What Does it Mean?

[Sailover]

Man, you must be ignorent. She is messing with you! You better find out who these guys are! And dont waist any time because she will que quieres.

[LastLion]

Originally Posted by Sailover

Man, you must be ignorent. She is messing with you! You better find out who these guys are! And dont waist any time because she will que quieres.

Por que Sailover ??
Me quieres?

[Sailover]

Oh, jokes. I get jokes.

And que quieres sounds like kick your ass if transliterated.

Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your bartender.

[LastLion]

Consentirte!

what does that mean? I have a gal using it a lot , I thought I knew what it means, but maybe you guys can shed some more light on it!

[HonkyTonk]

LL, as soon as you see the "ir" towards the end of a word consider it might well be a verb. Everyone trying to communicate in Spanish should have a really good dictionary and 501 Spanish Verbs.

She's probably saying (writing) consentir(me) Now look it up and see what context she's using it in. Fun huh?

What's not fun are the emails where the ladies make no attempt at proper spelling

Tonk sez: If you speak "a little" Spanish with them...you're fluent and can figure out what they can't write. Hmmm, sounds like all women who expect men to read their minds

PD: This goes for the "ar" verbs as well.

[LastLion]

Originally Posted by HonkyTonk

LL, as soon as you see the "ir" towards the end of a word consider it might well be a verb. Everyone trying to communicate in Spanish should have a really good dictionary and 501 Spanish Verbs.

She's probably saying (writing) consentir(me) Now look it up and see what context she's using it in. Fun huh?

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Oh I got all that , I got plenty of books, 501, dictionarios, Jacques de Bruyne , A Comphrehensive Spanish Grammar,(great book for the intermiediate and advanced student) all suggested by members here! LONG AGO to boot!

It means: to consent to or to allow, yes she added the consentirte y consentirme! But I started to sense that it means more, something kinda carinosa o tierna, I asked her to explain, she did , but I didn't quite get it.

BTW, you are correct, there are a lot of really bad latin spellers! That makes it really difficult to transalate and to learn from!

WHERE is CUBAFRO??? I need a native speaker to help

[Cap'n Jib]

The more I study, it often appears the less I know and the easier for me to get something wrong (I really don’t need any help in this area, thank you!).

Much like our own language I should imagine, it is a matter of context. What works in one situation (context) does not NECESSARILY work in another. One of the easiest ways I’ve found to determine this, is to compare subtitles with the spoken words in a movie. There have been times when I have been absolutely certain that the subtitles were written for a different movie…..and that may very well have been the case for all I know!

[Cap'n Jib]

Tried to find if I had posted this before but apparently I had sent it in an E-mail to a friend.

Two days before we moved from our old rental house (1 yr) to the new one, I had an experience I like to share. Sometimes a person wonders IF they are making ANY headway learning and speaking a language.

In the morning a local neighborhood friend came over for a chat as we were moving out shortly and she said “You have been here only a year and you have really learned our language well.” H-m-m-m-m! Thanks. Later on that afternoon another neighborhood friend came to visit and he also said that he enjoyed talking to me now that my language skills had improved so much. H-m-m-m-m! Thank You.

That same night as the wife was putting the 5 year old to bed, I heard the little girl say “Mommy, Jib is VERY slow at learning our language. It will take HIM a very long time.”

Thanks….for the honesty! And may God bless you little one.

[LastLion]

Jibster, the latin community is so kind to us about how well we trash their language. I love that your step daughter said that, that would motivate me more thank thinking I was doing a good job with the language!

I have to admit, they also do a much better job of acting like they understand me , when in reality, I didn't even understand what the spanish dribble that came out of my mouth meant! hahah!

Jib, can you ask your wife, tell her LL has a girl he has been speaking with who really wants me to be there with her so she can consentirme!

Still confused on that one, and before I get all hot and horny over it,

I would really like to understand exactly what she is saying.

[Cap'n Jib]

LL,

Here is her response.

consentirme! – cuando una persona me brinda muchos abrazos, caricias, besos, mimos en determinados instantes

consentirte! – cuando yo brindo besos, abrazos, mimos a otra persona en determinados instantes

She also mentioned in a certain context it and mean 'consoling another person'.