"Yo no vine aquí para morir."
Translation:I didn't come here to die.
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You may need to clarify your intentions, to alleviate the suspicion of the locals.
I didn't have a question, just came to see the comments. Was not disappointed.
I recently started watching El Ministerio del Tiempo. I've been thinking that if Alonso doesn't at least paraphrase this at some point, I'm going to be very disappointed.
Dear Lord... This was my first question under "history." How dark is this going to get?
Same duolingo, Please, duolingo owl, give me back my family, I really have been doing my lessons!
I came here to do two things: not die, and chew gum. And I'm all out of gum.
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same here, was wondering if that is how the r is pronounced at the end of a word or just in morir, or if it is just a bad recording?
In some accents the "r" at the end of verbs gets rolled, and it's usually pretty breathy so it almost sounds like "morihhrh"
As I lie practicing Spanish tonight, 12 timezones away from my home, this sentence is especially appropriate.
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How do I say "screw this" in Spanish? English grammar rules require use of "screw this" before the sentence in this example.
si pero yo hice... a morir aqui en el sur de españa. ya que yo no quise morir en nublado, frio y mojado Reino Unido
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From funny animals talking to each other in previous lessons to our own mortality. Duo is getting morbid.
Vine is the preterite corresponding to came in English. Is this another Spanish ism?
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If you mean, is it a difference between Spanish and English in usage, then yes, it is. In English, to express the past in the negative we drop "came" and use "come" as in "did not come". The verb "to do" expresses the past, so the verb "to come" doesn't need to do that. The same thing happens of course in the interrogative form, e.g. "Did he come?" The same does not happen in Spanish. They do not have the equivalent of using "did" in the preterite as an auxiliary verb. It is just "no vine, no viniste, no vino", etc.
In English it can be said as "I didn't come to die here" or "I didn't come here to die" Both may not be proper, but we usually don't speak proper anyway. (Saying this because it told me I had a grammatical error)
He he, ever been in a taxi in the south of tenerife! I think i will slip this phrase into my journey!!
