Verdad.

.....

Tambien.

Me too.

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She's about my age, and I had a huge crush on her when I was about 17.

was Cat Stevens. (big grin here)

and she is part Mexican like me!

Je suis désolé

to just say I'm sorry. That can be misunderstood as an apology rather than an expression of shared pain. Thanks for the French version. I, too, am desolated by the current state of things.

Que c'est vrai.😑

I'm really sad thinking about all the people in AZ who will get disrespected and hated on tomorrow. I fear they may blow up if he pardons the lawbreaker and asshole, Arpaio, in advance. Not that I'd blame them one bit, but that's really what the orange assface wants, violence from the left. Hope the good people of AZ show up in force against him but keep it really chill. I pray the Nazi Drumpf voters don't instigate violence on innocent bystanders.

I still can't believe that the world person in the entire world calls himself, well, I can't bring myself to even type that word in reference to the PINO.

Lo Siento mucho

Déjame ser parte de la solución

mucho, mucho

Thanks for the lesson. I use bits of Spanish from time to time, and this will change how I use this phrse from now on.

I always think of it as "I feel your sadness or pain or whatever bad thing you are feeling."

The interesting thing about looking at literal translations of phrases in other languages is that you get a clearer understanding of how a native speaker experiences the language.

Usually, that Spanish phrase is translated as "I'm sorry," but that doesn't really capture the use of the verb, "sentir" which means "to feel." I don't suppose it really matters all that much, but such fine distinctions are actually fairly important in communication.

There is much more empathy and humanity in the literal translation.

Thank you for teaching us this.

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En la boca cerrada no entran moscas.

If he kept that in mind, maybe we wouldn't need to say "Lo siento" so often.

It's "Yernar", which is a colloquial verb used only in Uruguay, as I understand it.

It means "to make a son-in-law by force".