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| bio | website | utahbrian.com |
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| location | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | Oct 27 '12 at 16:28 | |
| stats | profile views | 5 |
I like to write computer programs. I also like backpacking, bike riding, math, natural languages, books, and learning new things.
Utah is the most beautiful place on Earth.
I have ascended characters from every race and class in Nethack.
brian@utahbrian.com
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Nov 22 |
asked | Are there any nouns with irregular plurals in Spanish? |
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Nov 22 |
revised |
Words that mean different things in the preterite imrpoved english |
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Nov 22 |
comment |
“Ser” and “Estar”: Spanish vs. Portuguese Ser in both languages (and Catalan) comes from Latin sum, esse, fui, futurus and estar comes from sto, stare, steti, status. (That status is good for memorizing the difference, if you already speak Latin.) They can diverge any time speakers choose, of course, but they're coming from the same roots. |
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Nov 22 |
revised |
Words that mean different things in the preterite added succeed option |
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Nov 22 |
comment |
Best translation of “just wanted to” Quisiera sounds really polite and gives a lot of softening. Me gustaría is a little less so and less formal sounding. One of those is probably what you want. |
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Nov 22 |
asked | Words that mean different things in the preterite |
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Nov 21 |
answered | ¿Cómo se pronuncia un número de siglo? |
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Nov 21 |
revised |
What is the difference between different ways of expressing desire and intention? apparently antojar in place of antojarse is a Mexicanism and even considered less refined in Mexican speech, tener ganas |
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Nov 21 |
asked | When should you use the preterite or the imperfect to express past time? |
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Nov 20 |
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Does indirect speech in Spanish require changes in tense, mood, etc? made title clearer, cleaned up main text a little. |
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Nov 20 |
revised |
When is “Te quiero” used to mean “I love you?”" one char edit |
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Nov 20 |
revised |
When is “Te quiero” used to mean “I love you?”" Spanglish capitalization rules, what are they? |
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Nov 20 |
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When is “Te quiero” used to mean “I love you?”" more details |
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Nov 20 |
comment |
Question words: “qué” versus “cuál” «¿Cuál es el numero de tu cel?» (Not qué) Because there are only 10,000,000,000 possible numbers, I guess. -- Most usages are simply by convention and you have to memorize them. |
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Nov 20 |
answered | When is “Te quiero” used to mean “I love you?”" |
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Nov 20 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Nov 20 |
comment |
Use of “Que” in “Que todo te vaya bien” Ojalá works the same as que here. |
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Nov 19 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 19 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Nov 19 |
revised |
Matutino and Vespertino updated tags |
