Translation brings to light all the odd things about language.
In Latin America, “No” is used as a general interjection like “oh” or “um”, often combined with “pues,” another interjection that has little meaning. A sentence that starts with “No, pues, es que estuvimos…” might be be translated as “Oh, well, we were…” or “Yes, but the thing is that we were…” or “No, because we were…” depending on context.
One of the oddest Spanish concatenations is the expression “No, pues sí,” which literally means “No, well, yes”:
“¿Pasaste por la tienda?”
“No, pues sí, pero no había de eso.”
“Did you go to the store?”
“Oh, yeah, but they didn’t have any.”
We English speakers all know that a week has seven days, so two weeks is 14 days, three weeks is 21, and so on. In Spanish, however, “ocho días” (eight days) to refers to a period of week. A week from today is “en ocho días” because today and next Wednesday both get counted. Two weeks is “quince días” (15 days) by the same principle.
When you get to three weeks, however, things get tricky. In Costa Rica it’s “veintidós días” (22 days) but in Colombia it’s “veinte días” (20 days).
However… four weeks is not “29 días”. It’s “cuatro semanas” (four weeks) or “treinta días” (30 days), either of which may refer either to the same day of the month (the 18th of July) or the same day of the week (Wednesday four weeks from now). Dates that far out are likely to be fuzzy in any case, so your best bet is to check a few days before to find out when you are expected (or if they even remember that you had an appointment).
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Yeah, no, that weird construct happens in English too. You might be interested in
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2013/06/yeah_no_lexicon_valley_slate_podcast.html
It is very interesting that today gets re-counted in en ocho días. How would a spanish speaker react to “En siete días?”
It would mean a day short of a week. Next Tuesday, in this instance.
this is beginning to sound suspiciously like a thumb and nose hint there could be…RED tape. something “Casablanca”n about documents., please…beware beware, there are vultures ev’rywhere….
Or maybe time for some Chicago spinnin of the 25 or 6 to 4.
No means yes here to my grandkids too no matter what I say.
This is interesting.
Especially “No, well, yes”.
Would that be similar to our word “maybe”?
HUGS!!! 🙂
Interesting. I often wonder how some turns of phrase translate. Someone new to English might hear us say, “Now, then,” and wonder what in the hell that means. I used to watch Ninja Warrior, and it was narrated in Japanese with subtitles. The Japanese would be rattling along and then I would hear an English word like “spider,” and wonder why they didn’t use the Japanese word for spider?
At last I find you, Tim.
In france too a week is currently saiid 2 days and two weeks 15 days ; I am wondering why. Probably we count the lfirst day of the week until the first day of the following day .
In friendship
Michel
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It sounds like they have the same logic as Spanish.
Congratulations on the two goals France jusst scored against Switzerland!
wow, something new for me to consider. lol. i am trying to brush up on my super already rusty spanis. i always get confused with the deber/dudar opinion/subjunctive stuff. i’ve got a lot to learn. haha
I probably overuse subjunctive.
My biggest issues are with gender. I’m constantly correcting myself, and still miss a lot of my mistakes.
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How does the Beatles song “Eight days a week” go down in Spanish?
I see you follow the matches of football ( soccer) . South American teams look strong.
France has ups and downs .
We will see .
In friendship
Michel
So sad to see the US out. Costa Rica and Colombia still look strong, but they have tough matches today and tomorrow. France seems to be one of the strongest teams.
By the way in my comment above I seee a big typing mistake . Please read “In france too a week is currently said 8 days …”
And to echo Duncan (above, SWH) are the convenience stores open ’24/8′?
I saw “24 hours a day, 8 days a week” in a Spanish translation of a Terry Pratchett novel last night.