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I tried using google translate.. But something was missing.. Please help me
This was told by a best friend in an SMS but in Spanish :(
"jajaja naveen jaja tranquilo que nunca me insultaste y si no te hablaba era porque no estaba tranquilo =)"
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE :)
I guess something is still missing, but I get: Ha, ha – Naveen, I'm not upset that you never insulted me, and if I wasn’t talking, it's because I WAS upset.
Hahaha naveen don't be upset 'cause you never actually insulted me and if I didn't talk* to you it's because I was upset =)
*or wasn't talking to you
Tranquilo: take it easy, relax, don't be upset...
Learned another new usage. I guess tranquilo here is short for sea tranquilo.
Not sea tranquilo but rather estése tranquilo or quédese tranquilo...be cool, do not stress yourself, don't worry too much, don't get upset...
Thanks a lot gerrnt and cotty.. I got it.
Out of my little knowledge in Spanish .. I'd like to ask something of which I'm not exactly sure.
You guys have used 'si' as if .. But 'si' = yes right??( that's what my friend says.. I add she is a Colombian )
Since there is no punctuation in the original, the translation could also be:
"Jajaja Naveen jaja--- tranquilo. Que nunca me insultaste y si no te hablaba era porque no estaba. Tranquilo =)"
or
Ha ha Naveen, take it easy! You never insulted me and if I didn't talk to you it's because I wasn't there. Don't worry!
Yeah I got it ! Thanks mariaklec
Can anyone tell me what does 'si' mean exactly ..
it means both yes and if, depending on the context...
si = if
sí = yes
Okay clarified!! Thanks for the help! cheers ;)
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Ha ha Naveen, take it easy! You never insulted me and if I didn't talk to you it's because I wasn't there. Don't worry!
Cotty, en México, decían “no seas tan curioso” en lugar de “no estés tan curioso”. ¿Es un regionalismo?
Hola gernt, no es un regionalismo. Me parece más normal y correcto ser curioso que estar curioso.
Ser curioso indica una cualidad propia de la persona y por ende permanente. Estar curioso se usa para algo temporal y que no es una característica de la persona. Pero creo que es más frecuente en esos casos decir tener curiosidad por tal o cual cosa.
Aquí en Vzla. decimos también dejar la curiosidad cuando no queremos revelar algo y que la otra persona no nos pregunte más.
Ni hablar las esdrújulas, tengo que aprender “ser” y “estar”. A lo mejor, será/estará posible un buen día. Gracias.