Hi, how have you all been?<\/p>\n
Today let’s take a look at a short dialogue in colloquial Spanish and learn, among other things, how to say “All right by me!”, en espa\u00f1ol.<\/em> So here’s the context: two buddies are talking about dropping by a friend’s house.<\/p>\n A – \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no pasamos hoy por lo de Sergio? Hace mucho que no lo vemos.<\/em> B \u2013 Buena idea. Me pregunto en qu\u00e9 andar\u00e1.<\/em> A – \u00bfA las 7 te viene bien?<\/em> B – \u00bfNo puede ser un poco m\u00e1s tarde, digamos a las 8?<\/em> A \u2013 Perfectamente. \u00bfQuieres que pase a buscarte?<\/em> B \u2013 Fant\u00e1stico. Y podr\u00edamos cenar todos juntos en Pipo. \u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas?<\/em> A \u2013 No tengo ning\u00fan inconveniente y seguro que a Sergio tambi\u00e9n le va a parecer bien. Es un fan\u00e1tico de la pizza. Nos vemos a las 8.<\/em> OK, so let’s start studying some of the expressions and structures in this dialogue.<\/p>\n 1. pasar por <\/strong>– This verb means to walk or drive by a place. In Spanish it’s not important how we get to this place, we just go by it, pasamos por ese lugar<\/em>.<\/p>\n 2. lo de Sergio<\/strong> – The form lo<\/em> is used when going somewhere like someone’s place, a dentist or doctor’s office. For example: Voy a lo del dentista porque me duela una muela. <\/em>(I’m going to the dentist because I have a toothache.) – Fui a lo tuyo ayer pero no te encontr\u00e9.<\/em> (I went to your house yesterday but you weren’t home.)<\/p>\n 3. In English we use the Present Perfect to say that we haven’t seen someone for a long time. In Spanish we may also use the Present tense: no lo vemos<\/em> (literally, we don’t see him).<\/p>\n 4. hace mucho<\/strong> – it’s been a long time. We use the verb hacer<\/em> to express how long it has been since something has happened. For example: Hac\u00eda cuatro a\u00f1os que no la ve\u00eda.<\/em> (I hadn’t seen her in four years.)<\/p>\n 5. Me pregunto<\/strong> – literally, “I ask myself”. In English we use the verb “to wonder” to express this idea.<\/p>\n 6. en que andar\u00e1<\/strong> – what he’s been doing, what he’s up to. In Spanish we use the verb in the future form to express that we don’t know what someone’s been doing. Another example: Me pregunto qu\u00e9 habr\u00e1 pasado.<\/em> (I wonder what’s happened.)<\/p>\n 7. venir bien<\/strong> – to suit, to be of help. Example: Que ella viniera m\u00e1s tarde me vino bien porque tuve tiempo de arreglar mis cosas. <\/em>(Her coming later was convenient because I had time to tidy up my things.)<\/p>\n 8. digamos <\/strong>– let’s say<\/p>\n 9. pasar a buscar a alguien<\/strong> – to go and pick somebody up. In this context pasar <\/em>shows that he’s going by his friend’s house to pick him up. Literally, buscar <\/em>means to look for.<\/p>\n 10. No tengo ning\u00fan inconveniente.<\/strong> – All right by me. Fine by me. An inconveniente <\/em>is an objection, something that prevents something from happening. So literally it would be I don’t have any objections.<\/p>\n Por hoy es todo, nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi, how have you all been? Today let’s take a look at a short dialogue in colloquial Spanish and learn, among other things, how to say “All right by me!”, en espa\u00f1ol. So here’s the context: two buddies are talking about dropping by a friend’s house. A – \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no pasamos hoy por lo…<\/p>\n
\nWhy don’t we drop by Sergio’s today? We haven’t seen him in a long time.<\/p>\n
\nGood idea. I wonder what he’s been doing.<\/p>\n
\nIs 7 a good time?<\/p>\n
\nCould it be a little later, say at 8?<\/p>\n
\nPerfect. Do you want me to pick you up?<\/p>\n
\nFantastic! And we could all have dinner together at Pipo’s. What do you think?<\/p>\n
\nAll right by me and I’m sure that Sergio’s going to like it too. He loves pizza. See you at 8.<\/p>\n