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Originally Posted by krispity6
gracias!
the 'verdad' 's i don't understand, I thought that meant truth... but it's not in the translation. This language is complicated  ... oh and my dictionary says "cobre" means copper..... *confused*
Yes I keep telling him to watch his spelling, I'm not good enough for that yet!  .. I understood most of the words but had no idea what he meant overall. I appreciate your help! |
You are right about verdad. Literally the sentences with verdad say: "The truth you shouldn't be interested in my family's problems." and "The truth I appreciate everything you have done for me" but sarab and mem286 translated so that you got the true context of what he was saying to you, not the
literal wording which does not always translate well. That's
a good thing to remember when you are studying your Spanish.
I should add that "la verdad" is used by some people to begin a sentence much the same way as we do with "really".
And
cobre the noun does mean copper but
cobrar the verb means many things (look it up and you'll learn something new
); among them: "to be paid".
Good luck!