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  1. dmoney101 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zahra2008 View Post
    no me digas que me calle....
    couldn't you also say, no me digas callarme?
     
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    Zahra2008 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by dmoney101 View Post
    couldn't you also say, no me digas callarme?
    nope that sentence is not correct in Spanish

    but you can also say... no me digas callate
    the first love is gone ... am waiting for the last one!!
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zahra2008 View Post
    Karla or Carla, is the femenine of Carlos = Charles in English, and yes darling it is foreign, almost the 99% of our names are... Spanish, English, French, Russians, ect...

    a few "mexicans" names that I know are:

    Citlalli
    Xotchil
    Cuahtemoc

    xotchil... i think diego luna had that name in "y tu mama tambien" or was it the other guy??? gael garcia bernal?

    i've always loved that name! wasnt aware that citlalli was mexican, now that explains our friends nick here...
    and cuahtemoc, never heard off
     
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    Zahra2008 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by BAGurl View Post
    xotchil... i think diego luna had that name in "y tu mama tambien" or was it the other guy??? gael garcia bernal?

    i've always loved that name! wasnt aware that citlalli was mexican, now that explains our friends nick here...
    and cuahtemoc, never heard off
    well, Xochitl is female name.... so I dont think Diego or Gael, used on the movie!! ........
    the first love is gone ... am waiting for the last one!!
     
  5. dmoney101 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zahra2008 View Post
    nope that sentence is not correct in Spanish

    but you can also say... no me digas callate
    can you explain the difference between querer and querer que? i don't know when to use querer que and what tense it's supposed to be in
     
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    citlalli said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zahra2008 View Post
    Karla or Carla, is the femenine of Carlos = Charles in English, and yes darling it is foreign, almost the 99% of our names are... Spanish, English, French, Russians, ect...

    a few "mexicans" names that I know are:

    Citlalli
    Xotchil
    Cuahtemoc
    Hi!

    Tiny spellling corrections:

    Xóchitl
    Cuauhtémoc


    I know other two that are still used nowadays:

    Zazaneli
    Tonatiuh
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    citlalli said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by BAGurl View Post
    xotchil... i think diego luna had that name in "y tu mama tambien" or was it the other guy??? gael garcia bernal?

    i've always loved that name! wasnt aware that citlalli was mexican, now that explains our friends nick here...
    and cuahtemoc, never heard off
    Hi!

    Cuauhtémoc was an aztec warrior in the times when the spaniards arrived and eventually became the last aztec emperor (after Moctezuma and Cuitláhuac). Afterwards, the spaniards tortured him to find out the whereabouts of Moctezuma's gold.

    As for Xóchitl it's like Zahra said: it's only for women.
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    citlalli said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by dmoney101 View Post
    can you explain the difference between querer and querer que? i don't know when to use querer que and what tense it's supposed to be in
    Hi!

    Well as you know "querer"="to want". And "querer que"="to want someone to (do something)".

    Querer que is used mainly in presente and copretérito. For example:

    -Quiero que me digas la verdad ( I want you to tell me the truth).
    -¿Quieres que te ayude? (do you want me to help you?)
    -(Él) quiere que vayamos al cine (he wants us to go to the cinema).
    *Quería que me acompañaras al doctor (I wanted you to come with me to the doctor).
    *(Ella) quería que la ayudara a cocinar (she wanted me to help her cook).
    *(Ellos) Querían que fueramos a la disco (they wanted us to go to the disco).


    I hope it's clear now if not, just say, ok?
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    Loca-por-Ba!le said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zahra2008 View Post
    Karla or Carla, is the femenine of Carlos = Charles in English, and yes darling it is foreign, almost the 99% of our names are... Spanish, English, French, Russians, ect...

    a few "mexicans" names that I know are:

    Citlalli
    Xotchil
    Cuahtemoc
    Shokran Zahra 3ala attawdii7

    But what r these names ?? can't be read !! ... R u sure they r Spanish ?! or they r 4 MeXicans but not Spanish ?!
     
