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Could be worse. I wasn't thinking and put "She just ate your mother". Getting my Spanish and Italian mixed up again!
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Wasn't propria borsa "own bag"? Now proprio is also "just"? That's gonna be tough to remember.
Propria borsa ( propria is an adjective). Sei proprio come...(proprio is an adverb).Then, there are different significations...
Great answer, Teresinha! But, just an English heads up: "different 'meanings'" is the way we'd say that. Signification is an adorable word this just is not used.
Thank you! I"m learning English too; comments like yours are very important .
Does not the sentence "You are just as your mother" correct.Maybe somebody can tell to me wich is the difference between "as" and "like" in this case.
I think "as" usually needs to be used twice. For example "You are as tall as your mother."
Italiaoo is right. Like and as can both be used in many different situations. Like is a preposition here and displays similarity. As italiaoo described, 'as' while a conjunction, can be used to display similarity when used twice. While they can both be used for the same purpose, like and as are not interchangeable. In the sentence in question like is required. Hope that helps.
As can also be a conjunction: "You behave just as your mother would." Many Americans (and perhaps many English speakers) commonly but incorrectly use like as a conjunction. Old-school English speakers like me would say that "You behave just like your mother would" is bad English, but in practice the difference has almost disappeared.
Are you saying we should never use "You are just like your mother?" That we always need specify and say, "You act just as your mother would," or "You look just as your mother does?" And by the way, "You look just like your mother does" sounds like better grammar to me than "You look just as your mother does."
Not saying that at all. The traditional rule, not generally followed in everyday usage, is that like is a preposition and as is a conjunction. "You look just like your mother" and "You act just as your mother does" are both correct. According to this traditional rule, "You act just like your mother does" would be wrong. But it's so common that it sounds natural.
In the U.S. we would almost never say "you look JUST AS your mother DOES" instead, the language here has changed slightly form this old form and we now say it in a much simpler way. What I always hear is "You look JUST LIKE your mother" You act JUST LIKE...." etc. This means very _thing__ is very similar to _different thing_. While it is not wrong and perfectly fine to say things the other, this is how these comparisons are generally made now and I hope this clarifies something for someone some day. (Especially since Bronze does not have a single day streak as I type this :(, Guys. I think we lost someone :{ .....6 months ago...)
Why is proprio used? Shouldnt propria be used because madre is feminine?
Here "proprio" is an adverb, therefore is invariable. See my answer to MABBY, please.
No, that's not good English. I'm not sure quite why it's wrong, but the closest correct English to that sentence would be "You are just like your mom is."
However, it is correct to say, for example, "You are just as hot as your mom is." or "You are just as crazy as your mom is."
Where does "proprio" came from? I thought proprio means owning something. And really means veramente. Correct me if I'm wrong.
on slow speed she says "sua". at normal speed it is "tua". Can DL please correct this? Has anyone else heard it this way?
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i like learning the most awkward phrases that i could possibly know. thanks duo.
In the context of this sentence, "Sei proprio come...", I get the "feel" that this would be the correct way to say "You are just like....".
BlackSea: Maybe like Dylan's 'just like a woman's positive? Seriously, you make a good point.
Oh, I'm certainly not a positive person per se ;-), but sometimes it's all in the tone. I can see how this monotonous and nasty pronunciation implies negative meaning and I don't blame people for thinking that. Also, granted, the phrase is often used by both genders in marital fights.;-)
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Can I translate it to "imperative form"?
"Be just as your mother"
Is that a possible translation?
Isn't this kind of similar to how the word "proper" is used in British English?
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I am struggling that proprio can be 'own' as in 'It is my own bag' as well as 'Just' in 'Just in time'. Tricky
mojtabahas6: 'as' is used in comparisons with adjectives in the phrase: as X as...: "She is just as beautiful as your mother." Otherwise "like" must be used. It's short for: "She is just like your mother (is)."
Denis, 'as' isn't used in a comparison such as this. It has to be "like". It would need an adjective e.g., She is just AS beautiful as her mother.
I heard the Italian as a question. Then, could it be Are you really like your mother?
If I was to say "I am A LOT like my mother" (as opposed to "I am REALLY like her" would "sono molto come mia madre" be correct or is there another way to say that?
Does "proprio" have to agree with the gender of the subject in this situation? If I were telling a girl she was just like her mother, would it be "Sei propria come..."? Thanks!
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Can anyone tell me why proprio is used here and not soltanto? Just, was given as one of the meanings for this word, where as in the prompts proprio was defined as truly quite or really.
Duo doesn't take "you are so like your mother." Too colloquial I guess.
