When you're coming up with all those things you want to know how to say, here are some resources you can check out:
Babel Fish: An online translator. Just type in what you want translated, and then select from the scroll-down box what language you want it translated from and to. (Please keep in mind that this won't be a perfectly accurate translation. Instant, computer-run translators merely translate word-for-word and, as we've already begun to learn, word orders usually change between languages. However, this site seems to do a better job than most at using the correct word order.)
Yahoo Dictionary: If you just want to translate a specific word, try this site. It does a really good job of giving you a variety of meanings so you can pick the best word for the specific context you're looking for.
Keep checking back - I may as more as I find wonderful resources! Enjoy!
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Buenos Dias, Denise!
Tengo dos pregunta por usted.
(By using the resources on your post, I answered both my own questions from the previous post!)
1. How do you pronounce pregunta--preh-hun-ta or pre-goon-ta?
2. Do you have to have a special keyboard to put in the initial punctuation marks (the upside-down ! & ?)
Muchos gracias,
Marlys
Marlys,
I'm glad that the resources were helpful for you! I'll keep adding more as I discover them. As to your questions:
1: Pregunta is pronounced the second way you wrote it: preh-GOON-tuh. G is one of those funny consonants that sometimes sounds like "g" and sometimes like "h" depending on what vowel follows it.
2: I put together a little sheet for everyone with the keystrokes for Spanish characters that I'll give out in class tomorrow. :-) That's a great question, so I want to share it with everyone! Thank you!
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