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    Loca-por-Ba!le said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by citlalli View Post
    Hi!

    Well as you know "querer"="to want". And "querer que"="to want someone to (do something)".

    Querer que is used mainly in presente and copretérito. For example:

    -Quiero que me digas la verdad ( I want you to tell me the truth).
    -¿Quieres que te ayude? (do you want me to help you?)
    -(Él) quiere que vayamos al cine (he wants us to go to the cinema).
    *Quería que me acompañaras al doctor (I wanted you to come with me to the doctor).
    *(Ella) quería que la ayudara a cocinar (she wanted me to help her cook).
    *(Ellos) Querían que fueramos a la disco (they wanted us to go to the disco).


    I hope it's clear now if not, just say, ok?
    "Subjuntivo" again !! .. and again!

    ok, that's bcoz u have grammer more difficult ... >> so اشربوا بقه

    *ThanX 4 ur effort
     
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    citlalli said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loca-por-Ba!le View Post
    Shokran Zahra 3ala attawdii7

    But what r these names ?? can't be read !! ... R u sure they r Spanish ?! or they r 4 MeXicans but not Spanish ?!
    I know I'm not Zahra but I'll answer all the same coz I'm mexican too

    Those names are mexican pre-columbian. Strictly speaking anyone can use them, but I reckon only we mexicans use them really and even amongst us they are not that common.

    Understood?
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    citlalli said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loca-por-Ba!le View Post
    "Subjuntivo" again !! .. and again!

    ok, that's bcoz u have grammer more difficult ... >> so اشربوا بقه

    *ThanX 4 ur effort
    Yes! subjuntivo otra vez so you'd better learn this tense well ya bint

    Y ya no te quejes, que la gramática árabe no es exactamente pan comido* tampoco

    *pan comido is a expression which means سهل جدا جدا جدا

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  13. dmoney101 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by citlalli View Post
    Hi!

    Well as you know "querer"="to want". And "querer que"="to want someone to (do something)".

    Querer que is used mainly in presente and copretérito. For example:

    -Quiero que me digas la verdad ( I want you to tell me the truth).
    -¿Quieres que te ayude? (do you want me to help you?)
    -(Él) quiere que vayamos al cine (he wants us to go to the cinema).
    *Quería que me acompañaras al doctor (I wanted you to come with me to the doctor).
    *(Ella) quería que la ayudara a cocinar (she wanted me to help her cook).
    *(Ellos) Querían que fueramos a la disco (they wanted us to go to the disco).


    I hope it's clear now if not, just say, ok?
    well i never learned that querer que is to want someone to do something jaja. i gotta learn the subjunctive because i heard that more than almost anything (other than the standard present tense)
     
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    citlalli said:

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    really??? i would have sworn xóchitl was a masc name... well, anyways... uds son las expertas!!!

     
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    Zahra2008 said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by citlalli View Post
    I know I'm not Zahra but I'll answer all the same coz I'm mexican too

    Those names are mexican pre-columbian. Strictly speaking anyone can use them, but I reckon only we mexicans use them really and even amongst us they are not that common.

    Understood?
    thanxs for answer darling.... mexicans stick together!!
    the first love is gone ... am waiting for the last one!!
     
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    Loca-por-Ba!le said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by citlalli View Post
    I know I'm not Zahra but I'll answer all the same coz I'm mexican too

    Those names are mexican pre-columbian. Strictly speaking anyone can use them, but I reckon only we mexicans use them really and even amongst us they are not that common.

    Understood?
    hahahaah Yes, I understood.

    ThanX

    Las responderé, tu y Zahra in Chit Chat
     
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    citlalli said:

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    Buenos días nena

    Les responderé a ti y a Zahra....
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    Quote Originally Posted by citlalli View Post
    Buenos días nena

    Les responderé a ti y a Zahra....
    Buenos dias

    heeieieh !!! X q les ?? No son mujeres ??
     
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    citlalli said:

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    Claro que somos mujeres pero el verbo responder lleva objeto indirecto: responder a
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