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Technically... (Original Post) MrScorpio Feb 2016 OP
Look at Trump... dchill Feb 2016 #1
Some of his facial expressions are a hoot. I'll be he's a laugh a minute at a party..n/t monmouth4 Feb 2016 #2
so he asked him where the Library is? rbrnmw Feb 2016 #3
Is this a joke, or did Cruz really say that? azmom Feb 2016 #4
No, Cruz gave an answer in flustered Spanish pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #6
Okay, thanks. azmom Feb 2016 #7
Nonfluent perhaps, but saying phylny Feb 2016 #8
I usually say hfojvt Feb 2016 #10
Close ;) phylny Feb 2016 #13
well I barely say it hfojvt Feb 2016 #16
You're fine, if you said that, anyone would phylny Feb 2016 #17
LOL, he did not say that, but I noted that Ted used phylny Feb 2016 #5
Mas agua por favor. lpbk2713 Feb 2016 #9
¡Perfecto! phylny Feb 2016 #15
Rápidos corren los carros del ferrocarril. Iggo Feb 2016 #11
He should have said hfojvt Feb 2016 #12
The 3 Stooges olddots Feb 2016 #14

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. No, Cruz gave an answer in flustered Spanish
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:57 PM
Feb 2016
"Marco, si quieres ... ahora el mismo, díselo ahora, en Espanol, si quieres." (That translates roughly to "Marco, if you want ... right now, say it right now, in Spanish, if you want.&quot

So, we’re going to have to be frank and tell those of you who don’t speak Spanish that what Cruz said was the kind of grammatically unorthodox thing you might say when flustered, when non-fluent and or when trying intentionally to sound tough. We can’t say for sure which of those three really dominated Cruz’s response here. Only Cruz really knows.

What that Cruz-Rubio ‘He doesn’t speak Spanish’ thing was about
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/14/what-that-cruz-rubio-he-doesnt-speak-spanish-thing-was-about/

phylny

(8,386 posts)
8. Nonfluent perhaps, but saying
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:08 PM
Feb 2016

"díselo" shows me he at least speaks Spanish fairly well because otherwise, I'd expect to hear something along the lines of, "sabe que hablo español" or the more familiar, "sabes que hablo español" which is much more simplistic (You know that I speak Spanish).

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
10. I usually say
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:16 PM
Feb 2016

lo si en to, no habla espanol

which is a little bit ironic. I can say the same phrase in Bengali as well. Ami jahni Bangla na. or "I don't know Bengali."

phylny

(8,386 posts)
13. Close ;)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:20 PM
Feb 2016

"Lo siento, no hablo español."

And you win, because I cannot say a phrase that means, "I don't speak/know" in any other language Pero, hablo español un poco.

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
16. well I barely say it
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:27 PM
Feb 2016

hablo instead of habla? Or does it sound like habla? Or like abla?

I don't know how to spell it, only say it. I used to think it was just one word lociento.

That phrase, of course, I learned from a radio ad I heard in the 1990s. It was trying to sell a "learn Spanish course" where they taught you to remember that "I am sorry" is something you say when you feel low, so low you can see into your toe, and mnemonic tricks like that.

I also don't know how to type the squiggly n. Or I don't feel like switching to international keyboard.

phylny

(8,386 posts)
17. You're fine, if you said that, anyone would
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:30 PM
Feb 2016

understand, no snark.

The difference is "hablo" means "I speak" and "habla" means he, she, or it speaks.

And still you have me beat

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