Comments on: No te preocupes – In Spanish, It’s Not Your fault! http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Valerie http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/#comment-2349 Valerie Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:44:04 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1689#comment-2349 Erik, this is awesome. I thought I was the only person who had noticed that nothing is ever my fault in Spanish. Wonderful article! :) Erik, this is awesome. I thought I was the only person who had noticed that nothing is ever my fault in Spanish. Wonderful article! :)

]]> By: Spanish guy http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/#comment-2329 Spanish guy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:23:30 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1689#comment-2329 Hello. First of all i'm sorry if my english is not the best. When you say in spanish 'Se han perdido las llaves', yes,the sense it's just like you say that the keys lost themselves and it is not your fault. But when you say 'Se _me_ han perdido las llaves' or 'La planta se _me_ ha muerto' , in these cases, the sentence's sense it's that you are responsible . Maybe a trick would be to add 'a mi' (only in your mind) : Se _me_ han perdido las llaves (a mi) or (a mi) Se _me_ han perdido las llaves A think that the right translation for the above is... The keys was lost by me but without 'me' the sentence have not sense if you add 'a mi'. Well, I hope that this helps you. ¡ Un saludo y ánimo con el español ! Hello.
First of all i’m sorry if my english is not the best.

When you say in spanish ‘Se han perdido las llaves’, yes,the sense it’s just like you say that the keys lost themselves and it is not your fault. But when you say ‘Se _me_ han perdido las llaves’ or ‘La planta se _me_ ha muerto’ , in these cases, the sentence’s sense it’s that you are responsible .
Maybe a trick would be to add ‘a mi’ (only in your mind) :
Se _me_ han perdido las llaves (a mi)
or
(a mi) Se _me_ han perdido las llaves
A think that the right translation for the above is…
The keys was lost by me

but without ‘me’ the sentence have not sense if you add ‘a mi’.

Well, I hope that this helps you.

¡ Un saludo y ánimo con el español !

]]> By: Marco http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/#comment-2324 Marco Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:24 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1689#comment-2324 Nice this post, i was studying right this morning this spanish feature! I take the chance to congratulate you, Eleena, for this fantastic blog and for the fantastic podcast which I always listen to. Thanks and kisses from Italy, Marco! Nice this post, i was studying right this morning this spanish feature!
I take the chance to congratulate you, Eleena, for this fantastic blog and for the fantastic podcast which I always listen to.
Thanks and kisses from Italy,
Marco!

]]> By: Peter http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/#comment-2322 Peter Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:35:11 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1689#comment-2322 Great post! Knowing that the dishes break themselves in Spanish would have been useful when I was growing up. =) Great post! Knowing that the dishes break themselves in Spanish would have been useful when I was growing up. =)

]]> By: Keys.. « Dunc’s Shed http://spanish-podcast.com/2009/07/27/spanish-no-fault/#comment-2314 Keys.. « Dunc’s Shed Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:52:27 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=1689#comment-2314 [...] always losing my keys.. so it pleased me greatly to find out, from Voices En Español, that in Spanish saying “I lost my keys” translates [...] [...] always losing my keys.. so it pleased me greatly to find out, from Voices En Español, that in Spanish saying “I lost my keys” translates [...]

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