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    Smile Please help me translate this

    el pensa miento se masca coma la vaca. I have a general idea of what it means but when I run it through an online translator it doesn't come out to what I think it is.

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    Default Re: Please help me translate this

    el pensa miento se masca coma la vaca.

    Él piensa mientras se masca como la vaca.

    He thinks while he chews, like a cow.

    Or omit the comma and the meaning is slightly different.

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    Thanks. I had a feeling that is the translation. My idea is I was thinking about something and was going to chew on it which is similar to what you described.

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    Could it be that the original is wrong?
    El pensamiento se masca como la vaca

    Thought is chewed over, like the cow.

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    Yes, your explanation sounds good as well. Living the border we have a lot of slang. People also speak sentences that include both languages. Here's another sentence for you,

    Ande ver se puso la marana.

    Hope I wrote it right.

    Thanks for your help.

    Jim

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    Of course---pensamiento! Why didn't I see that?

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    Default Re: Please help me translate this

    Quote Originally Posted by elmesquite View Post
    Yes, your explanation sounds good as well. Living the border we have a lot of slang. People also speak sentences that include both languages. Here's another sentence for you,

    Ande ver se puso la marana.

    Hope I wrote it right.

    Thanks for your help.

    Jim
    This phrase was a very old one given to children when the adult wanted to get rid of the kids. It meant to go see if the sow had laid an egg.

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