagas"?

Then two questions...

Where do you get the photos for the lessons from?  Do you have a team of models standing by?

(I used 2nd person singular because I believe 2nd person plural is not used in Latin America.  Am I right?)

And...

In the expansion are the two phrases... What is the difference between the words "haces" and "hagas"

(i.e. how does choosing one word or another affect the meaning).

August 8, 2009 from the Web.
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donperigo says

anstruther

¡No te hagas de rogar! Don't make me beg you.

Is an informal negative command which requires the subjunctive verb form wheras

¿por qué te haces de rogar? Why do you make me beg?

is a straightforward informal present tense question, all done with intonation and punctuation.

August 9, 2009 from the Web.
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anstruther says

Ahhh, veo.  ¡Muchisimas gracias!

August 9, 2009 from the Web.

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