Learning Español

[Tora]

In my selfguidebook it was written

El Domingso es el primer dia de la semana.

Is it true?? as in russia monday is to be el primer!

In Spain, Monday is the first day of the week too.

that course it worked out and practised in US and by US

there is a dialog that contents this fraze (don't remeber word to word and have no tildas )

para nosotros es mas facil aprender espanol que para ustedes ingles...

I find it a bit rude and impolite (the dialog supposed to happen in US if I'm not mistaken)

[Dixie]

para nosotros es mas facil aprender espanol que para ustedes ingles...

I find it a bit rude and impolite (the dialog supposed to happen in US if I'm not mistaken)

LOL!!!!! I don't know about English speakers, but Spaniards in general are really bad at speaking English...

[Tora]

para nosotros es mas facil aprender espanol que para ustedes ingles...

I find it a bit rude and impolite (the dialog supposed to happen in US if I'm not mistaken)

LOL!!!!! I don't know about English speakers, but Spaniards in general are really bad at speaking English...

I still wish to meet a couple of exceptions in the further future

[Dixie]

I still wish to meet a couple of exceptions in the further future

Well yes of course there are exceptions, I was talking in general... I had a professor in college whom I mistook for a native at first. On the first day, he entered the room with his baggy trousers, a can of coke, and a pencil on his ear. He spoke really good American English and I was so sure he was from the States... It was a shock when I discovered he was in fact from Andalucia, Southern Spain!

[Tora]

I still wish to meet a couple of exceptions in the further future

Well yes of course there are exceptions, I was talking in general... I had a professor in college whom I mistook for a native at first. On the first day, he entered the room with his baggy trousers, a can of coke, and a pencil on his ear. He spoke really good American English and I was so sure he was from the States... It was a shock when I discovered he was in fact from Andalucia, Southern Spain!

Lucky you! all that college professors... oooh... I envy your learning experience

actually I was talking about you and Elba - people I need to listen to! (spaniards)

[Elba]

Meeeeeeee????

Who is talking about me?????

Tooooraaaaaaa! nice to hear about you again, and about your interest in learning spanish.
I´m not as well as another ec members think in english language. I do, every day, a big effort, but I like English, I love English, I dream in English.
And I like to study too my mother tongue, Spanish.
I like to study grammar.
If you like spanish, you culd visit the web site:

http://www.elcastellano.org

You would enjoy this page.

[Oriani]

Wow!! Thanks ,Dear Elba ,for that nice address about Spanish!!!! . I want people to be interested in our native language also.!

[shokin]

Thank you ! Yo no conocía esta pagina.

Shokin

[Oriani]

Thank you ! Yo no conocía esta pagina.

Shokin

Neither did I!

[Cypress]

In California, there are lots of Spanish names for cities, streets, places, etc. I often wonder what they mean. I tried to translate some of them but not very successfully. Please anyone correct my translations and translate the ones that I couldn’t. Thank you

Yerba buena – good grass, good herb???

Salinas - something related to salt???

Monterey – mountain king???

El Camino – the road

Del Paso – something belonging to a route (way)???

Novato – newcomer

Vacaville – something related to a cow???

Manteca - ???

Modesto – modest

Sonora – rich???

Tres Pinos – three pines

Palo Alto – tall wood???

Milpitas – thousand cactuses???

Fresno - ???

Dos Palos – two …???