Comments on: Spanish Word of the Day: enseñar http://www.spanish-only.com/2009/07/spanish-word-day-ensenar/ Learn How to Learn Spanish Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:23:58 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ramses http://www.spanish-only.com/2009/07/spanish-word-day-ensenar/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Ramses Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:22:34 +0000 http://www.spanish-only.com/?p=1298#comment-2002 "PS - anyone got 10 Euros?" Haha, sorry mate, can't help you ;-). Anyway, never thought that native speakers of English would have trouble with this, because I only see Dutch speakers make this mistake (which is logical, regarding that many don't use is correctly in English either because the <i>leren</i> thing always comes up). “PS – anyone got 10 Euros?”
Haha, sorry mate, can’t help you ;-) .

Anyway, never thought that native speakers of English would have trouble with this, because I only see Dutch speakers make this mistake (which is logical, regarding that many don’t use is correctly in English either because the leren thing always comes up).

]]> By: Pete Clark http://www.spanish-only.com/2009/07/spanish-word-day-ensenar/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Pete Clark Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:50:55 +0000 http://www.spanish-only.com/?p=1298#comment-1999 Some English people get this wrong- it's generally considered to be a mark of poor education! I am going to learn to speak Spanish. - Fine Will you learn me to speak Spanish - Wrong - should be "will you teach me". There is another English word pair that has the same effect - borrow and lend. I have no money. I need to borrow 10 Euros. Fine I have no money. Can you borrow me 10 Euros. Wrong. Should be "can you lend me". No idea why these two pairs get so much abuse! PS - anyone got 10 Euros? Some English people get this wrong- it’s generally considered to be a mark of poor education!

I am going to learn to speak Spanish. – Fine
Will you learn me to speak Spanish – Wrong – should be “will you teach me”.

There is another English word pair that has the same effect – borrow and lend.
I have no money. I need to borrow 10 Euros. Fine
I have no money. Can you borrow me 10 Euros. Wrong. Should be “can you lend me”.

No idea why these two pairs get so much abuse!
PS – anyone got 10 Euros?

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