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lonche is lunch (midday meal)

El due�o del burro es el filosofo llamado Juan Burid�n. (How do you map on the keyboard the accent to go in the other direction?)
El burro tiene avena y agua.
El burro no come porque no sabe que decidir si comer or beber.

I can't seem grasp the placing of the subject and verb. It is backwards compared to english. Any good books available to help with this?

The subject and the verb are similar to English; however, the adjective follows the noun. Frequently, a pronoun is omitted in the sentence when it is the subject.

You may be able to find a used Spanish text book at a Friends of the Library book sale or at a yard sale.

Hello Angie and everybody:

First, my apologies, as I've been "a little bit ill" and didn't have strengh to even sit down and take a look at this forum. But... I'm back! <img src="/images/graemlins/rolling.gif" alt="" />

Ok, Angie, so you meant (a lot of time ago!!) "lunch". This is what we call in Spanish "almuerzo" or "comida".

I guess... Would you be able to post again your sentence? yes? Please! ;-)

Hola Angie,

In order to to type Spanish accents, you can visit this link, I think it's quite complete, as it explains how to do it, depending on you Operating System:

How to Type Accented Characters

Ok, now, your answers look so good! Just something: your last answer says: no sabe que decidir si comer or beber. . I suppose you didn't notice it, but it is "o" not "or". The rest is correct!

Go on this way!

Hola Gerg!

Ok, the answer Angie posted is very good; As she said, the placing of both, subject and verb, is the same in both languages. But Angie was also right when she wrote that the adjective does not work the same way: in Spanish, the adjective is placed after the noun, but in English not.

i.e.: El libro [color:"red"]rojo[/color] / The [color:"red"]red [/color]book.

The only exception, in Spanish, is in poetry / literature:

El [color:"blue"] azul [/color] mar / The blue [color:"blue"]sea[/color].

You can read more about this here:

Spanish adjectives

Hope this helps!

domingo - 22 mayo

Hoy es un dia lindo. Mia amiga e yo andamos durante comida. Andamos un kil�metro.

Angie

lunes - 23 de mayo de 2005.

Good, Angie!

But let me tell you... ;-)

It is "mi amiga" not "mia amiga", as the word "mia" is "mine". It is as if you said: "mine friend and...".

Another question is "e" in "mia amiga e yo"; note that the Spanish conjuction for "and" is "y", so it would be:

"Mi amiga y yo..."

We use "e" instead of "y" when the following word starts with an "i" sound.

i.e.: "aguja e hilo".

Finally, I'd say "durante la comida" (including the article "la").

Ah! One more thing! The preterite tense for the verb "andar" (to walk) is irregular, so it is:

"Anduvimos un kil�metro".

(Great for the accent, in "kil�metro"!!)

Well, as you said, I got the accent right <G>

I'm dense about the mia and mi and the e and y - something to work on. I'll have to write the sentence a dozen times to practice (like I did as a child in school when you misspelled a word).