[ola] Re: Grammar Question!
- From: Andrew Van Wagenen <andrewvanwagenen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:23:27 -0700
I feel that with English as our L1 we like to translate "me gusta" as "I
like", So saying, "I like Alma" or "me gusta Alma" in that word order
sounds normal. But really, "Alma me gusta" or "Alma pleases me" works just
fine as well. Just a theory.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:00 PM, JoAnna Coleman <joannac@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> To me it sounds right to say "Me cae bien Javier" and "Javier me cae
> bien" whereas "Me gusta Alma" sounds better than "Alma me gusta"
>
>
> JoAnna Coleman
> Spanish Teacher
> Wilson High School
> 503-916-5280 ext. 75231
> joannac@xxxxxxx
> http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/
>
>
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
> Antonio Torres <antonio_torres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 24, 2014 12:46 PM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: Grammar Question!
>
> Well, sometimes languages have certain idiomatic expressions that you
> just can't explain:)---it is the way it is...and we have to learn them and
> not worry too much about the why:) (Me cae bien...is one of those
> expressions)---If we were to translate this expression it would sound like:
> ..to me falls well Javier!
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Martin Kathryn <kmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> You could put the subject EITHER place and it would still be
>> grammatically correct. (As far as I know =))
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>> Behalf Of *Tess Siemer
>>
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 24, 2014 12:11 PM
>> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [ola] Grammar Question!
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> So, in my 3/4 class yesterday we were talking about a common speech error
>> and I couldn't explain the "why" to them other than it sounding correct or
>> incorrect and I told them I would try to find out...
>>
>> Here are our two sentences - we began by talking about the difference in
>> saying "me cae bien" and "me gusta" when talking about someone:
>> Javier me cae bien.
>>
>> Me gusta Alma.
>>
>> They want to know why the person's name comes first in the first example
>> and second in the second example, grammatically. Any answers out there?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tess
>>
>
>
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*Andrew Van Wagenen*
Profesor de Español
Department of World Languages
Corner Canyon High School
andrew.vanwagenen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
andrewvanwagenen.blogspot.com
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