Forum Terms and Abbreviations

[Jackson]

Your post was priceless, but I still have to point out something REALLY funny!

You wrote "why" and the forum changed it for "WHY", don't know why (lol, feel kinda dizzy)

Personally, I fail to see the humor. Nevertheless, here is the technical explanation:

1. ArgentinaPrivate is an English language forum.

2. There is no single letter word "y" in the English language.

3. However, the letter "y" is used by some chat room aficionados as shorthand for the word "why".

4. Therefor, the forum's text cleanup script, which saves me hundreds of hours every year, is set to automatically change the single letter "y" to the word "why", just as it changes the single letter "r" to the word "are" and the single letter "u" to the word "you", etc.

5. If your intention is to actually write the Spanish word "y" in the body of your post, then, after you've posted your original text, use the "edit" function to edit your text as desired, just as I did in this post.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Roman 10]

I was born in Argentina but I was raised in the States here are a few Phrase that they say, careful with who you use them you could get in trouble.

Why pico: (Ex: What time is it? Son las cinco why pico, or how old is she? Treinta y pico (It is like saying thirty something.

Your post was priceless, but I still have to point out something REALLY funny!

You wrote "Y" and the forum changed it for "WHY", don't know why (lol, feel kinda dizzy)

[Silver Star]

Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty

Cola is "rear end"

Thanks,

Fred.

www.silverstarcar.com

[AllIWantIsLove]

I noticed the term con "mucha franela" in the context of sex what does it mean?

I did a Google search for "lunfardo franela" and the first hit was a thread at the wordreference site which contained the following:

"franela is Argentine slang for caressing and touching for sexual excitement, but not the 'real thing'."

Bob

[Seberus]

I noticed the term con "mucha franela" in the context of sex what does it mean?

[AllIWantIsLove]

Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty

Tail / Behind / Ass.

A useful resource is http://www.wordreference.com/ (although not for some slang, especially slang unique to Argentina)

Bob

[Meforu 2000]

Heres one for you guys"

"le tire un polvo en la cara y se lo comio todo y despuse le tire otro en el culito que estaba tan apretado."

Meforu 2000

[Copia78]

Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty

[Dickhead]

Also some verbs change meaning in the reflexive; "poner" vs. "ponerse" is a good example.

[Mike Cockburn]

Good points, Dickhead!

Reflexive or not. Visually they look very similar.

My point was to show the "reflexive" part can carry a different meaning.

Gramatically, you are absolutely right.

The extra "se". Is probably not called reflexive in all cases.

That example is not reflexive. That is passive voice.

[Dickhead]

(impersonal, neutre person, someone, everybody, or unknown person)

Se habla de la inflation. (They / People are talking about the inflation)

La gente habla de la inflation (same)

That example is not reflexive. That is passive voice. A sign in the window that says "Se habla castellano" means "Spanish is spoken here." By whom it is spoken is sort of indefinite. The construction is similar, but it isn't reflexive. In reflexive verbs, the subject and the object of the verb are the same. In passive voice, the object is always "se" and does not change as it would in a reflexive verb.

"Me afeitaron esta mañana (They shaved me this morning)." This also not reflexive and is not the verb afeirtarse. It is the the verb afeitar and "me" is the object pronoun. The person who performed the action of shaving was not the same person upon whom the action of shaving was performed.

"Los chicos se quitan la campera": The boys take off their jackets. Now that is reflexive: the person who did the deed was also the person to whom the deed was done. Note a difference between English and Spanish here: each boy has only one jacket so it is "la campera" and not "las camperas" even though there is more than one jacket in total.

[Mike Cockburn]

I can explain a little what a reflexive verb is.

There are at least 5 types of uses.

("Me" is the receiver of the action)
Me afeité esta mañana. (I shaved myself this morning)
Me afeitaron esta mañana (They shaved me this morning)

(Reflexive without any obvious reason, Very few cases)
Me baño (bañarse) = I shower / I take a bath.
Me olvido (olvidares) = I forget (To forget)
Me acuerdo (acordarse) = I remember.

(Make a stronger statement)
Afané un cenicero (I stole an ashtray)
Me afané un cenicero (I've stolen myself an ashtray) (more funny)
Comiste toda la comida, HdP!
Te comiste toda la comida, HdP!

(impersonal, neutre person, someone, everybody, or unknown person)
Se habla de la inflation. (They / People are talking about the inflation)
La gente habla de la inflation (same)

(reciproc.)
Entre las chicas se hablan (The girls speak with each other)
Yes, it takes a time to get used to the reflexive verbs.

Ps.
Dolape, garca are very argentinian words.
They are actually transformation of real words.
"do-la-pe" from the noun "pe-la-do" = bald.
Pelado exists in the dictionnary.

"gar-ca" from the verb "gar-car", from the slang word "ca-gar", which is the famous equivalent of english f-word.
Me cagaron = Me garcaron = The robbed / fucked / screwed me.
Literary, "cagar" means "to take a shit"
The word transformation is what's called "lunfardo" o "vesre (reves)"

It can be done with any word (according to certain rules, of course)
Japi = pija = coq.
Zapi = pizza (like the restaurant you can find in Bs. As.
Un feca = un café = a cup of coffee.

[QUOTE=Recio 1985]Thank Aqualung for explaining that and saving me trouble but like you said both ways are correct but "Me Afane" is much more popular.

[Dickhead]

No, normally "acabar" means "to have just." Acabo de llegar; I just arrived. Acabo de comer; I just ate. Note that while English uses the past tense, acabar is used in the present tense in these situation. "To finish" is the verb terminar, which can also be used in a sexual content. Paraguayas will often use "llegar" for cumming.

[Mike Cockburn]

Good one. Useful phrase, indeed.

Normally the verb "acabar" means to finish.

Regarding sex, it means specifically "to come" / "to have an orgasm"

"acabaste?" = "Did you come?"

I like to add one.

Acabo: finish as in 'yo no acabo' I'm not finished.

Please feel free to correct my terrible written spanish.

Yoosin

[Yoosin]

I like to add one.

Acabo: finish as in 'yo no acabo' I'm not finished.

Please feel free to correct my terrible written spanish.

Yoosin