so as i should have said before i have a friend from spain. i met him and his brother in spain. but he was living and studying for a year in mexico...and i guess they use alot of slang there so i can't really understand his spanish sometimes. i was talking to him...and i showed him some pics from spain [where i met him] and this is what he said...i cant make out a word of it...so if anyone could just give me the jist of what he said in this email:
"ah eres muy bonita. no enserio eres muy bonita el feo soy yo. gracias pero tu tambien eres muy bonita. jajaj a perdon he no creas que te estoy echando los perros me matan si lo ago. si osea que no vayas a creer que quiero contigo otra cosa."
I cannot tell if he was being nice or not? :\ haha...i just want to know!
2006-08-29 05:50:38 · 10 answers · asked by Rae 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hi!
He wrote:
"Ah! You are very pretty. No! Really. You are very pretty, the ugly one is me. Thank you, but you are also very pretty. Hahaha. Sorry! Don't think I'm hitting on you! They will kill me if I do! I mean, don't think that I want anything else with you".
Opinion:
I think he was being cool at first. The last part sound more like an excuse so... It's kind of like he was sweetening this with the first part. He's never rude though! Very nice always.
About the expression: "Echando los perros". This is literally translated as "throwing the dogs", but it means "hitting on someone" as in "wanting to have a relationship with them". So, don't let anybody else confuse you!
And God! What is with Spanish writers and punctuation?! Oh! And tell your friend the verb HACER (as in HAGO) is with and "H". That was a huge grammar mistake. If it where a catch of mine, that mistake would've lost him some points! ;)
Goodluck!
2006-08-29 10:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by justasking 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ah, you are vey pretty. Really, you are very pretty the ugly one is me. thank you but also you are vey pretty.
jajaja dont think that I am "echandote los perros me matan si lo hago ". Yes, I mean, dont think that I want other thing with you.
"te estoy echando los perros": the definition I know of that is to flirt in a very direct way.......well, not direct a better word to describe it is obvious, what he says after "me matan si lo hago" I think is a word play meaning that he doesnt know how to flirt or maybe his family wont allow him.
He was being nice.
P.S. I think that I answered you other question too, but maybe with another account (I have more than one), e mail me if you want me to translate something else.
2006-08-29 05:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by let the speakers blow your mind 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it translates like this:
"Ah, you are very beautiful. No, seriously, you are very beautiful. I am the ugly one. Thanks, but you are very beautiful also. haha. Excuse me/ sorry, don't think I am telling you off, they would kill me if i did that. but.. don't go thinking that i want something else with you."
Like, i think the phrase "echar los perros" was to throw to the dogs, so like to tell someone off or set them in their place. So i thought he was like saying, dont think im being mean (about the next part) when he says that he doesn't really want a relationship. Like, he's being nice and saying youre beautiful and stuff, but he doesn't want you to get the wrong impression.. it's a kind of confusing letter, but thats what i got from it. =)
2006-08-29 06:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Kai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He said, "Oh you are very pretty. No, really, you are very pretty. The ugly one is me. Thank you, but you also are very pretty. Hahaha Excuse me, but don't think I am throwing the dogs (shooting the breeze/playing around). It would kill me if you did. I mean, if you don't believe I want something else with you."
That is what he said to you pretty much word for word. Of coarse, some things are harder to put into english because the terms and sayings are different, like we don't say throwing the dogs. lol There's your translation though. God Bless!
2006-08-29 06:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mom of 3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah you are so pretty, no really you are so pretty the ugly is me, thank, but you too are so pretty, jaja a sorry, but don´t think I am flirtting with you, they will kill me if I do that.I mean, don´t think that I would like some kind of relation or something with you.
He was being nice.
2006-08-29 06:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah you are very pretty. enserio you are not very pretty the ugly one I am I. thanks but your also you are very pretty. jajaj to pardon I have you do not believe that you I am throwing the dogs kill to me if ago. if bony that you are not going to think that I want with you another thing.
Sorry about the poor translation.
2006-08-29 05:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he speaks like mexican now hehe...
"ah you're very pretty, no, really you are very pretty, the ugly on it's me. Thanks but you are very pretty jajaja, ah sorry dont' think (I'm flirting with u)** i would get killed if i do it, yes i mean don't think that i want with you something else.
** echar los perros means someone is doing something to make u like him, being a gentleman or saying sweet things, flirting, etc...
looks like he's flirting but there's someone else either in ur side or his side who would kill him if he tries something else with u.
2006-08-29 07:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by badtz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"ah you are very cute, no really you are very cute I`m the ugly one. thanks but you are also very cute. ok, ok, ok , sorry, don`t think that I`m sending you away, the dogs will eat me if I do that. or so that you don`t believe that I want something else from you"
so I guess he was being nice, he complimented you he didn`t want to seem disrespectful...
2006-08-29 07:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by sweet_bb_eyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sais "ah you're very pretty, no, seriously, you're very pretty, I'm the ugly one, thanks but you too are very pretty, ha ha, sorry hey don't think i'm trying to make advances they'll kill me if I do, so don't you think i want anything else with you" (it isn't too clear) I thin he doesn't want to be too pushy
2006-08-29 06:01:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
once again if you pick me as best i will show you my translator. then you wont post no more questions of spanish
2006-08-29 06:12:06 · answer #10 · answered by AvesPro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