{"id":7271,"date":"2013-08-08T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2014-07-16T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:12:34","slug":"some-common-linguistic-mistakes-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/some-common-linguistic-mistakes-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Some common linguistic mistakes in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

To learn a language also implies to avoid some native speakers\u00b4 typical mistakes. In some previous posts, we have talked about \u201cdequeismo\u201d (to know more, click here<\/a>) and \u201cla\u00edsmo\u201d (to know more, click here<\/a>), for example. Today, I want to share with you some linguistic mistakes, or vulgarisms:<\/p>\n

As\u00ed<\/strong> (this way): Things are this way.
\nCorrect: Las cosas funcionan asi<\/em>.
\nIncorrect: Las cosas funcionan ans\u00ed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

D\u00f3nde<\/strong> (where): Where are you?
\nCorrect: \u00bfD\u00f3nde<\/em> andas?
\nIncorrect: \u00bfAnde<\/em> andas?<\/p>\n

Gratis<\/strong> (free): The snack is free.
\nCorrect: La tapa es gratis<\/em>.
\nIncorrect: La tapa es de gratis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Aceituna<\/strong> (olive): Do you like black olives?
\nCorrect: \u00bfTe gustan las aceitunas<\/em> negras?
\nIncorrect: \u00bfTe gustan las acitunas<\/em> negras?<\/p>\n

Dentro<\/strong> (in) The cat is in the box.
\nCorrect: El gato est\u00e1 dentro<\/em> de la caja.
\nIncorrect: El gato est\u00e1 adentro<\/em> de la caja.<\/p>\n

The verb to have is usually problematic for native speakers, so we can find haiga instead of haya, habemos when the correct form is hemos, or hubieron where we have to use hubo. However, it is quite interesting to know that some words that we usually associate with vulgarisms can have an acceptable meaning too: haiga, for example, is wrongly used as a verbal form, but it is the right word for a big, posh car.<\/p>\n

Another example is murci\u00e9galo<\/em>, now considered as a misspelling of murci\u00e9lago<\/em>, was the original word coming from mur (rat\u00f3n-mouse) and caeculus (ciego-blind). And talking about bats, let me finish this post with a joke:<\/p>\n

\u201cHay tres murci\u00e9lagos colgados en un \u00e1rbol, dos cabeza abajo y uno cabeza arriba. Los dos colgados hac\u00eda abajo hablan entre ellos:
\n-\u00bfOye, que le pasar\u00e1 a este?
\n– No s\u00e9 – responde el otro- se habr\u00e1 desmayado…”<\/p>\n

(\u201cThere are three bats hanging on a tree, two of them are upside down, and one is right side up. The ones who are upside down, talk between them:
\n-Hey, what happens to him?
\n-I don\u2019t know, maybe he fainted away…\u201d)<\/p>\n

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To learn a language also implies to avoid some native speakers\u00b4 typical mistakes. In some previous posts, we have talked about \u201cdequeismo\u201d (to know more, click here) and \u201cla\u00edsmo\u201d (to know more, click here), for example. Today, I want to share with you some linguistic mistakes, or vulgarisms: As\u00ed (this way): Things are this way…<\/p>\n

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