Re: Taco Bell-----Dinky Lives!

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From: Max
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:00

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J G DeBerry wrote:
> 
> Lyn Pierce wrote:
> >
> > In article <35165E2C.EE520B02@ti.com>,
> > LeAnne Davis  <leanne.davis@ti.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >...and "yo" means "I" not "you" so the appropriate familiar way to say it as
> > >a question is "Tu quiero Taco Bell?"
> >
> > My Spanish is a bit rusty, but isn't it "Tu quieres Taco Bell?"
> 
> Actually I haven't done any Spanish since High school and that
> was many years ago but I think that neither of you are correct.
> 
> Yo quiero Taco Bell is I want Taco Bell. Tu quiero Taco Bell is
> You (fam) want Taco Bell. Neither is in the form of a question.
> Perhaps the question form is "Quieres tu Taco Bell?

Correct!  Actually the pronoun is superfluous in the first person and
second person familiar  So "Quiero Taco Bell" = I want Taco Bell, and
"Quieres Taco Bell?" = Do you want Taco Bell.  Formally, "Quiere usted
Taco Bell?"

De nada!

Max

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From: Max <maxt@hal-pc.org>
Subject: Re: Taco Bell-----Dinky Lives!
Date: 1998/03/23
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