Comments on: Native Mistakes http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/ All about learning Spanish and English and the Tomísimo bilingual dictionary Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:12:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: TallFreak http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-6142 TallFreak Tue, 15 May 2007 19:23:44 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-6142 I would say "perame tantito" is okay to say spoken. It's just so common among native speakers. I wouldn't write it that way however. I would say “perame tantito” is okay to say spoken. It’s just so common among native speakers. I wouldn’t write it that way however.

]]> By: David http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 David Fri, 04 May 2007 22:06:48 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-5020 With the 'disculpas' I think the point is that the meaning is different, but many people use 'pedir una disculpa' as if it were the same as both 'ask for an apology' and 'offer/give an apology'. Me alegra que le guste mi sitio web :) With the ‘disculpas’ I think the point is that the meaning is different, but many people use ‘pedir una disculpa’ as if it were the same as both ‘ask for an apology’ and ‘offer/give an apology’.

Me alegra que le guste mi sitio web :)

]]> By: Patrick Hall http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-4955 Patrick Hall Thu, 03 May 2007 01:17:27 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-4955 Neat list. dar una disculpa — pedir una disculpa I'm curious about this one -- what's the intended meaning here? Is the point that "Yo le pedí una disculpa" and "Yo le di una disculpa" mean the same thing? My first guess was that that the former would mean "I asked for his forgiveness" and the latter "I forgave him." Am I mistaken? Me encanta su sitio web :) Neat list.

dar una disculpa — pedir una disculpa

I’m curious about this one — what’s the intended meaning here? Is the point that “Yo le pedí una disculpa” and “Yo le di una disculpa” mean the same thing? My first guess was that that the former would mean “I asked for his forgiveness” and the latter “I forgave him.” Am I mistaken?

Me encanta su sitio web :)

]]> By: Language Blog http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-4912 Language Blog Tue, 01 May 2007 16:26:07 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-4912 I think it's rather common. Most natives don't think about their own language like students do. So they are prone to simple mistakes and no one native catches or corrects them because they don't think about them either. Natives speak intuitively and students of the foreign language have dissected the languages grammar and catch those small mistakes. I think it’s rather common. Most natives don’t think about their own language like students do. So they are prone to simple mistakes and no one native catches or corrects them because they don’t think about them either.

Natives speak intuitively and students of the foreign language have dissected the languages grammar and catch those small mistakes.

]]> By: David http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-4911 David Tue, 01 May 2007 16:22:32 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-4911 To me it's interesting that non-native speakers don't often make these mistakes, but native speakers, especially children do. That's not true for all these mistakes though. Changing the o to u and the y to e in the correct situations is often hard for non-native learners. To me it’s interesting that non-native speakers don’t often make these mistakes, but native speakers, especially children do. That’s not true for all these mistakes though. Changing the o to u and the y to e in the correct situations is often hard for non-native learners.

]]> By: Language Blog http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-4900 Language Blog Tue, 01 May 2007 05:36:07 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/grammar/native-mistakes/#comment-4900 great list. great list.

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