Sorry, I missed a couple of days

Word: la clase
Pronunciation: CLAH-seh
Meaning: class (as in a category or type), class (as in a school)
Example: Las clases privadas pueden también combinarse con otros cursos.
Translation: The private classes can also be done in combination with other courses.

Es no problema, profesor. :)

La Ciudad de México


Word: la ciudad
Pronunciation: syoo-THATH (Each d here is pronounced somewhat like the "th" in "though.")
Meaning: city, town, complex of buildings
Example: La Ciudad de México es el Distrito Federal, capital de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Translation: Mexico City is the Federal District, capital of Mexico.

Shane: I am still waiting on your commentary in regards to the word Zapato....(as we disagree)...Years ago I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Bernalillo County Headquarters doing some Conference Trust business when I heard a clerk speaking Spanish. She said something about "La problema".....I said, "Whoa, I may be just a dumb gringo but even I know that it is "el" problema." "No", she said, "It is problem-a, ends in A so it must be la problema"
When I insisted she called for the resident "expert" who assured me that I was wrong. I advised him that he should look it up in the dictionary and made my departure ( being out-gunned and out- classed). You might also mention that a common "Yankee" fault in speaking Spanish is the "too-hard " use of the letter "D"... I was preaching in Chile one time and asked the question "Que significa la palabra todo"? ( What is the significance of the word "all"?) Instead of Todo they heard Toro...(bull)... Someone at the back of the church went "Moo".... Regards, Don

Yeah, there are some masculine words that end in "a", like "dia". There are always some exceptions to the rule in languages that one must memorize

I found it interesting that it is "buenos dias" but "buenas noches"

But at least that is better than the example I heard in a restaurant once. The girl said, "Buenos nachos" for Goodnight

I addressed this in post #122810

Spanish is spoken differently by different groups of people. Even within Mexico those in the north speak differently than those in the capital. It is similar to differences in English. In the United States the word bloke is not used. In England a man that is pi--ed is drunk and in the US he is angry. In Spanish such examples are even more plentiful.

Vulgar language especially varies in Spanish and makes it difficult for some preachers. Some words are are completely nonoffensive in some areas and are completely vulgar in other areas.

In the United States the Spanish that is spoken is sometimes called "spanglish" or in Texas "Tex-Mex" This involves the mixing of the two languages. A truck in Spanish is "camion" but in spanglish is "truca". And there are several other examples. Many Spanish speakers raised in the United States actually learn the spanglish as their first language and can neither speak English or Spanish correctly. I work with many in that category on a daily basis.

Being without the Internet at home will prevent me from posting on the weekends. We should be connected again by next week at the latest.



Word: el animal
Pronunciation: ah-nee-MAHL (Note that the L of Spanish is pronounced like the first "l" in "little," not the second one.)
Meaning: animal
Example: Un zoológico es un lugar donde los animales salvajes son cuidados y exhibidos al público.
Translation: A zoo is a place where wild animals are cared for and exhibited to the public.
Warning: As in English, the word animal can be used to refer to a brutish person. In that case, use el animal to refer to a male person, la animal to refer to a female one. When referring to nonhuman animals, the masculine form is always used.

Word: matar
Pronunciation: mah-TAHR (Note that the Spanish r here is pronounced with a tap of the tongue against the front of the palate.)
Meaning: to kill
Example: La policía busca a las personas que mataron a una mujer en su casa.
Translation: The police are looking for the persons who killed a women in her home.

In the Spanish Bible, the shortest verse is the Commandment not to kill. "No mates" Exodo 20:13

Word: la paz
Pronunciation: pahss in most of Latin America, pahth in most of Spain (Note that in Spain the z in this word ir pronounced much like the "th" in "thin.")
Meaning: peace, peacefulness
Example: Paz en la Tierra a los hombres de buena voluntad.
Translation: Peace on Earth to men of good will.

SHANE

what are the words "left" "right" "turn"
like in giving directions

just wordering

dgrimm60