Thoughts on the Spanish Language

Stormtroper · 2026-01-08 08:32:39

Latter (assuming we're talking about brushing one's own teeth).

glennmagusharvey · 2026-01-12 17:40:05

hoy aprendí

"fracaso épico"

(de acuerdo con Wiktionary)

glennmagusharvey · 2026-05-05 01:28:17

constructions to figure out:

"NO CONSIGO CREER QUE ENTENDI ESO"

Google Translate: "I can't believe (that) I understood that"

the last four words make sense, but the verb "conseguir" is new to me, both in general and in how it's used here

Stormtroper · 2026-05-05 12:40:53

It's "conseguir" (lit. "find") meaning to attain/achieve something, specially after a long time. Literally it would be something like "I don't manage to believe that I understood that".

glennmagusharvey · 2026-05-07 02:57:04

FWIW that is a comment on this classic video:

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(unrelated)

https://mundobytes.com/en/Dosbox-emulation-configuration-and-tricks/

I suspect this page was machine-translated from Spanish to English.

How to install and launch games in DOSBox step by step

Mount the folder as drive C:
mount c c:\juegos
Switch to mounted drive:
c:
List the contents:
dir
Enter the game folder:
cd nombredeljuego
Find the executable (usually .exe, .bat or .com):
dir
Launch the game with your name:
juego o juego.exe

To run a game, you usually just need to type the name of the executable file (.exe, .com o .bat) and press Intro. For example: uterine out.exe or simply out if there is no other file with the same name but different extension.

and the best part:

cd – Change directory. Example: cd juegos takes you inside the “games” folder. Use cd.. to go up a level.
dir – Lists the files and folders in the current directory.
md – Create a new directory.
rd – Deletes an empty directory.
of the – Delete files. Be careful, there is no trash can!
copy – Copy files.
move – Move files.
exit – Exit the DOSBox emulator.

glennmagusharvey · 2026-05-07 13:55:51

glennmagusharvey · 2026-05-25 19:08:57

What is the normal way to express actions on a list in Spanish?

For example:

* go to school
* do homework
* play sports

Is the verb form the infinitive ("to go to school"), or an imperative form ("Go to school!") or first-person indicative form ("I/we (will/plan to) go to school") depending on the audience?

I've seen the infinitive form used on some signs telling people to do certain things, e.g. "no fumar", for "no smoking", even though that seems like a translation back to English would be "to not smoke", while the English sign seems to imply an imperative voice, "don't smoke". So my current assumption is that the infinitive form is used. Is this correct?

Stormtroper · 2026-05-26 02:04:53

it depends, it's not different from first person, second person or some other thing while expressing actions outside a list; if it's something like instructions intended for yourself, infinitive (first or second person or imperative are the equivalent of speaking to yourself); if it's instructions in general it could be second person or infinitive; if it's detailing your actions to someone it could be first person or infinitive. You'll notice infinitive is never wrong, I'd say it's the most common in any circumstance.

For things like signs, I'd guess infinitive is more common, but at any rate both infinitive and imperative ("no fume") are correct and natural.

glennmagusharvey · 2026-05-26 19:44:13

*escribe "comprar los juegos" en lista de tareas*
*no ve "jogar los juegos"*

NO TENGO TIEMPO PARA JOGAR LOS JUEGOS Y (¿pero? lol) TENGO RABIA

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