In today's lesson we're learning how to act like a gentlemen by offering someone our seat. Surprise people by adding some polite phrases to your Spanish.
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Question of the day:
Do you consider yourself a gentleman?
Question to the ladies:
Do you like chivalrous men?
Let us hear your honest opinion.
What can I say, I come from a culture where men are very gentlemanly. I really like it. As always in moderation.
En Guanajuato, donde yo vivo, hay un gran problema con la gente cuando no presenten sus asientos de autobús a los ancianos, los discapacitados o las mujeres embarazadas o con bebés. De hecho, el problema es tan grande, tienen que tener anuncios de servicio público en la televisión para tratar de educar a los mexicanos para ofrecer sus asientos de autobús a las personas necesitadas. La gente parece dar sus asientos a las personas con quienes están familiarizados, pero en general no se levanta para nadie.
En inglés se dice 'ladies and gentlemen'; pues en español, no será 'damas y caballeros'?
Es decir, dama equivale a caballero... ¿o me equivoco?
In the dialogue Marco comments that estar is used with an adjective. I didn't know that. What is the rule?
Hola rj2475!
The general rule is that you use 'estar' to talk about temporary or transient states: estar cansado, estar enojado, estar feliz (to be tired, angry, happy)
And you use 'ser' to talk about more lasting states: ser americano, ser bajo, ser inteligente (to be American, short, intelligent).
As always, there are some exceptions: estar muerto (to be dead), for example.
And there are some adjectives that change meaning depending on whether they are used with 'ser' or 'estar'"
El muchacho es aburrido = The boy is boring.
El muchacho está aburrido = The boy is bored.
A mí me gusta que te abran la puerta, que te retiren la silla, todo eso :-)
.....Y que me ayuden a cargar algo pesado también.
Hola,
En la frase 'Trae muchas bolsas.'(You are carrying a lot of bags.).....¿Se puede decir también 'Lleva muchas bolsas.' o 'Carga muchas bolsas.'?
Gracias por tu respuesta...
Si puedes decir ambas. Las dos son correctas.
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Lots of love
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