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ZamIAm
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"Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 06:07
Is "Escogidos de Vida" grammatically correct?
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IkariDC 141th Post
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"Re(1):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 08:00
quote: Is "Escogidos de Vida" grammatically correct?
No, it doesn't make sense. What do you want to say? That's something like saying "Choosen of life".
ZamIAm
1223th Post
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"Re(2):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 08:42
quote: Is "Escogidos de Vida" grammatically correct?
No, it doesn't make sense. What do you want to say? That's something like saying "Choosen of life".
Choices in life
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Time Mage
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"Re(3):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 08:54
quote: Is "Escogidos de Vida" grammatically correct?
No, it doesn't make sense. What do you want to say? That's something like saying "Choosen of life".
Choices in life
Then it's "Elecciones en la vida".
ZamIAm
1224th Post
Red Carpet Executive Member
"Re(4):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 12:34
quote: Then it's "Elecciones en la vida".
Then what does the word "Escogidos" translate to exactly? (I really need a better Spanish/English dictionary...)
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Time Mage
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"Re(5):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 12:45
quote: Then it's "Elecciones en la vida".
Then what does the word "Escogidos" translate to exactly? (I really need a better Spanish/English dictionary...)
Well the trick here is that the verbs "Escoger" and "Elegir" both mean "Choose", but "Choices" in this particular phrase can only mean "Elecciones". "Escogidos", as you wrote, means really "Chosen" (plural), not "Choices".
Undead Fred
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"Re(6):Spanish question"
, posted Fri 2 Apr 13:13
quote: Then it's "Elecciones en la vida".
Then what does the word "Escogidos" translate to exactly? (I really need a better Spanish/English dictionary...)
Well the trick here is that the verbs "Escoger" and "Elegir" both mean "Choose", but "Choices" in this particular phrase can only mean "Elecciones". "Escogidos", as you wrote, means really "Chosen" (plural), not "Choices".
This reminds me of this project in Spanish 3 in high school... we had to write a children's book in Spanish, and this one guy had written a book about a kid that played football with adults or something. The title was supposed to mean "The Little Football Player," but he wrote it as "El Poco Jugador" instead of "El Jugador Pequeno" or something like that. They still meant "little," but he wrote it like "A Little Bit of Football Player." Heh heh.
At least ZamIAm's double-checking, though. My Spanish is so rusty I'm afraid to use it with actual people...
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