QUOTE (Jamesito @ Mar 1 2008, 05:43 PM)
- Shellshock1911
Hey Shellshock,
good question here, your use of "solo" is correct here in terms of I just want one or I only want one "Solo quiero uno-a" in your second frase "Why don´t you just give up", that´s more difficult as the article or context of the sentence is not clear...
In Spanish to English translation the frist aspect you will want to know is the context of the sentence.
If you said to me "Why don´t you just give up Smoking!" my translation would be "Porque no dejas de fumar!" I woulden´t say "just" in the sentence as it is kind of implied. The major issue here is the usage of "just", in your first sentence you need it, for example if you only wanted one of something "Yo quiero uno" is fine gramatically but "Solo quiero uno" sounds more afirmative.
In transaltion, the best transaltion are those which don´t stick 100% word to word to the orginal english but maintain the clarity and meaning of the sentence.
Hope this has helped out my friend, Buena Suerte!
Jamesito
By the way if any spanish speaker wants to correct me, PM me! and i will wdit the postrather than quotes and repeat posts, Thanks guys
Thx I see now. So when I say "I want only one," I would say "Solo quiero uno?" Right. Instead of "Quiero solo uno?" Since the first literally means "Only I want one" and the second means "I want only one," which is what I am going for. Is the first correct or are they both correct?
And a thing I think is stupid about Spanish classes is they tell you that "Como te llamas," means "What is your name?" What they don't tell you is that it actally means "What do you call yourself?" Right? One of the main things I am getting ready to work on is pronoun placement, I know they go before the verb and all but over the next couple weeks I'll probably be asking some questions on them.
Of course right now I am working on past-tense verbs and soon as I get good with them I will go to pronouns and then future tense verbs, if this isn't too fast. My Spanish classes in school are great for teaching words but are kind of weak on the grammar aspect of Spanish, so that is mainly what I study at home.
Thx again for your help.
EDIT: Oh yes one more question that I am eager to have answered. What is the Spanish equivalent of "Hey," "Bye," and "OK?"
I know that Hello is Hola, Goodbye is Adios, etc, but for some reason I don't see those words being used commonly, because they aren't commonly used in English whereas, "Hey," and "Bye," are used much more.
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This post has been edited by shellshock1911: Mar 1 2008, 05:54 PM