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Post by Leb on Feb 17, 2003 17:59:39 GMT -5
El Gordo Gato translates as The fat cat. According to spanish it SHOULD be 'El gato gordo.' as the adjective preceeds the noun in spanish! But "proceed" means "come before," and you mean the adjective comes after it, right?
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Post by sticky on Feb 17, 2003 18:02:36 GMT -5
But "proceed" means "come before," and you mean the adjective comes after it, right? She said pr eceeds, meaning it comes after.
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Post by calvinseviltwin on Feb 18, 2003 9:03:23 GMT -5
Wow... you got me confused
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Post by Leb on Feb 18, 2003 17:56:10 GMT -5
She said pr eceeds, meaning it comes after. Ok. I'm just slightly confused now, instead of head-exploding confused.
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 18, 2003 18:16:54 GMT -5
Okay--put simply, in Spanish, the adjective that modifies a noun comes after the noun. Meaning that "the fat cat" would not be "el gordo gato" but in fact would be "el gato gordo." There! No more confusion! *gets weird looks* Uh...right?
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Post by Leb on Feb 19, 2003 17:29:12 GMT -5
Okay--put simply, in Spanish, the adjective that modifies a noun comes after the noun. Meaning that "the fat cat" would not be "el gordo gato" but in fact would be "el gato gordo." There! No more confusion! *gets weird looks* Uh...right? I see what you mean, but I read Megz's post too quickly and thought "preceeds" was "proceeds."
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Post by sollunaestrella on Feb 19, 2003 17:31:39 GMT -5
I see what you mean, but I read Megz's post too quickly and thought "preceeds" was "proceeds." Ah.
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Post by calvinseviltwin on Feb 20, 2003 16:31:01 GMT -5
Never read posts to quickly.
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Post by mushroom on Feb 22, 2003 2:09:43 GMT -5
El Gordo Gato translates as The fat cat. According to spanish it SHOULD be 'El gato gordo.' as the adjective preceeds the noun in spanish! 'Precedes' means 'comes before'. 'Proceeds' means 'continues', 'begins to carry out', or 'the money you get from selling stuff'. Neither one works in that context. I think you mean 'succeeds', which means 'comes after', unless you have your parts of speech mixed up. Edit: Oops, put a couple of infinitives where the verbs should've been present tense. BTW, there are a lot of free online dictionaries--for example, dictionary.com. Precedes DOES mean 'comes before'.
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