http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:49:42 +0000 c207448@http://metachat.org I'm thinking that the first one maybe makes it sound like the books are only for Spanish speakers? Or am I nuts? http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207448 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:56:12 +0000 c207452@http://metachat.org Para. . .*de* ninos would me BY children. . . http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207452 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:00:56 +0000 c207456@http://metachat.org Okay, so it's 'los libros para ninos en espanol' versus 'los libros en espanol para ninos,' then? http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207456 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:34:13 +0000 c207473@http://metachat.org I think what danf is saying is to leave out the demonstrative pronoun 'de'... is that right danf? but I don't think that's the intent, as these are 'books in Spanish FOR children' not books in Spanish BY children'... am I correct? my 3 years of HS spanish are extremely faulty box but I believe your second example may be (more) correct. damn I know so many good Spanish speakers, but none are at my office.
my 3 years of HS spanish are extremely faulty box but I believe your second example may be (more) correct.

damn I know so many good Spanish speakers, but none are at my office.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207473 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:34:14 +0000 c207474@http://metachat.org (los) libros espaņoles para niņos. The former means "for kids in Spanish," which makes me wonder how a kid got in Spanish. The latter makes more sense, but isn't the way I'd write it. But my Spanish is very rusty and wasn't really ever any good to begin with.
The former means "for kids in Spanish," which makes me wonder how a kid got in Spanish. The latter makes more sense, but isn't the way I'd write it. But my Spanish is very rusty and wasn't really ever any good to begin with.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207474 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:38:56 +0000 c207475@http://metachat.org Indeed, these are books in Spanish FOR children. http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207475 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:11:24 +0000 c207949@http://metachat.org libros para ni~nos en castellano. at least here in chile (i asked a native speaker).
at least here in chile (i asked a native speaker).]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c207949 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:31:02 +0000 c208026@http://metachat.org castellano? Is that the Chilean word for the kind of Spanish that people speak in Spain? http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c208026 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:52:48 +0000 c238965@http://metachat.org oh, sorry i never replied to this. "castellano" is what people call the language that they speak - what we call "spanish" in english. i have never received a completely consistent explanation, and i'm not sure if this is a way of speaking specific to s america, but once i was told that spain has more than one official language (basque must be another, i guess), and so there is no "spanish" language. anyway, nobody i know would say "en espanol" (another possible reason is that s americans don't particularly like the spanish - seen as ex-imperialists - and so want to use a different name for their language...) i don't think your explanation (the name for the language they speak in spain (as opposed to latin america)) is right - people seem to use it for the dialects of spanish (which don't differ that much - only a little more than american/british english) spoken here and in spain.
anyway, nobody i know would say "en espanol" (another possible reason is that s americans don't particularly like the spanish - seen as ex-imperialists - and so want to use a different name for their language...)

i don't think your explanation (the name for the language they speak in spain (as opposed to latin america)) is right - people seem to use it for the dialects of spanish (which don't differ that much - only a little more than american/british english) spoken here and in spain.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2006/10/02/help_me_spanish_speakers#c238965